Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1930, Page 2

A2 « BRIAND T0 REVIVE SHENANDOAH FIRES ¢FEDERATION MOVE| RAGE IN 3 SECTIONS Beonomic Session Would En- “counter Opposition of Britain and Russia. — Y GERVILLE REACHE. ny am- to The Star. y.PARlE April 12—In a few days Foreign Minister Briand of France will ‘ess a Questionnaire to all Bufo- pean governments regarding the pos- sibilities of & political or economie Fed- erdtion in Europe. s .¥rom a purely political viewpoint, the phineipal questions arising are: 'In what measure can & futuré don- féderation be usefully incorporated in the League of Nations? ~What contribution could such a new mp bring t0 international affairs? [What states could, without difficulty, take part in this confederation? Several groups already exist: Namely, the little entente, and the various pow- ers that signed the Locarno pact. But it has been demonstrated at London during the Naval Conference that & third group—that of the Mediterranean pewers—is more difficult of realization. Would Meet Opposition. ‘The object of such a confederation evidently would QGeneva pact in articles looking to' the prohibition of war, and here again is an idea that has suffered an almost irreparable check at the hands of Great Britain. Therefore, if a federative bond, even very supple one, were to be cres rope, the good will of either Eny ar Russia could scarcely be lzd upon. Traditionally the United King- dom has always been an obstacle to rpalization of greater international progress in Europe and how more than eyer it is turning toward the complete momic and political unity of the g’gfish Empire. tAs for Russia, whose present govern- ent is reviving Attila’s old policy with the same diplomatic means, that eoun- try is much more concerned with stir- ring a storm all over Asia than with amy agreement with the bourgeois gov- efnments of Europe. sConsequently a European eonfedera- tion, which some would improperly call e United States of Europe,” must be linited to Furopean continental powers, cept for Russia, and these powers al- ready are the most assiduous members of. the League of Nations. i Believe Bloc Is Possible. Would such & bloc be possible from an economic viewpoint? A number of statesmen hope so. Post-war conmtlons " said M. Briand IL that famous luncheon speech of his iry September, 1929, “have demonstrated the interdependence of European states, particularly in economic and soelal flelds. It becomes more necessary every dn; to organize and rationalize produc- tign and exchanges, especially in the rpsence of an ever more intense world competition, which may become irre- sistible if the state of anarch; In Euro- peE markets s not remedied. 'he first step in this direcllun was taken by the tarifl conference. Al- though its original object of a complete tabiff was not attained, the stabiliza= tidn of commercial treaties until April 1,11936, and the undertakings agree ' by the states with autonomous cus- toms eystéms constitufe a motal ob- cle against the increase of tariffs. om another point of view the in- ctease of the American tariff on lace i478 step whose effects were felt much further than by the small eity of Caldis, which was a victim of it. It sounded af alarm throughout Europe at the very moment when the continent was con: sidering the substitution of a Eu ropean economy for national economies. Proposes Economic Relations Group. 49n this connection it is interesting to note that the International Chamber SCammerce proposes tg form an in- ational economic relations group, cdhsisting of commil , to delve mm hfi subject of obstacles to trade, indus- 1" accords and rétionalisation in Bu- rope, the United States, the Far East ard South America. ese committees would present the r¢ ts of their labors Pchingion in May, 191, oo B ington in May, There is & universal desire to draw fn ether in a spirit of economic com- mise to prevent the recurrence of an wnomlc crisis infinitely worse than any known in the last 50 years. Out- lets can be widened for the benefit of-world production only by a passing = frém the stage of national economies be to impfove the , rd ple, as all 6f th Irefl m l:oneeded nueme g:u d | Dyer, Corbin President’s Camp Between Two Burning Areas as Vol- unteers Wage Fight. Special Dispatch to The Star, LURAY, Va, April 13—Forest firés raging in three sections of Shenandoah National Park, in the vicinity of Sky- land and near President Hoover's Rapi- dan fishing camp, were still burning late today, despite efforts to control them sifice Thursday. Another serious fire was burning in the Massanuttan range near Lacy Springs, 4 few miles from Harrisonburg, Va., and with many of the State fire wardens in the Blue Ridge seetion, lack of man- power was preventing its beiig brought under control. 2 . EEE DIOFISTS URGE acres in the Skyllnd touc by the fire late New ready working to subdue thefn. fart.s were b!ln made_late . C._Oarson, V ginia State Department Commisslonef, t6 'u more men on the scene. Motntain Aid Slight. Lmle aid has been rend ing the general fire b m ] nem Ifil of them hld lost thelr fences outbuildings had been burned, ggm_es had been destroyed up ¢ & ll“ TG of the fires were burning 10 miles of President Hoover's %“ «:u'n"ge one to the north and the south, and any increasé 6t shift in the wind would endany !Mt noint a new steel m on Fork Mountain, near the ¢amp, and t spechl eunrd is being maintained in wmu Olk Can; the most sééni of the many beautiful'spots in the p-r'ke had n_protected r,u\u far by heroic increasein" the e S danger tnat point, as 'the fire has 4p- cl vel to tne nm nr}; close to the canyon on proprietor of sk.vhnd. wha nm Wunln late to- day for the scene of the firé, repé: that it was the worst blaze In that sec- :i:rnkh; a lgnet“linne.u;le will aid in the of con! tonig] until 16 is under o;nholm‘ S Famous Black Hock, ancther of the mth”:gbhymmm in aten a second fire, third blaze had broken out in ml: woods around Grottos, near where the Brown's Gap road penetratés the park. Rings and Backfires. The fire-fighting force 1is raking rings and setting coptrolied back Arek an effort to prevent the spread of the blaze. The Skyland fire hM Burned over Robertson Mountain, south to the Oldxn road, but had been prevented from crossing the rosd. Mountain lolk of the Nicholson, and Dodson fam! lost their fences and mltbull md were still working men homes from taking fire bru\em and leaves, eerriéd some times as mlmh s a mile by the freaky wind, which was strong in some sections, but calm in others, The fire sta; two d:'ys ago about one-half mile from the Nicholson Ex- imental Mountain Sc) rom President Hoover’s elmv much effort the sacl saved. Among the fire wardéns from Madi- son County on the scene at !kylnnu wére Mack Uts, Walker Bérty and Ed Weekly. Carl Sotfiers, Wilbur Miller and othéts were among the wardens 88 Soer :tm‘hc N%%%m. among a e A Potomac Washington by auto today on the and who will ulm. in fighting the fire. ing iy 1 ine socion ana il e of ing trails e ? due to their knowledge of to the stage of continental markets, ‘THe greatest prosperity cannot be found insrivairy, but in speeialization, in_the delimitation of sales territories and in mgre rigorous adaptation of producuon to ccmumpu (capymm. 1980 BOSTON FINANCIER HEADS GAS COMPANY George Wood Is Elected President to Succeed Ord Preston, Resigned. George Wood, Boston financier, was elatted president of the Washington GM Light Co., to suceeed Ord Preston, éd, at a meeting yesterday of the ‘d of directors. r, Wood is affiliated with the group ich purchased controlling interest in thé local’ emnpnny for interests outside of {Was] lection of Mr ‘Wood was the only ubiness muceed at the meeting. Vo DEAD, 65 HURT, "IN TROLLEY WRECK S't et Car Jumps Track, Crashing Into Shop, Then Turns Over on Side. Associated Press. OW, Scotland, were killed and injured in derailment of a street car in the shortly before mid- tonight. car, which was crowded with nger for the sul n'omflulnm ltllfi"‘lin- in all directions as the car fened over the pavement. Hescuers found injured women and khild , returning from an evening's tainment ai the movies or r, pinned under the twisted metal dfsnowered with broken glass. Miny unmaclmm, while others screamed pefsons were injure of 88,010 cars of citrus muu shipped !rom Californis in -9 Crop year. 1 13—Two | burb of Daimuir | BY reasen 21 KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION IN MINE Fumes Block Resoue Workers At- tempting to Enter Wash- ington Tunnel. By the Assoeiated Press. TACOMA, Wash., April 13~Twenty- one men were killed in & gas explosion at the Carbanado eo-l mlm,,omllu f here, ton! teports from $he mine. Al l’se mlm are nn ,mine -umurltiu . Gas fumes kept res- from enurlnt the_ tunhel. vietims had not ?len ification of the yet been made. 3,100 ACRES INVOLVED R, Arkansds Land and Alleged Insure ance rm in Dispute. 12 — o ‘l"" m‘g of whlnn flcuna widow lam rnrmn.n two chnd:en Robert 0. md Jalle. The suit w warranty deed exgcuted Jlmllf] 0. 1930, by Dr. and A. J. Bu- Columbia, Ma to “Wlllhm conveying mem mb)oet to '$111,000 mfllln i8 in jail :t Bentonville, Ark., on murder charges with the St of ek, i o e 4 ‘The of Mrs, Pearman and her s.ohudnn ask that Pearman and Folta lta” be remaved by decree. STIMSON SPEAKS TODAY Resume to Be Given of Three Months’ Work at Naval Parley. A e of the three months’ work o!t.hr:l‘gmn val Conference which huremflm m-nufluun to sign [<] tlrlhlnln‘ et il States, Grea Secretary of State B! mwmwwum pul o over Station WMAL, Columbia Broad- System, it was announced last has &p- | in Ky., told Judge Wolfford e ! in investigated fin some name | that THE SUNDAY Fencing Contests Of D. C. to Attract ' Many Entrants veatant, drawn 0 the memh part nt wn for pai from the ranks of Washington .oemy-nlmmmnmm-m where the sport 18 m wtl! meet Frida; tates from Sweden, the it title holder, will meet the fuuowlnfi Who hnvt qualified for entry: dley Breckinridge, Miss Mmone Montgomery, Miss Priscilla_Holcombe, Miss Eliza« beth Hunting, Miss Mildred Eng- lish, Miss Adeline Marness and Miss Francesoa Undérwood. Five men contestants will fignt for honors with the épee. y are Senor Paul Vianello, chanicels lor of the Cuban embassy; Serior ite champion. Hl] Wm lhm has charge of the exhibition. ABANI]UNINB ARMS armament as Move to Lead Other Nations | Is Advocated. By the Assoeiated Press. namunhmu of about & seore of fin lons appeared before & tee yesterday to_advo- cate tom dunnmmem by the United States as an example which they eon- tended would inspire other nations to outisw preparations for war. Miss Domlhg Detsger, who obtained a port ummer ' despite omit! he world “defend” from the oath of allegiarice to the Constitution, and thereby stitring defense organisations 10 spitited protests, with other wit- nesses mclmh adoption of a joint resos lution ln, for a constitutional amendment that would effect their purpose. Indications were that the resolution would meet defeat before ever reach- g the Senate, but for almost three hours its sponsors were encouraged to ive full expression to their views be- ore a subcomrnittee of the Senate ju- diclary committee. Frazler Charges “Waste.” Senator Frazer, Republican, of North Dakota, who introduced the resolution. asserted that the millions of dollars it for national defense by the nited ~States were ‘“worse than wasted.” He contended the United States must independently outlaw prep- aration for war, “to show that :1‘??& what we said in the Kellolg Miss Detzer declared that the naval conference in London is showing “how strikingly slow are the processes of dis- armament by agreemen Our delegates went over for reduc- tion,” she continued, “and they coming back with a half-] bxmon-dulhr building program.” fof gl. Dethocrat, of Washin had ton asked if ah amendment outlawi g preparation for, war against any govern- ment that had made similar provision would be satistactoty. “Some country must be big enough,” replled Miss Dauor "to take that r disarming nlbeflne lhle Speaks. Katherine Deéveréaux Blake, repre- senting = the Women's International Leéague for Peace and Freedom, told the dommittee: 54 -great-grandfather was the T countty o % civiised. Terefare ul clv! refare, 1 urge the amendment.” Blake said she had taught in New Yorlk schools for 60 years. She as- serted war could not be made unprofit- able because “you oan conseript life, But not wealth.” She asked “How far dawn the nnpx:y toad toward imperial- ism has my jerica been pushed?” John Nevin Sayre, secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, told the committee that “science and religion are combining to make men revolt from war.” Jessle Wallace Hughan, secretary of the War Resisters’ League, maintained that the next war, if there were one, would be “one of populations,” with tacks on supply sources—factories, rail- way s'.nlom. ‘whole cities—figuring in conflict “beginning with war in the air lnfild of ending with air raids.” not Byrns, New York attorney, acts ing 8& chairman of the witnesses, as- setted the amendment must be ‘putting our !n'.h ,in peoples rather uun in_government Chairman omem. Mpubllun, of Massachusetts the subcommittee, said afterward & rqport ‘would be_ s mitted to the full committee on Mon- day. A similar resolution was introduced by Senator Frasier two years ago and was reported adversely by the committee. WOMAN BURIED ALIVE, EMPLOYERS ASSERT Kentucky Judge Orders Probe of Their Charge—Declare She Fainted Often. By the Associated Press. GRAYBON, Ky, April 12—Oircuit Judge G. W. Wolfford of Carter County ummmoed iodny that he would call a d- jury Monday to probe charges it Mrs. Susie Vukeu. 63, for whom funeral services were held here March 2, vm buried alive. ‘Wolfford’s announcement came uwr wo sisters who lormefly employed Mrs. Vickers appeared before him and testified that in their opinion, the ‘woman wu burled wnge still alive. The ‘women, ., George B. Honch l hnson, both of Catlettsburg, chell .lo n, um.h Fov o) Vicker's death and funeral and that several persons had told them that moisture had been wiped ?vm r:‘ha woman's face twice duflnl the une: services. sisters sald that Mrs. Viekers m -ubnet to M.nung spells and that d e in & state of wnu for time. ‘They also told the judge understand she was buried ithout embalmed and without the services of an 3 goriiiuatr e AMERICAN DRAFTED BY FASCISTI FREED By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Apnl 12.~—Relatives of Antonio Pissucco, Bronx sirup manu- !munr who had been into the Fascist army while on a visit to ltaly, today annouuced nellpt of a m from Senator Royal 8. Co, Plzsucco nouncement cane from bassadr in Pissucco, STAR, SENATE OPPOSITION Republicans, However, Ex- pect Ratification in Spite of Big Fleet Advooates. (Con First » whether he would support it in the Benate or not. .. “I am glad” said the Minnesola Senator, “that the treaty is not to com- mit us politically in Euroj I shall be lad to support the treaty it it proves be one t commendn itself to my Jjudgment.” Senator Hale, chairman of the Sen- ate naval affairs committee, would make fio comment on the London treaty. He has, however, taken a strong position in the past on the question of 10,000~ ton cruisers, demanding that the United States be permitted to construct as nunyctt-hmnhl as it deems neces- n Y pel.r- qulu llkely. there- he nlvu Afll van of the opposition to the treaty. ommmee will be (mmd in the Must Cancel Five. Setiator Hale is disappointed because the United States is not, under the fermis of the treaty, to carry out the program 18id down by Congress for the conatruction of 10,000-ton cruisers car- tying 8-inch guns. Twenty-three of these crylsers have been authorized, ed’ht by the act of December, 1924, and mn by the aét of February, 1929. of theése new crulers are nearly m«l md five more are more uun t completed. The London ide for only 18 of these Lhe Umled States m for Britain. In other vnlmum w'lel‘li hlvae to Propos: cruisers suthorized by 'l'he total cruiser tonnage to be al- lowed the United States under the Lon- don agreement is 323,000 tons. Of this total, 180,000 tons will bé in eighteen 10,000-ton’ eruisers. The United States has already ten cruisers of the Memphis Class, armed with 6-inch guns, account- ing for another 70500 tons. The re- maindef, some 73,000 tons of cruisers, would have to be of the smaller type. ‘The United States Navy has listed today about 179,000 tons of cruisers, the newest of which is 25 years old, due for the scrap heap in most cases before very long. On the Democratic side of the cham- ber, Senator McKellar of Tennessee is known to be strongly opposed to any treaty which does not give full pafity with Great Britain to the American Navy, and he, like Senator Hale, is not satisfled with the limitation placed on the number of 10,000-ton cruisers with a wide cruising radius which the United States is permitted to build Senator McKellar last night did not wish to be committed finally, however, against the treaty. Senator Swanson of Virginia, ranking Democratic member of the foreign re- lations committee and also of the naval affaits committee, would not be quoted 1n regard to the treaty. He has always in the past for a strong American vay One argument which may be ad- vanced by opponents of the London naval treaty when it comes to the Senate is found in a suggestion that it violates the Constitution. Under the Constitution, Congress is given the power to provide for the construction and upkeep of a Navy. It is now point- ed out that under the limitation treaty, negotiated by the President and ratified by the Senate, the House is excluded from having a 8ay in what the size of the American Navy shall be. Senators’ Support Expected. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, Re- publican, and Senator Robinson o6f Arkansas, the Democratic leader of the Senate, are members of the American delegation attending the naval confer- ence. If they both return to the Senate, convinced of the feirness and usefulness of the proposed treaty, they are likely to exert a_powerful influence for its ratification. They are both mem- bers of the fore relations committee, and Senator Robinson is also a mem- ber of the naval affairs committee. ‘There has so far been ho indication when the Senate may expert the hew naval treaty to be submitted to it. The question was raised yesterday whether the President would send the treaty to the Senate for consideration at the present session of Congress. At the ‘White House, it was said no decision in this matter ‘had been reached. It is not expected that the treaty will be in ‘Washington until May. Congress is planning to get away by June 15 if it can get the tariff bill and appropriation measures out of the way. The treaty doubtless will lead to long debate in the Senate and, if pressed for considetation at this time, mluht delay considerably the l?.{lneummen‘ of the Congress. - on other hand, some of the Re- publican leaders took the view that u ‘would be quite natural for the a tration to wish to have the naval trufii ratified at the earliest possible oppor- tunity, it a8 & real achieve- ment and something to go to the coun- U’y on and ask a return of a Repub- ican Congress in- November. , There is !he other side to, be considered, how- ever. There may be easler sailing for the treaty after the political um&d&n is out of the way and the treaty is taken up next 'mber. Further, the Presi- dent could call the Senate into amm session in November, if he desired do so, after the elections, to take uj the treaty in advance of the nrullr uulon which opens in December. view put forward was that per- {a thu mntg ‘would nnter to walt had ratified the mv treaty. 0! course, the British may take ug the ‘rnty and act on it soon after _.__.. GRAIN DEMAND LACK SLOWS UP SHIPPING Only Small Consignment by Lake Vessels Is Expected at Season’s Opening. pet cen ey o( 'I 10, and 2 fi vl have bee: tal crul By the Associated Press. DULUTH, Minn. April 12 ~with more than 37,000,000 bushels of grain in elmton at Duluth and Snpefl and almost ‘total absence of demand from the East, grain men at me head of the Iakes expected only a small con- llcmmnt Dy vessels down the Great of interlake ni along shore, navigation is not expecmd m oponed for at lmt 10 days, vessel here reported, while shippers are um to be in favor of dehyln. opening lake mmenu until May 1 becaus¢ of the of demiand for grain. BAND CONCERT. United States Marine mnfl n 4 s‘r mzrmm auditorium, 8. Witcomb, leetmd leader. WAGNER PROGRAM. Overture—"Tannhauser.” Prelude to “Parsifal.” Solo—"" legisla- | engaged in ‘Branson, lewdzr *© Artnur | g00d NAVAL PAGT FACES FIGHT BOTH WAYS Pacifists and Stronger Fleet Advocates Await Debate on Ratification. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. When the Hoover adminiétration seeks ratification of the three-power naval treaty in the Senate it will find itself under fire from two totally differ- ent diredtions. The big Navy group will assail the &et because it goes too far in limital and feduction. The pacifist (toup will represent that the tru does not go far enough in those 8. Thn apostles of magimum of Ameri- cafi naval strength will concentrate their attack on the crulser provisions of the lo - American « Japanese agree- ment. They will fight on three specific counts: Pirst, that the general Navy Board's recommendation of 23 cruisers of 10,000 tons each has been ignored, and p‘my with Great Britain arranged on an 18-cruiser basis; secondly, that the treaty means the United States will build only 10, instead of the 15, 10,000~ ton cruisers authorized by Congress last, year, and, thirdly, that in contrasting to put 143,500 tons into cruisers carrying 6-inch guns the United States builds ships which the British want us to lay down, but whicly are a class of cruisers the American Navy actually has no use for. Some Senate objection is bound to be raised to the contingent clause of the treaty, giving Britain, if necessary, the right to match French tonnage. Eleventh-Hour Campaign. aucmav/ elemmt, resentéd by the Nal evenuan of ‘War-—the lpelrhe-d ot the tremendous drive in Congress against naval legis- lation during the past three years—is an eleventh-hour campaign to revise the London treaty downward. To that end it made a fervent appeal to peace society adherents throughout the country to bring pressure to bear on President Hoover not later than yes- terday. The “confidential” whip put out for that & rpose fell into the hands of Representative Britten, Republican, of Illinois, Friday, and he made it the basis of a demand for an \nvnmnuon of the war-pnvenuqn council and it executive secretary, Frederick J. leby, by the Seénate lobby committee. ‘The Libbyites want the ‘‘treaty ueets” of the United States and Great Britain slashed from 15 to 10 battleships, and Japan's quota of 9 reduced to 6. The pacifist program also calls for accep- tance of the British proposal to de- crease alrcraft-carrier tonnage from 135,000 to 100,000. The United States stood out at London for the larger car- rier figure, and it is the one about to be wnllen into the tripartite treaty. Finally if the Natlonal Council for Pre- vention of War can prevail, postpone- ment or replacemeénts would not be confined to a five-year battleship holi day (as the treaty provides), but would be extended to every category of nhl%fl In other words, instead of stopping the building of merely capital ships between now and 1936, America, Great Britain and Japan would stop laying down new crulsers, destroyers and submarines to take the place of any such ships which, because of age, become useless and are subject to replacement. Prospect Not Relished. 1t thus becomes apparent that before the London pact reaches the ratification stage, it will be bombarded from a variety of les. Members of Congress, and Senators in particular, do not relish the prospect. It means a resumption of the rival big navy and little navy tvmplg\nda campaign, like the ‘one hat raged on Capitol Hill from the time of the abortive Geneva Conference in 1927 to the enactment of the 15- cruiser bill in 1929. No such drive was ever experienced by the oldest con- gressional hands as was organized against the famous Coolidge-Wilbur 71 ship program of 1927-28. The program was wrecked by the pacifists, cut down to a 15-cruiser bill, and was bitterly fought even in that emasculated form. Evidently the pacifists now_deter- mined to crusade against the London treaty program, with its entailed ex- penditure of between $550,000,000 and $650,000,000. The Libby up is not impressed by the round $1,000,000,000 of saving in naval costs, which President Hoover foreshadows, measured by the yardstick of what would have had to be spent on “the Geneva basis.” The war-prevention zealots call for an anti- treaty program which might account for a saving of $1,500,000,000 during the six years in question. In other words, the Libbyites, taking their cue from the emphasis President Hover lays on the economies effected at London, will agi~ tate for still greater economies. The letter of the National Council for Prevention of War, over the sl ture of Executive Secretary Libby, which Representative Britten has mldeJl\lec appears to have been the one ads ssed to college presidents. It reads, in part, a8 follows: “Dear Friend: The following state- ment has been prepared by vote of group of peace organizations for Nnuon- wide sighature, to be sent to the Presi- dent on April 12 and released to the ress probably on April 14. Please keep F confidential, as regards publication, until April 14. If you approve the statement, will you arrange to secure other signatures from among your faculty and students, and write or wire the names, with your own, to this office. ‘They should reach here not later than Friday, April 11. “We regard Ambassador Gibson's radio speech on April 6 as offering us a last opportunity to express to our deleghtion our hope of securing more substantial reduction than is now con- templated, and to lay the basis for continued action following the London Conference, in support of its ideals and in harmony with the Kellogg pact. “We urge the United States to take the initiative in seeking adoption of these imeasures (for bringing about further reduction in battleships and aircraft carriers and extending the I a of other classes of ships, S0 as to post pone replacements), so that even moulh all of the originai aims of the con- ference may not be achieved, the high confidence of the American le that the Government of the United States will do everything in its power to achieve reduction of armaments at this conference may not be disappointed.” (Copyright, 1930.) iy NAVAL PACT DRAFT IS BEING RUSHED BY GROUP OF EXPERTS __ (Continued From First Page) Pflnfle and Rear A Harry Yanell The British Sunday p gives meas- be umr:d praise to the unompll.lhmeml of conference. The consensus is that, though only a semblance of a five- power pact has been achieved, the three-power agreement is of real value and the door is still open to France and Italy whenever they can settle their differsnces. ‘The Sunday Observer says that Anglo- American friendship has at last been b basis of nse. AN tor, J. L. Glrvln btllevel “the Hoover- Macdonald negotiations for & complete Anglo-American settlement and an im- mnlhh pelee betvem 20 000,000 Vorked: o Efl"' 3 e have worked o\nt mnnlhn to su- e Il to the everlast- WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 13, 1930—PART ONE. NAVAL PAGT FACING I "The executive offices, - rebullt after the Christmas eve fire, finally were made ready for muup-nry yesterday, and President Hoover went back to his | the last time in the tem) This shows the President entering the offices for the first time. desk there. Sergt. E. L. Seamén and Sergt. Clarence M. Dalrymple of the him, —Associal police force were at the door to greet HOUSE GROUP TO OPEN HEARINGS THIS WEEK ON MOORE PROPOSAL (Continued Prom First Page.) committees on the District (legislative) and of the subcommittees on District appropriations, with one of the District Commissioners, the director of the Bureau of the Budget and three citizens to_be appointed by the President. Representative Moore has just been informed that one of the last acts of the outgoing District Commiasioners was to express a favorable opinion on this bill with several modifications. Thev advised that the recommendations by the pro(r)sed commission to Con- ress should be made every two years, tead of every four years as written into the Moore bill; that the citizen appointées shall have resided in the District not less than three years be- fore appointment, and that recom- mendations be limited to the division of expenses and not extended to other legislation. It also is suggested that the work of conducting the investigation shall not exceed $20,000 a year, which Pruhlbly will be sufficlent in view of the act that the members of the commis- sion will serve without compensation. Representative Moore stated last night that he does not object to any of these suggestions, except that he believes the commission should have authority to make any recommendations it may think proper, “which would do no hat and might do a great deal of good,” said Mr. Moore. He intends to press this bill and if possible obtain the judg- ment of the District committee and of the House upon this question u to ‘whether the division of expense 8! remain on an inflexible basis, wnll‘h he does not belleve can be defended either the advocates of the fixed ratio plan or the lump sum appropriation plan, now that conditions are changing rapidly, partieularly in view of the large bullding program being carried into effect. If the lump sum plan is to be con- tinued, Representative Moore says he believes it is preposterous to leave the amount of the Federal contribution to be fixed by two or three members of Congress belonging to the House ap- propriations committee, instead of proe viding for an investigation and recom- mendation by an impartial commission equipped to find all the facts. Representative Moore last night em- phasised that he is not a property owner in the District, nor interested in any business here, and that he con- sequently is prompted by no other de- sire than to have a step taken which will put an end to a controvery and bring about a falr adjustment. CANNON IS W.ILLING TO APPEAR IN LOBBY PROBE, HE DECLARES (Continued From First Page.) his evidence u\mn cnnnon and the Southern Methodist A list of persons who contributed $500 or more to the Federal Council for 1929, which has been furnished Chairman Caraway, contains the names of 24 men and women, including Mr. and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow and John D. Roekexeller. i J. E. Plerce, editor of the Huntsville, Ala,, Times, has been given permis- sion by Caraway to testify for a few minutes on Tuesday conccrningv pay- ment of $1,000 to him by J. W. Worth« ington, chairman of the executive com- mittee of the Tennessee River Improve- ment Association. When he testified early this week he and Senator Black, Democrat, Alabama, engaged in a heated exchange epithets, referring to each other contemptible liar” among other things. Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, also Wwill appear on Tuesday. CANNON DENIES HE'S WED. Prelate ‘Spikes Persistent Rumors He Has Remarried. RICHMOND, Va., April 12 (#).—The Times Dispatch says that Bishop James Cannon, jr., tonight denied over long- distance telephone from Durham, that he was married. He said, the paper states, that should he ever decide to rewed he would give |the proper announcement to the Tess. ‘The inquiry was made of the b&hfln. the paper says, in view of persistent the churchman recently n A B B e I e COURT HOLDS BABY Women Seek to Establish Glaim to Child. PORTLAND, Oreg., April 12 four months old, golden haired, whose temporary name is anna Jane, became the ward of Juvenile Court here today while two women prepared to prove their maternal rights to_the custody of the child. The lln(lnt became _court Two —A by Its edi-| o, e ’?ln( th M-z‘,avhlch she is Tecove: e infani alleged to have ahandoned in’a hotel. N.C, |8 ‘White House ted Press Photo. GONFEREES AGREE ON MORE DUTIES Rates on Tobacco and Cotton Textiles Fixed by House and Senate Members. By the Associated Press. Higher protection from forelgn com- petition for American producers of wrapper tobacco, cotton textiles and various raw and processed commodities of flax, hemp and jute was provided under agreements reached yesterday by the Senate and House conferees on the tarift bill. High spots in the day's work were seen in the compromise by which pres- ent duties of $2.10 and $2.75 a pound, respectively, on unstemmed and stem- med wrapper tobacco, were increased by 17% cents a pound, and in acceptance of the Senate's ndnmoml levy of 10 cents & pound on all goods, except rags, made from long staple cotfon. The Touse bill had provided an in- crease of 40 cents a pound in the tobacco imposts. The Senate had re- stored present rates. 'he cotton goods rate increase was to compensate manufacturers using long staple cotton, which was taken from the free list by the Senate and given by | & tariff of 7 cents a pound. Three Schedules Complete. Work on_ three complete rate sched- ules was completed yuhemny. bringing | the total up to 11 since the tariff ad- Jjusters began their task a week and a halt ago. With only four rate sections await. adjustment, Senator Smoot, publican, Utah, head of the Senate con: ference group, Dl‘tdlckd all duty dif- ferences will have been composed by the middle of this week. task of ‘conciliating the dispu administrative clauses will in the hope that the entire bill might be completed well before May 1. Only six rates have been passed over thus far by the conferees, so that the House proper might vote upon them. They affect sugar, cement, lumber, shingles, silver ‘:‘:dm o W hfi!fi e s ple cotton goods rate , the conferees yes- terday accepted the following Senate dutles in the cotton schedule, compared with present rates: Senate Rates Approved. Se thread, one-half of 1 cent per hundred yards, now the same; tire and cord fabric, 25 per cent, now the same; blankets and blanket cloth, 30 per cent but not less than 1414 cents. Pound now 25 per cent; shirts not or crocheud 45 per cent, now 35 “l-m lnd miss” rag rugs, 75 per cent, now 35 per cent, based on the Ameri- can umn.& ice; rags, including wiping a pound, now dumble at mlaux lower rates; used as belt- ing for textile mucmnery. 40 per cent, now 30 per cent. Another Senate amendment approved vides a minimum rate of. 55 one« undredths of a cent per average num- ber per pound on plain cotton cloth containing yarns the average number of which exceeds No. 90. House cotton rates approved, as com- pared with existing levies were: ‘Tapestries and other jacquard-fig- ured upholsbery cloths, 55 Yer cent, now 45 per cent; warp-knit gloves, 60 per cent, now 50 per cent. ‘The duty of cotton chenille rugs was incre: 35 to 40 per cent by another compromise. Additional Rates. ‘These Senate rates in the flax, hemp and jute schedule were accepted: Hemp and hemp tow, 2 cents a pound, now 1 cent; hackled hemp, 3% ocents pound, now 2 cents; jute twist, twlnl and cordage comj of 2 or more yarns or rovings twisted together, the size of the single yarn or roving of which is coarser than 5-pound, 9 cents und, now 11 cents. reads, twines and cords, composed of two or more yarns of flax, hemp, or ramie, twisted together, 40 per cent, now 30 per cent; gill nettings, webs, seines and other fishnets of flax, hemp, or ramie, not specially provided for, 45 per cent, now dutiable at various lower Tates. Woven fabrics for artists’ canvas, 45 cent now 40 per cent; linen hand- rhiefs with hand rolled or hand- mude hems, 50 per cent and 1 cent each, now 45 per cent; inlaid lineoleum, 2 Tgrdcznt now 35 per cm:n A uty on m-nn‘ sisal quen cordage was Tal qulnm of & cent to 2% cenunpound A House provision accepted would vide a rate of 55 per cent on woven ?’:flefi of flax, hemp or ramie weighing pot M\:fln yard and ex m;fl'lllnchfl ‘The t duty is the same but it is base not less unn 4% ounces nnd not over 36 4 and not over 12 ounces ceeding 12 but Amf,her House amendment uzreed m Y | would increase from 40 to 55 per cen the rate on flax or ramie woven Ilbnu o commonly \g;d for ml‘q:m than 120 \‘.hruu to the Honduras Plans War School. ‘TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, April 13 W—m lonrnmem M:I .m ‘lfl war, dm-bno! HOOVER RETURNS - 10 OWN OFFICES Cooling Device Is Added in Renovation of Executive. Wing. President Hoover tomorrow will sit at his work desk in a new atmosphere, The renovation of the White House office wing, which was wrecked by fire Christmas Eve, has left the pure Geor- glan architecture unchanged, but ine stalled & modern air-cooling apparatus and slightly modernistic electric light fixtures. ‘The washed-air machine will make the White House offices comfortable for the first time. Presidents for E‘n- erations past have shivered in Winter and roasted in Summer. The aew bulbs and fixtures will bring the toush ot m modern which will go with the fast work office force already mun» in the ment work 100ms. In the President's room tne lights are set in silver torches, in line and unmistakably modern. chandelier, the only other innovation I 1 decoration, is equally severe, with black and silver contrasted in & design which would be ?mmetrlcll but for the sug- gestion of futurism. In the cabinet room a similar chandelier is contrasted with wali lights entirely new. Here the bulbs are hidden behind a moon-like disc set in_the upstretched wings of eagies. President Hoover yesterday sat for &0\1!‘! executive ces ‘in the State, d Navy Bufld\ng His desk could not be moved until after dusk when nearly all the mher nrn hernalia was Alreidy l.n- ‘White House voxked b\ully to complete t.he c.hnn SHERIFF SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN CELL Federal Judge Orders Eight to Go to Prison on Liquor Law Charges. By the Assoelated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 12.—After overruling motions for new trials subs mitted by six of the eight defendants convicted in the Pottawatomie County liquor conspiracy trial in Februaly, United States Judge Edgar 8. vnum passed sentence this afternoon on all elght Frank rox, former sheriff of the county, was sentenced to two years in the leral penitentiary and $1,000, the maximum. J. W. Mostenbacher, named in the trial as the head of an alcohol ring, ;I.so was ‘slven the maximum sentence or_conspiracy. John Baugh, Bob Keyes and Barney Lovette, drug store proprietors 'ho allegedly sold liquor, were -enunced 18 months in the penitent d $500 fines. Roy Booth, Virgil Cl \lrch md Bill Comer identified in testimony retallers of liquor, were given 18 mumn each in the penitentiary. Randall Pitt- man, county attorney, was acquitted in the conspiracy trial. PO, FAST TRAIN SEIZED BY FLORIDA COUNTY TO COLLECT TAXES (Continued From First Page.) tem of Highlands County for the next school term. Officers sald the attachment of the }nm lh‘: woulg‘ p';evtn! train No. 102 rom going north tomorrow trtln'No 191 today would hlnn‘eu 192 northbound. Earlier in the day, the sheriff had seized the Coast Line right of way and track The papers were served on W. W. McFarland, the railroad’s agent, and listed, besides the track: the 00l house, section house and depot. County Attorney Lee and the sheriff were at the depot and announced they were ready to hold for sale to the hl(l est and best bidder for taxes, all trains as they arrive. The back taxes, the county attorney said, amounted to ap- proximately $40,000, delinquent since last April 1. Declaring they do not plan to inter- fere with the movement of the mails, officials tonight allowed the northbound train from Clewiston to Haines City to pass. This train carries mail, and the officials saild they did not intend to “get mixed up in Government busi- ness.” Just before the seisure of the pas- senger train No. 191, a fruit train passed through Avon Park without stopping, although the officers were waiting for it. The sherlfl said he hud planned earlier ize passenge: rflm but when l«he fnllhl failed to le e decided to attach No. 191 as soon u 1t dis- charged its mail here, RAIL HEAD IS SILENT. WILMINGTON, N. C., April 12 ().— George B. Elliott, president of the At- lantic Coast Line today that Col. W. ay ville, Fla., of the rallway's legal staff would_confer Tallahassee Monday with Florida State tax authorities nh- tive to unpald 1929 taxes levied against the rallway. Mr. Elliott sald he expected a settle- ment to be made at that time. Untl he had further knowledge of seizure of the railway's right of and track at Avon Park, Fla, by Sheriff Oscar Wolff of thlmdfl County, he did not care ent, he sald. to, Mr, Elliott admitted certain items n the taxes listed against the rallwa were In dlsvutz. bu! sald he dis = care to reveal fi March Circulation Sunday, 118,132 Dlll?l t_of Columbis S. 0 Mo REWBSLD: lfinufl of I'HE EVENING AND S NDAY ITA] 'e?;'én'{‘s’”o’x £he ‘Baper namne flu 5 Gited aurin ot nlmn, iy month Days. i ] i 13 Less adfustments .. Daily average net circulation SUNDAY, Sunday net clr:nlllkn Aeraee mer pade id Bundey “fir yerass, numb Average mnu net etrculatton. .. Railroad, sald late E. of Daily...112,847