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WEATHER. (U. 8, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and morrow; somewhat cooler tonight. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 70, at yest Clo y; lowest, 57, at 5 am, Full report on page 9. N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 o b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 31,425, post office. Entered as second class matte Washington, IR WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1930 —SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. §INCH CRUISERS GIVEN . 5. SCORED " BY ADMIRAL JONES Thinks Different Settlement at Parley Was Entirely Possible. REDUCTION IS BLAMED ON GREAT BRITAIN Pratt Tells Naval Committee Pact Suits Him and Delegates Did Best They Could. By the Associated P Two gray-haired admirals of the American Navy, each with upward of a half century of distinguished serv- ice behind him, disagreed pointedly to- day over the merits of the naval treaty of London. Sounding the first note of protest from any official quarter, Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, long an outstanding figure among Navy men, told the Senate foreign relations committee that he not only disagreed with many of the decisions of the London Conference, but thought a different settlement would have been entirely possible. At the same time Admiral William V. Pratt, commander of the battle fleet, was advising the Senate naval com- mittee that the treaty suited him, that he was satisfied to have fewer 8-inch- n cruisers than the Navy previously d asked and that in any case the American delegation at London got the best it could. ‘Both admirals were naval advisers at London, but Admiral Jones left before the conference ended because of illness, and-he came to the committee table to- day 1 heavily on a cane. His dis- ability did not diminish the vigor of his Teplies to questioning Senators, “ disagree fundamentally with Ad- miral Pratt,” he said. “I cannot un- derstand Admiral Pratt's position.” Borah Agrees With Jones. Great Britain, Admiral Jones said, always had tried to beat down the American strength in the 8-inch eruis- ers, most desired by the Navy, and at London had brought about such a re- duction. ‘The Japanese cruiser strength as against the United States under the treaty he placed at “5—5 plus.” When the witness concluded, Chair~ man Borah said that while he was not ready to indicate whether he would support ratification of the treaty, he agreed with Admiral Jones in respect to the need for more 8-inch cruisers. Secretary Adams of the Navy, betore the foreign relations committee, again defended the treaty today, although he disclosed that the Amirican. cruisers than 1t got in the final agree- ment. iral Jones likewise criticized the POLICE TO ARRE ST TAXI DRIVERS TOO ZEALOUS TO SPEED SERVICE Statement of Diamond Cab Manager Assailed as “Ridiculous.” Suspension of Chauffeur Per- mits May Follow New Rate-War Move. Arrest and suspension of drivers’ per- mits face Washington's taxicab opera- tors who violate the traffic regulations in any attempt to speed up service to make the 35-cent operations a profitable venture, police and traffic authorities announced today as the taxicab rate war became intensified with the introduction | of a flat-rate charge by the Diamond cabs. The warning followed a statement by Harry C. Davis, general manager of the Independent Taxi Owners’ Association, which controls the Diamond cabs, that the lower rate would obviously necessi- tate additional speed and an accom- panying increase in accidents. “We are forced to reduce our rates in order to exist,” Davis said. “By op- erating at the flat 35-cent rate in the city proper we consider the rate below 4 A HARRY C. DAVIS, —Star Staff Photo. that which brings safety. We will be forced to speed and speeding brings ac- cidents.” Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, described the an- nouncement of Davis as a '‘ridiculous statement,” but declared he would issue " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) [2 FLYERS PLUNGE IN SHARK WATERS 10 Are Rescued—2 Float in Plane Until Found—Fate of 2 Is Hidden. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, May 15.—Two more of the 12 Army and Navy fyers caught in the rough, shark-infested waters be- between the Islands of Maui and Hawali when their planes were unable to effect take-offs yesterday were rescued early today by the mine sweeper Pelican. Eight previously were picked up. The two others are unaceounted for. ‘The Pelican picked up Lieuts. U. G. Jones and Walter Myers from their helpless amphiblan Army plane, one of the three aircraft which landed in the dangerous channel in an attempt to save the four flyers of a big Army bomber which had been forced down. Drifts About 40 Miles. ‘The amphibian had drifted about 40 miles from the spot where it landed and was found 20 miles southwest of the Island of iwe. The crews of another Army amphibian and of a Navy seaplane containing four naval fiyers and two of the ill-fated bomber's crew icked up last night by the steamer Hawail. The two missing flyers were members of the bomber’s crew of four. Piloted by Lieut. T. L. Boyd of Wash- ington, D. C., and ¢ Staff Sergt. H. Alexander of Kennedy, Ala.; Sf the | Sergt. Joe Becker of Brookiyn, N. Y., and ad doesn’t particularly affect us, I der what effect it may have if Great Britain feels alarmed by by France and Italy.” Speed Provisions Opposed. ‘The speed of 20 knots allowed for the unlimited class of ships also was o) by Jones. He said this speed “will make very formidable any com- merce raider or anti-submarine craft.” In each committee a small group of members continued to shower the wit- nesses with questions indicating many doubts as to the fairness of the pact to American naval interests. In large measure the testimony of both Secretary Adams and Admiral Pratt was a repetition of that given by them yesterday, when the Secretary ‘was before foreign relations and the admiral before the naval committee. ‘Today they had just cr.ssed the street and exchanged witness chairs. ‘The foreign relations committee hear- ings are held in a large hearing room in the Senate Office Building, while the naval committee meets a block away in the Capitol itself. Secretary Adams read a prepared statement saying he believed the treaty “advantageous to the American Navy” because it offered the hope of parity with Great Britain. Admiral Pratt, on the other hand, said he had no state- ment, but was ready to answer ques- tions. “To wz'eflgtc:rn it I'lxs t;ue ;,lhlt we gave up building some of the ships we dulxec{,a' saild Secretary Adams. “Of course, we made a compromise. The question is whether we made a just compromise.” % ‘The Secretary related that the treaty entailed a billion-dollar building pro- m_over 10_years, but “"a somewhat (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) TEXAS G. 0. P. LEADER LOSES LIBEL ACTION Jury Decides Against R. B..Creager in Suit for $500,000 Damages. By the Associated Press. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., May 15—R. B. Creager, Republican national com- mitteeman for Texas, lost his $500,000 and Pvt. H. L. Cowan of Syracuse, N. Y., the bomber was forced down in the channel while flying from Luke Field to Hilo. ‘Three of the four men jumped with parachutes, the fourth remaining at the controls. A Navy seaplane with a crew of four, piloted by Lieut. M. A. Shur, had been convoying the Army planes. Attempt to Rescue Crew. Shur landed in an attempt to rescue the bomber’s crew and took two of them aboard, but was unable to rise from the water again. Two Army amphibians, each bearing two men, landed later and also were unable to take off. Those rescued were the four of the seaplane’s crew, two men from one of the amphibians and two of the bomb- ers’ crew. The latter two had been picked up by the seaplane. In taking the six men from the seaplane the Hawali broke one of the craft's wings. Navy officers ordered out salvage work- ers to pick up the damaged seaplane at dawn. Three Navy patrol planes, which had been flying over the scene, were forced to return to their Ford Island base be- cause of diminishing fuel supplies. When the last patrol plane left the channel the wind was blowing and a heavy rain was_falling. ‘The bomber was one of 18 planes that was_ being convoyed from Luke Field to Hilo by Navy seaplanes. The other 17, as well as 24 aircraft from Wheeler P‘le'::]‘ were convoyed safely across the water. BOYD'S HOME IN UTAH. Lived in Washington Two Years at Sig- ma Phi Epsilon House. The records of Lieut. Boyd at the ‘War Department show that his perma- nent address is 1144 Twenty-fourth street, Ogden, Utah. He resided in Washington about two years at the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity House, 1810 Connecticut avenue, and left to take the Army's ewiation instruction course at Kelly Field, Tex. He was born May 31, 1907. Lieut. Boyd was commissioned only last February in the Reserve Corps and had been at Luke Field, Hawali, on extended active duty. 25 Injured in Fight. DRESDEN, Germany, May 15 (#).— Communists and Fascists battled today in the village of Heidenau, injuring 25 and overcoming the local police force. About 150 Communists took part in the clash. The village policemen num- bered oniy six. Eighteen injured were libel sujt against the Crowell Publish- ing Co., and P. F. Collier & Sons Dis- tributing Co. here today when a jury returned a verdict in favor of the de- fendants. The committeeman based his suit on an article in_Collier's Weekly, “High Handed and Hell Bent,” by Owen P. ‘White, which dealt with the political situation in Hidalgo County, on the Mexican border. ‘The case was given to the jury late yesterday. Testimony centered about Creager’s asserted political alliance with Sheriff A. Y. Baker's Democratic ad- ministration in Hidalgo County, ac- cused in the magazine article with boss- ing some 60,000 people. Many " witnesses testified for Colller's that it was “generally known” the State's Republican leader and the Hi- dalgo County’s Democratic chieftain had an understanding to the effect that Creager would discourage local opposi- tion to Baker, if Baker would return the favor for the Republicans at na- tional election time. The committeeman himself denied the’ charges from the stand. sent to a hospital. GANNON, CLEARED, FACES STOCK CASE Bishop Exonerated on Charge of Undue Political Activity in 1928. By the Assoclated Press. DALLAS, Tex., May 15.—Exonerated of charges of undue political activity in the 1928 campaign, Bishop James Can- non, jr, of Washington, D. C., today still faced complaints signed by more than a score of delegates to the General Conferenge, Methodist Episcopal Church South, that he speculated on|the stock market. Nearly six hours of deliberation by the episcopacy committee yesterday falled to clear Bishop Cannon of the speculation allegations. For three hours in the afternoon and 45 minutes at night Cannon was on the witness stand. Much of the .time he was known to have spent reading papers, presumably in teply to the photostatic documents presented by Judge G. T. Fifzhugh of Memphis, purporting to be records of his stock market transactions, T Five Are Under Study. After Bishop Cannon left the com- fittee room the committee spent nearly two more hours discussing his case. The sole known accomplishment of that ses- sion was a two-paragraph statement which placed the commitee definitely on record as supporting the political activities of “five bishops.” The com- taff | mittee will not meet again uniil Friday. Of these five, only four—Cannon, Ed- win Mouzon, John M. Moore and H. M. Dubose—were known to have been named by Rev. Rembert G. Smith of Wi n, Ga., instigator of the charge. Since the proceedings of the committee are kept in much privacy, it was not possible to ascertain the name of the fifth. Cannon Maintains Silence. Bishop Cannon, although jocular, maintained his attitude of non-com- municativeness toward the press. He declared he would make a statement at the “proper time,” and that the “proper time” would be when he was officially called upon for a statement. Some delegates attached significance to the fact that the committee spent so much time hearing Bishop Cannon as compared to the rapid-fire order in which they passed upon the excellence of the eight bishops preceding him in seniority. Four bishops each were giv- en a character at two previous meetings, including three of those known to have been charged with indulging in politics. ‘The further fact that Josephus Dan- iels, former member of the Wilson cab- net and an influential figure in the con- ference, had lent his support to Judge Fitzhugh was considered significant. Shortly after the afternoon session, Cannon told a friend at the hotel that he was tired, but ‘“ready to go back and face that gang tonight.” Although walking with a crutch, due to an injury in an automobile accident, Cannon declined help in climbing or descending the three flights of stairs leading to the committee room. Trial Precedent Lacking. In the event the committee exoner- ales Cannon, the decision is final in 0 far as those charges are concerned. If the committee should order a trial, he will be tried before a jury of clerics, probably in executive session. This point however, is not clear, since there is no precedent, so far as could be deter- mined, for trial of a bishop in the church. P The conference yesterday disposed of the most important items on the na- tionalization program—providing autqn- omous churches for Brazil, Mexico and Korea, and a bishop for China. There remain recommendations concerning | the church in Cuba, Africa and Europe, | and suggestions for changes in the rules 1 of discipline to bring that body of laws into conformity with the new churches. | Another subject expected to come be- | fore the conference was the question of | women's rights to serve as ministers, | with a majority report recommending | the church accord women this right. | As a means toward curtalling the ses- sion, which, it has been estimated, will cost at least $80,000, all speeches here- | after will be limited to 10 minutes. DIPHTHERIA SALVE MAY REPLACE SERUM INJECTION AS TREATMENT New Ointment, an Antitoxin, Proves 60 Per Cent Efficient in Test on Chicago Pupils. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 15.—In the opinion of Dr. Armold H. Kegel, city health commissioner, and Benjamin M. Gasul of the University of Illinois the use of serum injections as a diphtheria im- munity may soon be supplanted by an ointment. After making tests on 47 school chil- veloped by Prof. E. Lowenstein of Vienna. Dr. Kegel emphasized, however, that the ointment should not be used in practice until a 90 per cent efficiency has been reached, making it equal to the effectivencss of the serum and needle. The health commissioner explained thod caused the dren, Drs. Kegel and Gasul reported | bod to the night that they had obtained a 60jper cent efficiency with the olnt.menl.{de- e Chicago Medical Soclety last | the e ne toxin, At Dr. Kegel’s request, Dr. Gasul went to Austria to study the ointment. INDIA POLICE HALT SALT DEPOT RAID || LEDBY MRS. NAIDU Woman Leader and Large Party Are Surrounded at Dharasaana. HUNbREDS ARE MASSED TO PREVENT INVASION Mrs. Lakshmpathi Sentenced to Year of Simple Imprisonment for Activities. By the Associated Press. DHARASAANA, India, May 15.—Po- lice this forenoon nipped in the bud Mrs. Sarojini Naidu's projected civil disobedience leadership by surrounding her and a large party of volunteers as they started to raid the salt depot here. ‘The police action indicated the gov- ernment’s determination to practice firm methods against the salt raids. Mrs. Naidu had assembled her fol- lowers early in the morning, volunteers flocking to the scene just outside this town. Several hundred police had been con- centrated for the purpose of preventing the salt raid. The depot at Dharasaana is privately owned, but government op- erated, according to the authorities. The government insured its safety some time ago by reinforcing its guard. Early today virtually every police of- ficer of Jalalpur had been transferred to_Dharasaana. Previous to this the first woman lead- er to be arrested for a salt raid, at Vedaranyam, Mrs. Lakshmpathi, had been sentenced to one year's simple im- prisonment. An emergency order was in effect to- day prohibiting assembly in the salt depot town of more than four persons, indicating that arrest of Mrs. Naidu and her volunteers was intended. DISOBEDIENCE PLANS MADE. Secret Program Is Inaugurated by All- India Congress. ALLAHABAD, India, May 15 (#).—A secret program of disobedience today was inaugurated by the All-India Con- gress after a conclave that lasted un- interruptedly for three days and nights. Elaborate precautions were taken to surround impending operations with secrecy. Pandit Malaviya, Congress leader, telegraphed the Viceroy and the chief commissioner of the northwest frontier province his intention to visit Peshawar and arrange distribution of relief to victims of the recent military troubles. A recent order by the government offi- cers forbade gress re] tatives from entering the area for investigation purposes. FIVE INJURED AT CALCUTTA. Jndians Clubbed by Police After Trying to Call Strike. LONDON, May 15 (#).— A Calcutta dispatch to the Daily Mail says that five Indians were injured by police clubs in Cornwallis street there yesterday after they had tried to call a strike in consequence of the arrest of Abbas Tyabji. ‘They stopped busses and taxicabs for a while, but later were driven off by the police. The dispatch said the government was taking severe measures throughout the district and had declared three Satyagraha committees unlawful. THREE SEIZED AT SHOLAPUR. Total Taken Into Custody as Result of Riots Reaches Eight. SHOLAPUR, Bombay, May 15 (#).— Three arrests were made today in con-| nection with last week’s rioting here. They brought the total taken into cus- tody thus far to eight. J. E. B. Hotson, home member of the Bombay government, arrived here last night and made a tour of the city, which is now quiet. He conferred with the commanding officer regarding con- ditions. Shops and mills are still closed, but the mill owners today waited on the commanding officer and explained what they intended to do when they reopen the mills Saturday. Working hours will be from 8 am. to 3 p.m. so that workers will be able to reach their homes before operation of the curfew order which provides that everybody be indoors before 7 p.m. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK IN FORUM TONIGHT Hurricane Relief Appropriation for Porto Rico Is Goal of Gov- ernor, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor General of Porto Rico, will discuss the problems which confront the people of that island in the National Radio Forum tonight at 9:30 o’clock. The forum is arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Gov. Roosevelt will be heard locally through Station WMAL. ‘The Porto Rican governor is in Wash- ington to urge Congress to appropriate money for the relief of his people who were impoverished by a disastrous hur- ricane recently. Gov. Roosevelt feels one of the immediate needs to be the development of a system of roads to fa- cllitate the marketing of produce. o SCHOONER IS SUNK NEW YORK, May 15 (#).—The schooner Azua, bound for Bermuda with a cargo of coal, was rammed and sunk early today by the Savannah Liner City of Atlanta, 47 miles southwest of Barne- gat Light, N. J., the Savannah Line was advised today by radio. J. E. McLean, master and owner of the Azua, and all seven members of his crew were taken aboard the City of Atlanta, which proceeded to Savannah lw“i‘m her bow damaged above the water e. ‘The Azua was a four-master. The City of Atlanta sailed from New York yesterday with 22 pasesngers and a cargo of freight. Radio Programs on Rage D-5° ¢ Foening Star. %% “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes (#) Means Associated Pre as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,967 TWO CENTS. MISS COLLETT WINS FROM ENID WILSON Helen Hicks Is Beaten by Briton Before Bowing to American. By the Assoclated Press. FORMBY, May 15.—Glenna Collett won her way to the finals of the British women's golf championship today by defeating Enid Wilson 1 up in & hard- fought contest that swayed first from one to the other. Miss Collett’s victory left her the only American remaining in the com- petition, as Helen Hicks was eliminated this morning by Miss Wilson, 5 and 4, in a match in which the hard-hitting American girl failed to display the form expected of her. Diana Fishwick, England, defeated Kathleen MacDonald, Scotland, 5 and 4 Pish- e in their semi-final match. Miss Collett will oppose Miss wick in a 36-hole final match for the championship tomorrow. The English girl is not regarded as, the equal of the steady Glenna. Each Plays in Great Form. Miss Collett and Miss Wilson started their semi-final round in great form, each shooting airtight golf. They were all square after three holes. Miss Collett won the fourth, lost the fifth and won the sixth. The next three were halved. Miss Collett remained one up at the ninth, holding the advantage she took at_the sixth hole. Both the American and British girls we;veh pumém well. 4554430 3654440 Miss Wilson squared the match at the twelfth for the second time. The English girl won the tenth with a birdie 4, but_the American took the eleventh when her opponent’s second shot found Miss Collett sliced her second off e green, and Miss Wil won when she laid a putt dead at the twelfth. ‘The thirteenth was halved and Miss Wilson went 1 up at the fourteenth, when Miss Collett missed a short putt. The fifteenth was halved and Miss Col- lett squared the match at the sixteenth, where Miss Wilson hooked her t~= shot out of bounds. The seventeenth was halved and the English and American girl remained all square, going to the home hole before Miss Collett could come through for her victory. Miss Collett Has Fight. Miss Collett found a worthy rival in Miss Cameron in their hard-fought and close match this morning before she sugceeded in winning out, 1 up, and won her way into the match with Miss ‘Wilson. Miss Hicks, however, never could get going against Miss Wilson, and was eliminated by the convincing margin of 5 up and 4 to play. Miss Collett played in great form on the first nine holes of her match with Miss Cameron, but her game was er- ratic on the last nine. As a matter of ,» it was only because Miss er- on’s game also slipped that Miss Col- lfet was able to get under the wire in ront. ‘The American champlon held a 3-hole lead at the end of the first six holes, but lost the seventh to be 2 up. The (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) Business Is Gobd In Washington Retail business in Wash- ington for the first half of this month is better than in the same period last year. April retail trade was 10% ahead of last year—a gain that almost makes up for early losses. Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display. & The Evening Star, 44,519 14,639 6,237 5,559 4,166 30,601 2nd Newspaper. . . 3rd Newspaper. .. 4th Newspaper. .. 5th Newspaper. .. Total other 4 papers, It is believed that no paper in the United States covers its field more thoroughly than The Star covers Washington. 14 Yale Students Given Suspension For Thursday Riot By the Assoclated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 15. —Fourteen Yale students today found themselves suspended from recitations for the remainder of the college year by order of Dean Clarence W. Mendall, as an out- come of the student disturbance of last Thursday night. ‘The disciplinary notice also de- prived 16 students of the privilege ©of living in a college dormitory next year. NICARAGUA PATROL | BATTLES BANDITS 16 Insurgents Are Kiled in 6 Encounters With Marines and Guards. By the Assoclated Press. MANAGUA, ' Nicaragua, May 15— | United States Marines and the Marine- officered National Guard have recom- menced intensive activity in Northern Nicaragua against groups described in an official statement as bandits. In six encounters between May 5 and May 12 16 bandits were killed. Comdr. Gen. Douglas McDougal of the Nicaraguan National Guard and a colonel of Marines, in an official re- port of the encounter, said that all the men killed wore red hat bands as their only insignia. He said he did not be- lieve therc was any central leader to the military opposition, An investigation is being made of unconfirmed rumors that Augustino Sandino, former self-exiled insurgent chief, has returned to Nicaragua from Merida, Yucatan, by way of Salvador, and now is directing another insurgent force. The cabinet, meeting Tuesday, continued for 60 days the state of siege in the northern departments of Mata- galpa, Chontales, Jinotega, Esteli and the Segovias. Well Trained in Arms. In at least one of the six encounters, that at San Juan on May 7, the bandit or insurgent group may have come off best, but in the other fights the Ma- rines and constabulary seemed to have administered the greater punishment. The report sald the opposition was well trained in the use of bombs, grenades, in Thompson and Lewis machine guns and rifles. Asked for an _explanation of the clashes, Gen. McDougal said it meant rincipally that the National Guard d received orders to take the offen- sive, hunting down the bandits in their native retreats. There are 200 Marines ennfifl in the hunt and 500 native guards with Marine officers. The first of the encounters mention- ed, on May &, took place at Naranjo, near the Honduran border. Two ban- dits were captured and a small quan- tity of arms confiscated. The surround- ing hills were foung well fortified with breastworks and tr ches. On May 6 a small patrol preparing to camp for the night was ambushed and one guardsman was wounded. On the next day occurred the action at San Juan, when 100 men opened fire from four sides on a Marine and con- stabulary patrol. Firing went on for two hours before the enemy retired on two sides and another half hour before they retired on the other two sides. Six Bandits Slain. It was in this battle that grenades and machine guns were used extensive- ly. Four guards were killed and two (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) REALTORS PROTEST DRY PADLOCK LAW National Association De- clares Provision Is Invasion of Property Rights. Entering for, the first time into the extended debate over methods of pro- hibition enforcement, the board of di- rectors of the National Association of Real Estate Boards has made an em- phatic protest, now being broadcast throughout the country, against “the virtual transfer of the task of enforce- ment of the prohibition law to the shoulders of property owners of the country through the padlock provision” of the dry act. i The protest of the heads of the as- sociation, which has a large membership throughout the United States, came to the attention of local realtars today in the news letter of the body being sent this week to member boards over this country and da. A resolution adopted by directors of the national association makes it clear that the action is not directed against prohibition itself, but is concerned solely with the question of padlocking prem! as a method of law- enforce- ment, Invasion of Rights. Employment ug the padlock provision in enforcement of the dry laws, the realtor directors contend, “is an invasion of fundamental property rights unwar- ranted under the Federal Constitution and altogether unprecedented in Amer- ican governmental procedure.” This contention of the national body is based on the belief the padlock pro- vision places “the burden of surveil- ance of the behavior of the tenant upon the owner, penalizing the owner for the tenant’s action, of which the owner may be ignorant, upon which, in any case, he has no legal method of check- ing, and concerning which he cannot openly charge the tenant of law vio- lation without making himself lable for suit for damages, unless he can se- cure out-and-out proof to support his suspicions.” Co-operate With Officials. ‘The national association and the Washington Real Estate Board thus have struck at the effects of the pad- locking of premises from two different angles. Whereas the national bogy has questioned the merit and authority of the padlock, the local board has sought to prevent the property owner from padlock by co-operation with the dis- trict attorney’s office. The local board last January made an arrangement with the district at- torney whereby the board would provide the prosecutor with the names of cur- on Page 2, Column 6.) SENTINEL SAVES LIFE OF SLAV KING’S SON Soldier Drops Rifle and Catches In- fant Falling From Balcony at Palace. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, May 15.— Prompt action today of a sentinel out- side the King's Summer palace saved the life of his second son, Tomislav. The sentinel on duty below the pursery window saw the child playing on the balcony, climb to the rail and fall. He dropped his rifle and dashed forward just in time to catch the in- fant in his arms. King Alexander, frantic, descended rapidly and, embracing the sentinel, called the officer of the guard, in- structing him to take immediate steps to procure the soldier's discharge from the army. He then presented him with 30,000 dinars (about $500) and arranged for a life-long pension. PRESIDENT’S BROTHER IS QUOTED AS BELIEVING PACIFIST WRONG Dean of Stanford University Protests Publicity on Class Room Statement. By the Associated Press. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 15. —The Stanford Daily, a student publi- cation, today printed quotations from a syllabus by Dean Theodore J. Hoover of the Stanford Engineering School and brother of President Hoover, in which Dean Hoover was represented to have said “that the pacifist errs in assuming that peace is desirable.” jmotations were published over the pi t of Dean Hoover, who as- serted that giving publicity to class room views was a violation of a long- standing unwritten otations from Qu published as follows:, ent. syllabus were “The human race develops by war and succeeds in war in proportion to its use of metal. Races perish in peace. Culture is in by the invention of new weapons. The pacifist errs in assuming that peace is desirable. “Emerson says, ‘Everything we have must be paid 1:3:.1 We An:‘enun: are ving in unpaid luxury and must pay in the future by blood and hard work.’” When Hoover learned that Robert D. Speers, student , Was to publish the quotations he issued a state- ment in which he objected not to being quoted but to the it violation of a long-established academic privilege, the inviolability of the class room and all that it implies.” ) HONARD T.JONES BENG CONSIDERED FOR DRY DRECTOR Post Provided in Transfer Bill Approved by Senate Yesterday. WAS ‘RIGHT-HAND MAN’ OF MRS. WILLEBRANDT Dr. Doran to Be Appointed Com- missioner of Industrial Alcohol at Same Pay. Howard T. Jones, assistant to G. A. Youngquist, Assistant attorney General of the Department of Justice is under serious consideration for appointment as the new director of prohibition. The position is provided in pending legisla~ tion which passed the Senate yesterday, and would transfer prohibition enforce- ment from the Treasury to the Depart- ment of Justice. The bill now is in con- ference. It would be effective July 1. At the Department of Justice there was deep silence regarding the whole matter of transfer, and especially re~ garding the appointment of & new di- rector. But the consideration of Mr. Jones for the post was confirmed from an authentic source outside that de- partment. Mr. Jones would neither coufirm nor deny the report. The prohibition transfer bill contains only slight changes from the measure : it prz:o;x:ly passed the House, and expec be agree contains the key:x'ote dn'&;hfifig;u\ffi :x‘:x ;-rce:x‘:?::: {{no:":u for improved law Chief Executtve. " ¢ 8ned b the - Recommended as Expert. r. Jones, W] |- vania, is mom;;;;:⪙;aaep%n?y:s ::' expert on prohibition affairs, having n in the Department of Justice for many years. He was the “right-hand man” of Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- brandt, formerly Assistant Attorney General in charge of prohibition pros- ecutions. Since Mrs. Willebrandt’s res- ignation, he has been assistant to Mrs. ‘Willebrandt's successor. Final decision in the matter of ap- pointing a new director was understood still to be held up, pending final enact- ment of the bill. The Attorney General probably will be ready to appoint his director after the bill is signed, according to indications today. The new job is appointive, filled by the Attorney General, and confirmation by the Sen- ;::rh not necessary. It pays $9,000 a In the meantime, it was also learned definitely ‘that Dr. James M. Doran, the present prohibition commissioner is to remain in the Treasury Depart- ment, and’ will be appointed to the new post created by the transfer bill, en- titled commissioner of industrial alco- hol, at the same salary he now holds as prohibition commissioner. ‘The Departments of Treasury and Justice have been closely co-operating for months on a quiet program looking forward to the transfer of prohibition. For instance the program of transfer of personnel, as provided in the bill would follow a plan whereby the great rank and file of civil service employes now in the Prohibition Bureau of the Treasury Department, will not lose their jobs. Some will remain in the ‘Treasury Department, and others will be transferred to Department of Justice. Assistant to Be Named. In addition to the new director of prohibition, the Attorney General is to appoint an assistant director of prohi- bition and such attorneys as he deems without regard to civil serv- ice_regulations. ‘The number of employes to be trans- ferred to the Department of Justice from the Treasury Department stands at 2,416, including 2,263 from the field enforcement personnel and 153 from the ‘Washington central office personnel. Treasury employes on permissive work who will remain in the Treasury De- partment number 1,687, of which' 1,466 are in the field and 221 are in the ‘Washington central office. + While it has not been decided defi- nitely how or where the new outfit un- der the Department of Justice will be housed, it was considered likely today that they would probably remain in their present temporary location in the Southern Railway Building, which now belongs to the Government, at Thir- teenth and E streets. Narcotics Bill Pending. Narcotics enforcement remains in the Treasury under the transfer bill ‘While another bill, introduced by Re] resentative Stephen G. Porter of Penn- sylvania, provides for the setting up of a new Bureau of Narcotics in the Treasury Department, Mr. Porter now is ill in a sanatorium, and, of course, is not pushing his measure. In the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) CONTRABAND ORDER OPPOSED BY JAPAN Reply on Seizing Arms Soon to Be Made to Nanking Gov- ernment. By the Associated Pre TOKIO, May 15—The Japanese gov- ernment, it became known today, take» a serious view of an order issued by China’s ~Nationalist government at Nanking directing the commander of the Manchurian sea force to halt all vessels entering or leaving Tientsin in order to prevent arms and munitions from reaching the northern military alliance, which has rebelled against the Nanking regime. It was learned from authoritative aw and _warning t overt incidents arising from the order would create a serious situation. Hope was ex&l;.uled in official . ters of Tokio it no overt incidents arise since it was not believed Shen Hung-Lieh of Manchuria would obey Nanking in view of Chang Hsueh- Liang’s neutral attitude in the present civil war. A majority of the ships touching Tientsin, are Japanese, British or German, no American passenger et ad e e N - age of Taku. '\r‘ i A