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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) A-‘dx, probably followed by snow to- nget tomorrow me g; slowly ris- ing ttem temperature “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,554 4 perature; minimum 325 degrees. Temperatures—High- est, 27, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 15, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. o= The Poening Star. TH SYNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 31,641. Entered as second class post _office, Washington. D. matter c. HIGH COURT RULING - ON LIQUOR LAW TO BE ASKED AT ONCE New Jersey Judge’s Opinion Holding Amendment In- valid Spurs Action. RATIFICATION DECLARED IMPROPERLY EXECUTED Enforcement Ordered Continued Despite Decision—Other Jurists Ignore It. An appeal from Federal Judge Clark’s decision that the eighteenth amend- ment is invalid will be taken direct to the United States Supreme Court, the Justice Department made known today. Philip Foreman, United States district Bttorney for New Jersey, conferred with Justice Department officials here today and will leave tonight to perfect a pe- tition for appeal, which can be filed at any time within 30 days. At a conference between C. A. Young- quist, Assistant Attorney General in charge of prohibition enforcement; Foreman and Howard T. Jones, assist- ant prohibition director, it was decided to request the Supreme Court to pass upon the issues raised by Judge Clark at Newark. Procedure Questioned. The elghteenth amendment is in- valid, Judge Clark ruled, in quashing an indictment against Willlam Sprague, because it was ratified by State Legis- latures and not by constitutional con- ventions elected by the people. The Government's action is based on titie 18, section 682, of the United States code, which cites the right of the Gov- ernment to appeal direct to the Supreme Court .in cases of decisions quashing an indictment on the basis of the in- validity of the statute on which the in- dictment is founded. Foreman's procedure will be to file with Judge Clark a petition for appeal. Along with the petition and the order allowing it will go to the Supreme Court & copy of the indictment brought against Sprague, th: defendant; a copy of the motion t> quash the indictment; the order sustaining that motion and the ©opy of the court’s opinion. Then Rests With Court. It will then rest with the Supreme Court to assign the appeal a place on its calendar for hearing. Meanwhile, Prohibition Director Wood- cock moved to continue the enforce- ment of prohibition under the eight- znth Ame'l;dmem iIn New Jersey. In a legram Louis J. Tutt, deputy pro- h.:‘hdnbn administrator at Newarl .v he “Do not be discouthged Ju Clark's decision. Carry on e OTHER JUDGES CARRY ON. Refuse to Be Bound by Adverse Ruling on Amendment. NEWARK, Federal his N. J., December 17 (#).— | Judge William Runyon, Watson Says Hoover Has Greatest Task Senate Leader Pays Trib- ute to President’s Cour- age in Facing Problems. responsibility than any President has faced in peace time, and is meeting these many problems in a manly and courageous manner, according to the opinion expressed today by Senator Watson of Indiana, Republican leader of the Senate. This tribute 1> the President was pald by the Senate leader as he was leaving the White House after a half hour con- ference with Mr. Hoover. They dis- cussed principally the legislative situa- tion in the Senate. The Republican floor leader said the President “probably is coing a little better job than we are coing up on the hill.” Senator Watson said private telephcne between cffice and the Presiaent’s office and that not a | day had passed recently when he and | the Presigent had not been in con- | ference. He expresced the opinion Congress should stay in session until unemploy- ment relief legislation was enacted, even though they had to work through the holidays. “The country,” he said, “would con- demn us, and justly, if we adjourned before passing these bills. “I have a resolution in my pocket calling for adjournment on Saturday, but it looks like we can not get away at that time ~We may be able to leave on_Tuesday.” ‘The Senate. Watson said, never goes directly at a problem but generally zig- zags. “We are zigzagging now,” he added, {“but “as “always we will get there eventually.” SENATE DROUGHT RELIEF BILL IS CUT Proposal to $30,000,000. Food Loans Hit. By the Associated Press. Consideration of drought relief legis- lation was resumed today in the House after the House Agriculture Commit- tee had reduced from $60,000,000 to House Reduces $60,000,000 WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNKSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1930—FORTY PAGES. ### ALFONSO DIRECTS Of Peace Executive| MOVEC T CRUSH SPANISH UPRISING President Hoover is facing greater | DFiIVES in Open Can'iage to Ceremony Honoring Bolivar in Madrid. “PRESIDENT,” IN PRISON, READY TO FACE FATE Failure of Revolution Laid to Loy- alty of Army and Rows in Rebels’ Ranks, By the Associ‘ed Press. MADRID, December 17.—King Al- fonso. Spain's 44-year-old monarch, himself directed the operations which resulted in what the government terms a crushing defeat of the revolutionary movement of the past week, it was learned today on good authority. The Spanish ruler, who has been King since the day of his birth, last Monday insisted on personally leading the government troops into action agaist the insurgent Maj. Ramon Franco and his companions at Cuatro Vientos Airdrome, and was restrained with difficulty by his advisers. Premier Takes to Bed. Premier Gen. Berenguer, worn out with the days and nights of watchful- ness, in which a moment's laxity might have cost Alfonso his crown, has collapsed with a severe case of ton- silitis and is vory 411, but his condition s not thought serious. The premier, who has worked prac- tically without sleep since the Jaca revolt last Friday, was compelled to take to his bed last night with a tem- perature of 102.5. His condition is greatly aggravated, his doctors say, by incessant :moking during the last few LS. Half a million men are on strike ighout Spain and there was inter- niittent fighting in several cities today, but the government held to the belief that the revolution against the crown had been definitely crushed. King Drives to Church. For the first time since revolution put Spain under martial law King Al- fonso came out of his palace today and drove in an open carriage to the Church of San Prancisco for ceremonies com- $30,000,000 the Senate drought relief loan bill. The committee also struck out lan- guage authorizing loans to farmers for human food. ‘The vote to report the bill was 16 to 1 after the Democrats, joined by Rep- rcsentative Garber, Republican, Virginia, had been defeated on an effort to retain the Senate figure. Postal Bills Work Postponed. Scheduled work on postal bills was | authorized for open debate of the $: 000.000 feed, seed and fertilizer loan bill approved earlier in the day by the Agri- cuiture Committee over objections by T case since Federal Judge validity of the rflum“:mly Tt | of the amendment, | declined today to dismiss a defende® charged with liquor law violation. | limited “I am not of necessity bound by the decision of Judge Clark,” he said. “My ‘ conception is that eighteenth | amendment has been passed on by the | Supreme Court and is binding on all | Judges of lesser jurisdiction.” Federal Judge Guy L. Fake did not | 8it today. He said he would withhold legal comment until a liquor case was | brought before him. “It is only fair,” he said, “that both be represented in a case at hand. 1 cannot express myself until a case ; makes a decision necessary.” The first liquor raid after announce- | P8S ment of the decision was made under direction of George S. Hobart, prosecu- tor of Bergen County, who as a member of the Legislature sponsored the Hobart 8ct, the State enforcement measure. He | led a squad of Zolh:e in a rald on the Riverside Boat & Yacht Club early to- day. Thirty men and women were ar- | Tested. Judge Clark held that ratification of | the eighteenth amendment by the State | Legislatures was not the method pre- | scribed by article 5 for adoption of amendments which transfer powers from the States to the Federal Government. He held that the amendment to be valid should have been ratified in constitu- tional conventions in the several States. “My decision,” commented Judge Clark, “will not affect the operation of the prohibition laws in any way. The Hobart act, the New Jersey enforce: ment law, is also still in force.” Another Judge Dissents. Common Pleas Harley at Trenton said that in view ¢ the fact that every possible phase of the question having been threshed out, he could not conceive of Judge Clark’s decision being sound. “I had a part in the drawing of the briefs in the famous Feigenspan case in 1920,” he said. “In that case Thomas F. McCran and Elihu Root represented Chris _Fiegenspan (brewer). Charles (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) CONSUL GENERAL ILL 'ARIS, December 17 (#).—The Paris edition of the New York Herald- Tribune says Nathaniel B. Stewart, American consul general at Barcelona, who was taken seriously ill there, is now in an American hospital in Paris. Stewart was unable to sail for Amer- ica on the Leviathan as he planned, but hopes to be well enough to sali| on its next trip, January 4. Judge William B.| = | _ Representative D hin of the bill to y action, passaf - morrow was made ))ougle. Debate was to three and one-half hours, the arguments to end with today’s session and amendments to be offered tomor- | ; row. Secretary Hyde today declared $25,.- 000,000 would be suffigient to take care of needs of drought-stricken farmers. Testifying before the House Agricul- ture Committee, the Secretary said the Agriculture Department views the Sen- ate’s proposal to provide funds for loans for fcod as “a very dangerous proposi- tion.” Nationally, Hyde said, drought dam- age was confined to corn, hay and it je. There was no harm from a national standpoint on the cotton crop, but various local areas were affected. Representative Jones, Democrat, Texas, asked whether the department would use all of the $60,000,000 as proposed in the Senate resolution, if it were enacted. The Texan pointed out that the resolution was merely an authoriza- tion and that the department would not be required to expend it for loans unless the demands were sufficient to require it. Hyde Says Provision Unnecessary. Secretary Hyde replied: “There is no need to provide more money than necessary; it is unnecessary to throw the budget out of balance in this man- ner.” In the past few years, he added, it was getting to be an annual recur- | rence for farmers to appeal to the | Federal Government for loens. e department has kept the loans to seed, feed and fertilizer purposes. “I personally regard loans by the ‘ederal Government for food on such | thin security a dangerous step toward | the dole system in this country,” Hyde | said. “It is our view this principle of Federal loans should not be expanded.” Cases outside the need of loans for crop necessities, he told Representative Fulmer, Democrat, South Carolina, “are proper cases for the Red Cross. | 1,000,000 Estimated in Need. | Aswell, Democrat, Louisiana, at this morning’s hearing, stimated 1,000,000 p:rsons were affected in the drought area who had no security by which to obtain loans. Hyde replied the Red Cross is willing ! and able to take care of them.” Adding, is_is drought relief, not depression " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7) | Fog Blankets London. ; LONDON, December 17 (#).—Lon- don’s noon 'was black as midnight to- day, so heavy was the fog hanging over the ‘city. SPEEDING TRAIN FAILS TO ROUSE MAN NAPPING ON RIGHT OF WAY Neither Does Screeching of Brakes Waken Him, but Engineer Finally Succeeds. By the Associated Press. ‘WAUKEGAN, I, December 17.—In- Somnia victims might be interested in the experience of James Murphy. Selecting the rock-ballast roadbed of & Northwestern Railway for his QOChaB and a steel rail for his pil- | the 3 down for 3 -w;uw 'dl;m&ng'-:zlmt: h&mdmu sped g‘w Murphy’s sleep was un- Srakes as the” ‘engineer sighied. the rakes as L Te- cumbent figure in the locomotive's i Sl v s foun still dead to the world after the train had come to a jolting engine's cowcatcher three told the a screeching of | penn, in 1694, memorating the achievements of the South American patriot, Simon Bolivar. At his own order, he was accompa- nled by only a skeleton guard, and he smiled broadly and waved his arm at the great crowds “:rhlch cheered his passage e strgets. characteristic day to his hile this was on, Niceto Al- cala Zamora, whom e revolutionists proclaimed “President of the Republic,” made a statement in prison accepting responsibility for his part in the revolt and expressing a willingness to take the consequences, whatever they may be. Igul Maura, another oumulu%mr- rectionist leader, made a similar state- ment. Planning for Months. The substance of their “confessions” was that Republican and Socialist and Labor leaders throughout Spain had been g‘hnm.nl for months to overthrow the King and establish a republic. Their movement was thoroughly organized, they said, and the first outbreak was to have taken place by Monday morning. It was to have bsen accomplished without bloodshed and there was to have been a general strike simultane- ously in every Spanish city. The revo- lutionists hoped to paralyze the nation's business and industrial life and they 2xpected complete co-operation from the arm; ter three or four days of the strike the plotters anticipated that the King would be ready to abdicate and Premier Berenguer to resign; then the republic, with Zamora at its head, was to come into being. Zamora already had his cabinet list made out. It included a SIMON BOLIVAR—1783-1830. DISTRICT'S FISCAL BURDEN CRITICIZED Auditor Says Federal Aid Lessened Despite Greatly Increased Expenses. Property-owners of the District are | willing to pay a fair tax providing the | United States contributes an equitable share toward the development of the city, Maj. Dzniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, today told the special House Committee on Fiscal Relations. Under no condition, Maj. Donovan declared, should the Federal Govern- ment be relieved of participating in the | burden of maintaininrg the District. He o ‘mnl‘ :hne“ mou: t’ l:l}‘ used in arr] af amount of e Pederal contribution should take into consideration the vast tax-exempt prop- erty holdings of the United States, U. 8. Contributions Drop. Maj. Donovan pointed out that de- spite an incresse of about 130 per cent in appropriations for the District in the last 10 fiscal years, the United States is contributing $200,000 less than it did in 1920 toward the emnm of Washington. He explained it since poiicy. appropristions for the - Distieh cy, approj or ?:npad nearly $26,000,000 and that the major portion of this increase has been met by increased taxation of real property. Maj. Donovan hT:" the committee an exhaustive graphic picture of the fin- ancial condition of the District under the various plans of fiscal relationship, and declared that under no ecircum- stances could Washington have been developed to its present state without Federal aid. Sketches Appropriations Growth. Sketching the growth of the appro- priations over the 10-year %erlod . Donovan said that in 1920 the total ap- propriated for the District was $19,- 709,292, of which the District paid $9,990,386_and the United States $9,- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) MANY HURT IN RIOT 18 Students Arrested in Disturb- number of Soclalist and ublican leaders, all of whom also l,::n!n Jail. Jaca Move Impetuous. But what happened was quite dif- ferent. The impetuous commander of the garrison at Jaca took things into his own hands, and the rebellion there last Friday let the government know that the long-expected revolution was at hand. When the army disappointed the revolutionists, remained m to the crown, the plot was frustrated. Beyond that, however, the real rea- son for the failure of the plot appeared in these statements of the ltldpe: to have been internal disagreements in the revolutionary organization itself. The labor heads, on the one hand, wanted an absolute Communist revolu- tion and a Communist government when it was over. When cooler heads refused to accede to any such demand, the movement lost the support of an important section of the labor forces, whose members held that a new repub- lic would be just another government by the upper classes. As the smoke began to clear away today, it appeared that one tangible result of the excitement of the rn wesk was the crowding of a lot of jails to capacity. In all parts of the north 1t was estimated that 4,000 civil erc were in cells as a result part in the revolution. FOUR SPANIARDS KILLED. OVIEDO, Spain, December 17 (#).— Four rioting workmen were killed toda; when the civil guard which created a disturbance at the coal mines near Sama de Lambreo. AMERICANS SAFE IN SPAIN. their The American embassy at Madrid advised the State Department today there were no reports of the Spanish re- volt affecting Americans in Spain or their property. The official reports have been of & genéral nature, confirming press dis- patches on the revolt. DOCUMENT BRINGS $1,900 NEW YORK, December 17 (#).—The original letters patent restoring the Province of Pennsylvania to William brought $1,900 at auc- tion here yesterday. ‘The patent was issued hé":‘g B tminster, ;::g'.“,_ other armorial ance in Bucharest. BUCHAREST, Rumania, December 17 (#).—Many persons were injured, two seriously, and 18 students were arrested during demonstrations of a crowd of 300 Republican students in Bucharest toda. y. The students first wished to stage their manifestation in front of King Carol's palace, but the police cut them off from the edifice. ereupon they went to the police pres it's office and smashed its windows. From there they went to the Masonic e quarters and battered in its doors and windows. The police used their clubs freely in perst the students. SMART- But Inexpensive Things of the latest Style that are Smart, but inex- pensive, are plentiful in the stores. The best of them at re- duced prices are advertised in The Star, the daily shop- ping guide in over 100,000 of Washington's best homes. You are advised, for your own comfort and conven- ience, to start your shop- ping early tomorrow morn- ing when the stores are not overcrowded. Yesterday's Advertising Lines. The Evening Star. ..62,677 2d Newspaper. . ... . .20,105 3d Newspaper. ......12,788 4th Newspaper..... 7,461 5th Newspaper..... 2,393 Total Ke¥iperers....... 42,747 Remember, Only Six ”&lm Shopping Days Until Christmas, 3 Love andHoney Enter Chicagoan’s LifeWith Big Kick and Punch By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 17.—Love and honey came into the life of Harry Somerfeld, but, apparently, he objected to their manner of | | arrival, Elmer Love and Haycraft Honey were in Love's car when it collided with Somerfeld's. All | | three men alighted. “Love,” testified Somerfeld, “hit me in the jaw, and Honey kicked me.” He asked for $20,000, but the jury thought $5,000 would be enough. | PROSECUTION ENDS IN SITH C0. TRIAL Dodds Forgos Rebuttal as Defense Wins Elimination of Tax Testimony. Foregoing its chance for rebuttal, the prosecution in the F. H. Smith Co. con- trial closed its case at 10:30 o sodey. This action by the Government, which had the effect of leaving undisputed the testimony of G. Pitts, principal defendant, was mm lln'pr&l.u de- vel_lgg:wm in the case. defense closed its case yesterda; afternoon, after Pitts had emphatically denied ln{mzum on the part of him- self and co-defendants, C. Albert 4nadale and John H. Edwards, jr. Tax Testimony Cut Out. The three men, former officers of the Smith Co., are chary with a conspir- acy to embezzle funds and destroy rec- ords of the corporation. Government's case was closed by Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, after Justice William Hitz had *nnhd defense motion to strike out all testimony introduced yes- :eraay relative to Pitts’ income tax re- urns, Dodds had announced yesterday that the Government would proceed with its rebuttal this morning, and consequently their decision to for this privile was a surprise. " s Offers No Explanation. Former Controller of the Currency Daniel R. Crissinger, who was indicted ‘a December as a member of the Smith Co. Board of Directors, was waiting in &n anteroom to testify for the Govern- ment as a rebuttal witness. He said Le had been notified by telephone at 7 o'clock this morning to come to the court house. It was understood that Crissinger was to testify regarding the Montclair ation, a Smith Co. sub- sidlary which Pitts testified he owned. Mr. Dodds made no explanation of the Government's decision not to call Crissinger as its witness. The jury was excused until tomorrow after the Government's case had been Asks Directed Verdict. A motion by Defense Counsel Frank G. Raichle for a directed verdict of acquittal for all of the defendants on all counts of the indictment was denied. The :‘lldlctme'nl, vltllllch is in four parts, charges, generally, a conspiracy to commit 100 offenses against the Government. In furtherance of this general charge, there are then set forth 95 dnstances of alleged embezzlement and five cases of destroying or conceal- ing records. The defense attorney argued that the Government had presented at best only a circumstantial case and that the evidence in support of its charges was not of such character that it should be allowed to go to the jury for deter- mination. Jury May Get Case Tomorrow. Meeting this argument, Mr. Dodds contended that the Government had proved the charges through numerous witnesses and that the guilt or inno- cence of the defendants should be left fl;r’:: Jury to determine as a matter of g The earlier motion to strike out the income tax testimony met with no op- position from the Government. It was by W morning. The oppos! attorneys will then_deliver their é?o'ung arguments. In all &mb.bfllt.y the jury will get the case late tomorrow. Morrison Takes Oath. 5 Cameron Morrison, former Governor of North Carolina, was sworn in today as Senator to succeed late Senator Overman, . i Y | added, indicates that virtuall NEW EMPLOYMEN GENSUS ORDERE Figures for 20 Selected Cities to Be Taken in January, Worst Period of Year. A second effort to obtain an accurate national picture of the unemployment situation will be made by the Census Bureau in 20 selected cities beginning Junuary 15. As revealed by William M. Steuart, chief of the Census Bureau, plans for the recount call for the determination of the 20 citles by the Secretary of Commerce in joint conference with, or at least on the counsel of, representa- tives of the labor and industrial groups which have an active interest in em- ployment, Amnug the cities have not yet been |, Mr. Steuart said % will mot be one of n which it recount is to be made. Will Follow Same Lines. In the new unemployment census, the bureau chief explained, the question- naire will follow closely “and prcbably exactly” the same line ed in the April census so as to elicit the same kind of information appl to unem- ployment. The recount will be made, ible, by the same enumer- the same supervisors who worked on the April census, he added. Correspondence in his hands today, he the same corps of census takers would be avail- able next month. Mr. Steuart declared that the new unemployment census is to be made :;mly in response to the criticism of e made in Midwinter would. Therefore, he said, the middle of January has been chosen as the time which would show the worst situation of the year. Result Will Be Quick. It was pointed out on Mr. Steuart's behalf today that the experience gained by the Washington staff in the Census Bureau will enable the results of the unemployment recount to be published within a week of the day the enumera- tion is begun. In some cities, it was said, the results probably will be avail- able within three days of the comple- tion of the count. In determining the 20 cities in which the new enumeration is to be made it was explained that every effort will be made to choose localities which would provide the best cross-section of the country at large. It is for this reason, it was I at the Department of Commerce, that every group which has an interest in the employment situation is being invited to participate in the selection of the cities. All correspond- ence on this subject is expected to reach the Commerce Department by the end of next week, so that careful considera- tion may be given in choosing the 20 communities in time to make adequate preparations for the enumeration itself. HITLER DENIED RIGHT TO SPEAK IN MAGDEBURG Police Refuse Permission, Fearing Clashes Between Fascists, Re- publicans and Colmunists. By the Associated Press. MAGDEBURG, Germany, December 17.—Por the first time since the sensa- tional September election victory of the German Fascist party, Adolf Hitler, leader of the party, has been refused permission to speak in a German city. The police here, fearing clashes be- tween National sochlnh (Fascists) and the Republican Reichsbanner and Communists in connection with a scheduled Hitler mass meeting tomor- row, issued an order forbidding not the Hitler gathering but Communist Rel:{.ublnner protest meetings the same n The police order forbids all n'.hzflns indoors or outdoors on Thursday an all open-air meetings and processions until January 5. ‘Tremendous crowds have heard Hit- ler wherever he has spoken during the past few days. BOYD MAY FLY SOUTH Good Will Flight to Buenos Aires Considered by Canadians. () Means Associated IGUATEMALA FALLS 10 REVOLUTIONISTS, MINISTER LEARNS Secretary of Military Junta, Now in Control, Notifies Envoy of Change. FORMER WAR MINISTER KILLED IN FIGHTING Gen. Orellana Designated as Pro- visional President—Tranquil- lity Prevails Today. By the Associated Precs. Minister Recinos of Guatemala was notified by message from his country today that the government of President Palma had been overthrown, ‘The message was signed by Rodriguez Beteta, secretary general of the mili- tary junta described as now in control of the government. The message, sald Gen. Mauro de Leon, former minister of war, was killed in the fighting yesterday, and said that tranquillity prevailed today. Gen. Manuel Orellana, a well known military leader, has been designated as provisional President of the republic, Only yesterday the American govern- ment formally recognized Senor Pal as_chief executive of Guatemala. The recognition was in the form of & message from President Hoover to Palma success in his new office. Gen. Orellana has served many years in the Guatemalan army and was a relative of former President Orellana, wlgrd:g : 1926. . Recinos said the revolt apparently was inspired by a desire of the military leaders to return the country to con- stitutionality. He sald the Liberal party of Guatemala had co-operated wl:;hutme military leaders to bring this about. ti0n &5 to et et e ihe Ioga- as the first desi appointed b; the General Assembly last March uy: succeed to the presidency, if anything should prohibit President Chacon from carrying on. The fact that he was side- tracked in_the provisional government set up by Bautilio Palma, second desig- nate to the presidency, was held at the legation to have caused yesterday's armed outbreak. Dr. Recinos said that the junta which attempted to place Leon in power had the moral support of the whole country. POINCARE IMPROVED; Official Bulletin Raises Hope as Illness Holds Attention of Entire Nation. By the Associated Press. P, , December 17.—Priends of Raymond Poincare, France's most illus- trious statesman, found hope today in the official medical bulletin from the sick man's bedside, indicating that his physicians view the future more favor- ably in the light of improvement in the patient’s condition during the night, “The condition of the former Presi- dent, who last Saturday suffered a vas- cular spasm, this morning shows an improvement which justifies hope for the future” said a bulletin issued by the attending physicians. Am-rfixpam is a form oé paral ecting body tissues an impeding their normal function. “FIRST WHITE HOUSE” IS DOOMED FOR GARAGE One of Foremost Specimens of Col- onial Architecture, in Phila- delphia, to Be Torn Down. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 17.—The Powel mansion, considered one of the foremost specimens of Colonial arch- itecture and. often spoken of as “the first White House,” is to be torn down to make way for an open-air garage. During the Revolutionary era structure was the scene of many social events. Its living room has been trans- planted entirely to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and its dra the Philadelphia STINNES HEIRESS WEDS Daughter of Late German Finan- cier Marries Movie Producer. LONDON, December 17 (#).—Fraulein Clarenore Stinnes, daughter of the late QUIE? corcmorty . the regitty ace. 15 quiet ceremony e o Carl Soederstrom, the Swedish motion picture producer, who accompanied her on a world tour two years ago. The bride, a e young woman, wore a gray squirrel ccat and a black hat. The couple will leave in a few days for a wedding trip through Sweden and Germany. ima | Virginia, La Fcllette of Wisconsin, TWO CENTS. WORLD COURT PLAN DEFERRED 10 NEXT SESSION OF SENATE Borah and Gillett Lose on 10-t0-9 Vote of Foreign Relations Group. ABSENCE OF WALSH PREVENTS TIE BALLOT Republicans, Fearing Extra Ses- sion, Cause Delay—Committee Decides to Hear Elihu Root. Press. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Actlan by the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee on the protocols pro- posing adherence of the United States to the World Court, under the revised statutes of that court, was ordefed poste poned until the first Wednesday after the Senate meets in December, 1931. The vote in committee in favor of postponing a report of the protocols to the Senate was 10 to 9. Those Senators voting in favor of the motion to postpone, offered by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, were: Johnson of Califoinia, Moses of New Hamp- shire,, Capper of Kansas, Reed of Penn- sylvania, Fess of Ohio, Goff of “’V.:t denberg’ of Michigan and Robinson of Indiana, Republicans, and Shipstead of Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. Borah Votes Against. ‘Those Senators voting against - poncment were Chairman Borah of Idaho and Gilla(t of Massachusetts, Re- publicens, and Swanson of Vi :lmnflomevld;,umb% ansas, Harrison of Mississippi, George of Georgia, Black of Alabama and Wagner of New York, Democrats. The only member of the committes not. grmm end voting was Senator Walsh of Montana. Had he been pres- ent and voted no with other Democrats the vote would have been a tie the motion to postpone until next De- cember would have been lost. ‘The committee voted to invite Elthu Root, former Secretary of State, who was one of the group of jurists which revised the statutes of the World Court about a year ago, to come before the Senate Committee, at a convenignt time, probabl; after the Christmas holi- the formula adopted in the revision cf the statutes of the World Court, de RECOVERY- POSSIBLE == by the committee 0tozols ai this session Senators who are postpone action, was that it would not be possible to obtain action on the World Court at the present short session of Congress. There was also a strong sentiment against the holding of a special session either of the new Congress, or of the Senate alone, after March 4, when the present session ends. Senator Borah, the chairman of the committee, has declared from the open- ing of the present session that if Presi- dent Hoover sent the procotols to the Senate he would endeavor to have the Foreign Relations Committee act upon them promptly, and not leave them golanholed in the committee. Senator rah is one of the opponents of adher- ence to the court. Practically all of the Democrats and Senator Gillett of Mnu;chuutu, who vgufl 'Im'saum Borah against a postponement ac- tion, are favorable to the United States jolning the court. ‘When President Hoover recently sent to the Senate the World Court pro- tocols, accompanied by a fal mes- sage, he urged that the ite give them consideration and act favorably u them as soon as it had disposed of the appropriation bills and the bills for the relief of unemployment and the drought at the present session. Long Debate Foreseen. However, none of the Senators have been of the opinion that it would be possible to take up the World Court proposal and dispose of it March 4, when this session closes. Court roposal is bound to lead to long de- gcto. In some quarters it has been sugigested that the Pruldzh%mud well o consideration to the World " has not found favor, however, Tiem Tear that if u " speciasession them fear a should be called to deal with the World Court it might run on for months. The action of the committee today, however, does not preclude the it calling a special session of the Senate this Spring to consider adherence to the World Court, if he should desire to do so. However, the determination of the lican Senators, friendly to the - tration, and the belief prevails tha n, nothing will be done about the court next session. by the committee until FLYERS MAY RIDE TO SAFE HAVEN UPON TUNEFUL only |~ and WAVES OF RADIO Herbert Hoover, Jr., Develops Device That Supplements Radio Beacon in By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—A will be Air Corps in Washington, D. week. Wllhlng: to the official will go , N. C., to con- ith gover, jr., who de- device. of & loop ant did o e tnsie Guiding Planes. EE > igig |