Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1930, Page 4

AW ENFORCENENT *IND. . HIS PEAK Hart Makes Claim After Con- viction of 27 Bootleggers in Police Court. (Continued From First ) from the court house. Judge Gus A. 8chuldt 'Wd he; u!lflo on the «charge of possession of liquor. Tzetta Martin, 1500 block of Twenty- sixth street, included in the group of those sent to jail, was ordered to serve 80 days when she was unable to pay & $250 fine. The woman was declared ty by a jury several months ago, t the defense counsel took the case to the Court of Appeals. The higher ‘court sustained the police tribunal and ‘the woman was brought to court yes- ‘terday for sentence. ‘The others sentenced yesterday Alonzo Black, colored, 800 bloci Fourth street, $300 or 45 days: Lewis Johnson, colored, 1300 block of Cedar court, $200 or 45 days: Savannah Dor- ‘sey, colored, 1600 block of Fourth street, $250 fine or 45 days in jail; Charles 1. Talbert and Fred E. Purnell, both colored, of the 400 block of Brown's court each received sentences of $300 or 30 days. Praises Police Aid. Marie Harde, colored, 1200 block of ef Six-and-a-Half street, $200 or 30 days; Percy Saunders, colored, 2200 block of Virginia avenue, $100 or 60 days; Robert Walker, 1600 block of First street, $75 or 30 days; Charles H. Smith, 1200 block of Ninth street, 875 or 45 days: Catherine R. Payne, 1200 block of H street northeast, $75 or 45 days: Florence Wills, colored, $200 or 90 days, and James L. Carroll, §200 lor 30 days. The following received sentences of 850 fine or 30 days in jail, because Judges ruled that no element of com- mercialism was apparent in the cases: Joseph H. Gray, colored, 2300 block of Sherman avenue; Nelson C. Kelly, col- ored, 400 block of Ridge street; Robert W. Smith, colored, first block of G street; Harry Wilson, 2500 block of Pennsylvania avenue: May Lynch, col- ‘ored, 2200 block of Champlain street; Frances Mulcare, 600 block of D street Tortheast: Joe Semo, 1400 block of M street; Leroy Quarles, colored, 1900 Block of Fourteenth street: Leroy Wash- wers 'k of 4ngton, colored, 1200 block of Howison | street, and Rubin Toyer, colored, 300 ock of Missouri avenue. Y 1 attribute the increased success which we have had during the past year,” said Hart, “principally to better Zo-operation on the part of police of- . ‘The new vice squad has had & lot to do with this. The police seemed %0 be better drilled lately, are making Better cases without the large number ‘of illegal raids in previous years and hl'&l! better knowledge of the correct way to deliver testimony to a jury.” VICE SQUAD ACTION. 26 Arrested, Nine on Charges of Ille- gal Possession. * @ixteen persons were arrested by ‘members of Inspector T. R. Bean's spe- cial vice squad yesterday afternoon and last night, nine on charges of illegal possession of liquor, four for permitting #aming and three as witnesses. ‘Three Italian shoemakers, Joseph Sa- vio, 46; his son, Phillip Savio, 18, both ‘of 410 Q street, and John Innocenti, 88, of 1118 Morse street northeast, were in two gaming raids led by Bergt. N. O. and later were Teleased on bond of $500 each. The two Savios were taken into cus- fody and booked for permitting gam- 8ng when the vice squad raided their Q street establishment. A colored man found on the premises, Edward Wil- Mams, 47, of 1541 Fourth street, was Government witness. ported finding a quantity of slips pers generally associated with houses. Held on Gaming Charge. Mary Ware, colored, 24, of 72 Q street, was arrested for permitting gam- 4Ang, and two men, zu!’x;n:’ !!:nry‘ ba dnson, colored, 34, street, an Wor colored, 48, of 53 O street, were heid as Government wit- ‘pesses when the same officers raided 78 P street. A cholce assortment of liquors was iseized by members of Inspector Bean's idetall in a raid on an apartment at 1131 New Hampshire while Tthree men were booked for illegal pos- ‘session of the contraband. 5 They gave their names as H. A. Smith, 28, of 2512 K street; Edward H. Langston, 19, and Aubrey Kramer, 84, both of whom said they were ten- fants of the raided apartment. Walks Into Police Net. A man who gave his name as Fred B. McAleer, 25, of 5205 Illinois avenue, ‘walked into the arms of police during ® raid at 2215 I street and was ar- Fested for illegal possession of one-half n of liquor. A new light sedan in hich McAler drove up to the apart- ment house was also seized. . P. Allen Boatright, 32, and Mrs. “Aileen 'n:um, 27, both of the I street sddress. had just been placed under srrest for illegal possession of one quart of whisky and the raiders were prepar- ing to depart when McAleer appeared. An Italian barber, Alfonso Perruso. #8 years old, of 805 North Capitol street, was charged with me;-l pos- gession of nine half gallons of whisky and 14b bottles of home brew in a raid n his place on North Capitol street. ;e'rruso was turned loose on $500 bond. Two colored persons were taken into #ustody on charges of filegal possession ©f one-half gallon of liquor when Sergt. George M. Little led a raid on a Btore at 22 Massachusetts avenue. ‘They their names as Mattie Lindsey, ©f 51 L street northeast. They posted Ponds of $500 each for their release. MCNINCH TAKES OATH Fudge John J. Parker Officiates at Legal Ceremony. CHARLOTTE, N. C., December 27 P —Frank R. McNinch, Charlotte lawyer, this afternoon was sworn in s member of the Federal Power Com- mission, to which body he was appoint- ed by President Hoover early this month. The oath was administered by Judge John J. Parker of the United States District Court of Appeals, whose =posnunenz to _the Supreme Court the mate refused last Summer to confirm, tion of MeNinch in the Sen- ate came on.ll after North Carolina m'\ofll had assailed his activity in State's anti-Smith movement two ‘Years ago. FOOT BALL CAPTAIN WEDS Becond Harvard Leader to Joseph P. Day Family. NEW YORK, December 37 UP).—An- Enter d James Harris, 33, both | giye Months' Work for 500 Seen THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 28 1930—PART ONE. HOME TOWN PLANS PERSHING MEMORIAL PARK Ilfllllll‘(1IN‘:i*‘v:.i1‘\1I\IHiliIJI|1IHFllmI#IIIXI!IIIHHIfllll%‘\1IHEllHIHIIIIXINIHilJI[lIlIIlIIIIImTlflD#IM Jobn J. Pershing here is shown among the home folks of Laclede, Mo., his ment fo establish a memorial park in his honer. The littie house in Laclede, below. birthplace. The town has begun a move- where the general was born, is shown SEVENHELD INRAID ON GAMBLING SHIPS Barges Anchored Off Los Angeles Held Armed Refuge for Gangsters. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 27.—Dis- trict Attorney Buron Fitts declared to- day two gambling ships anchored off- shore from Los Angeles were “asylums for gangsters” which machine- gun arsenals capable of “blowing right out of the water” any shipload of offi- cers which might come alongside. Fitts announced he would file com- plaints charging violation of the Stat> gambling laws against seven men ar- rested in a spectacular midnight raid on the two barges Johanna Smith and Rose Isle, anchored off Long Beach. Other men, aboard the first but not arrested, also may b: named similar complaints. Asylums for Gangsters. “Both of these ships are asylums for gangsters,” the district attorney de- clared. “Each has many gangsters making their headquarters aboard. They have cages built to contain thou- sands of dollars, and they have machine- su“ns and guards. If a shipload of of- rs came alongside, ship could blow it right ter. We were successful (in the raids) last night and met no resista; be-: cause we had plenty of ‘men the raids came unheralded.” Fifty-two police officers, led by Fitts, swept down on the two nmbllg barges, The raiders seized considerable gam- bling equipment from the Rose Isle. PFitts the gambling b‘x:luz'kl:h Chic: Long Beach police and discoveryof his alleged connection with the Caress kidnaping and extor- tion led to the gambling barge rald. Wounded Gangster Escapes. W. H. Wi er, Long Beach police- man, was critically wounded in the battle and one gangster, who escaj with the aid of accomplices, was be- lieved badly wounded. Sheldon, Fitts said, will be named Monday in a complaint charging three counts of assault with intent to commit murder and one count of kidnaping. Joseph Allen, identified as one of the owners of the Johanna Smith by con- fronting officers with legal arguments support! { his alleged rights to operate the gambling casino forestalled arrests on the Johanna Smith. Allen produced a map to prove his ship was beyond the juflnrltllon of Los Angeles County. “In my fon,” Fitts declared, “both ships are within the wnntll lines. We vllr.mxk: every effort possible to obtain conviction.” GRAIN FERTILIZER HELPS Canadian Experiments Increase Yield on Prairies. WINNIPEG, December 27 (#)—Prom- ising results obtained in co-operative experiments conducted in initoba and Saskatchewan in the use of phos- phatic fertilizers for grain crops were revealed in reports published here y. Increased ylelds nnl\n{‘ from 18 to 50 per cent over untreated plots re- sulted in the Manitoba experiments. Saskatchewan reported more !ml {rewth, early maturity and less loss rom weeds and higher yields. BIG sfssfoiinen PLACED | in Filling Demand. PITTSBURGH, December 27 (#).— “Rush” orders for 46,500 tons of steel, steel “mn’! and malleable iron to be used in bullding 1,500 of the longest “gondola” type rallroad cars in Amer- ica have been ghced by the Pennsyl- | vania Railroad, E. W. Smith, vice presi- dent, announced tonight. ‘The cars will be built in the Penn- sylvania Raflroad shops at Pitcairn, | Altoona and Enola, and the construc- | tion will provide work for approximate- | ly 500 Pennsylvania Railroad shop men for five months. MISSING BOYS RETURN Paul Pyles and Carl Motus Tell Hitch-Hiking Adventures. Tired after 11 days of hitch-hiki through Southern States, two Capital youths for whom police instituted & search on Christmas morning returned to their homes yesterday and set at ease the worried minds of their parents. The boys, Paul Pyles, 15 years old, of 1410 Columbia road, and Carl Motus, 17, of 4533 Wisconsin avenue, told their relatives a zraphic story of auto rides other Harvard foot ball captain entered the family of Joseph P. Day, New York estate dealer, when James E. Bar- Crimson l-m‘.hgunud Lau- uline 3.'5' sister of to- ol&lr to Arthur E. captain at through ¥irginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. P, JOBLESS FIGHT RELIEF WHEELING, W. Va, December 27 (#)~All this talk of unemployment has worked a hardship on those here who were well satisfled with being . City officials set to work reducing the ranks of the unemployed by finding them jobs. Then, they report, they found men who wouldn's goc Shway10 dass on the oy 't acoept the | for Prince 42-Foot Skeleton Found in Alaska to Be Shipped Here By the Associated Press. JUNEAU, Alaska, December 27—A once mysterious 42-foot skeleton found near Columbia Glacier last month, will be sent to the United States National Museum in Washington, D. C., even if it's only a whale. It was officially pronounced a “rare example of pike whale” in a message today from the Smith- sonian Institution to the Forest Service. Officers of the institu- tion requested the Forest Service to send the skeleton to Wash- ington. ‘The rare specimen was discov- ered encased in icé on Glacier Island, near Cordova. Part of the body, bearing heavy halr, ‘was preserved. JAIL IS STORMED, 1 DEAD, SWOUNDED Woman Deputy Is Shot as Brothers Seek to Seize Prisoners. By the Assoclated Press. BALEM, Ind, ‘December 37.—One man was killed and three officers, one & woman, were wourided in § gun bat~ tle here tonight when four brothers stormed the Washington County Jail in & vain effort to seize two ners who were being held in connection with the feud of their father two ‘weeks ago. The dead man is Otis Gibson, whose brothers escaped from the jail after the shooting and are being sought by police. Elmer Gerald, town marshal, was taken to a New Albany tal late tonight, where physicians slight chance to recover. punctured his lung and entered adbomen. Gerald was shot after Mil- ton Trinkle, sheriff, and his wife, Mrs. Ida Trinkle, deputy, were wounded and locked in a cell, police say. Mrs. Trinkle related the following story of the shooting to the Associated Press telephone tonight: “My husband and I were alone, ex- cept for an old lady who stays with us, when the four Gibson boys came to demand the keys to the jail so they might get the Spurtock boys. We didn’t suspect they would cause any serious trouble, so we didn't arm ourselves. Even if we had wanted to, we wouldn't have had time, because they right out threatening to kill us if we didn't give them the keys. “We re! to give them the keys and they started pushing us back to- ward the first door of the jail. There are two steel doors that must be entered, an outer and inner door. My husband tried to talk to the boys, but they wouldn't listen to us. husband finally agreed to unlock the outer doar, thinking maybe this might satisfy them. We didn't think they knew the ar- rangement of the jall. Three of the boys went inside the outer door with us, while the third one, Otis, the youngest, stayed outside. When we got inside Otis Gibson barred the door and we were locked in there with three of the brothers. We were at the merci; of their shotguns and they shot both of us when we refused to give them the keys to the inner door. “We started yelling, and my husband shouted to Otis Gibson to let us out. We didn't know then that Mr. Gerald, the town marshal, had killed Otis Gib- We kept yelling and the three that were locked in with us began talk- ing among themselves. The old lady who stays with us finally came an barred the door after Otis Gibson had been killed. The three Gibson boys that were inside with us fled and have not been found. “Mr. Trinkle and myself got out the best we could the way we were shot up, but neither of us was seriously wounded. I got several shots in the leg from the shotgun and it's kmtw pain- ful, but I have been taking care of telephone calls here because there's no one_else here to do it. “I can't tell anything about what happened about Otis Gibson and Mr. Gerald, because that shooting took place while Mr. Trinkle and myset were in- side with the other three Gibson boys.” P Phassst dviaces Traffic Menacing Cathedral Banned s and s the Touupecanl'l North foundations, heavy traffic no permitted on the streets and square rounding it. An architeet in: charge of historic monuments said many French edifices were in danger for the same reason. R Skipper's Mark 2,500,000 Miles. (P)~For 33 ‘TO! bling m mately 2,500,000 miles. January 1 with a record of having com- manded 12 of the line’s Transstlantic i Spanish Infante's Funeral Monday. ESCORAIL, Spain, December 27 (P). Punsral services will be held Mondey DOUBT NEW VOTE Senate May Be Unable to Re- consider Nominations of Commissioners. By the Associated Press. Considerable doubt was expressed yesterday by administration leaders over the power of the Senate to recon- sider the nominations of Chairman George Otis Smith, Claude Draper and hflrcel Garsaud of the Power Commis- sion. A move toward reconsideration was discussed by Senate members after the commissioners dismissed Charles A. Russell, sclicitor, and Willlam V. King, hief accountant. Parliamentarians who have been studying the law sald privately, however, that taking the oath ended the Senate’s power to recall. Favored Housecleaning. Senate administration leaders are taking no part in the controversy. However, there is a conviction among this mu%nlhul President Hoover fa- vored a house cleaning at the com- mission. ‘The commissioners have told Senate leaders they acted upon their own re- sponsibility and had no suggestion wmtg:!rbuhom Mr. Hoover or Secre- r. It was pointed out by the commis- sioners that the law creating the new |commission automatically dismissed all |of the employes. Those who framed the law, including Chairman Couzens of the Benate Interstate' Commerce Committee, are inclined to this opinion. MeNinch Sworn In. ‘Two _other commission members, Frank R. McNinch and Ralph B. Wil- liamson, did not participate in the dis- missal of King, Russell and Frank E. Bonner, commission secretary. Mec- Ninch took the oath yesterday, Willlamson has not yet been sworn in, King and Russell had been partici- pants in igternal rows in the old com- mission, both charging Bonner with favoring the power interests. . | EXTERNAL DIPHTHERIA TREATMENT ADVANCED Marked Improvement in Immuni- zation Method Announced by Two Viennese Physicians. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, December 27.—Marked im- provement in the use of external tre: ment for immunization againsf diph- ria was announced today by, Dr. H. Baar and Dr. H. Benedict of the Vienna St. Anne’s Children's Hospital. Under the process introduced by the Austrian professor, Loewenstein, the diphtheria anti-toxin was rubbed into the skin in the form of a salve, but required a long period to become ab- sorbed. Dr. Baar and Dr. Benedict first apply mustard plasters until the skin is reddened and then rub in the salve with greatly improved effect. SUGAR MERGER AGREED Canadian and Dominion Companies Announce Plans. | MONTREAL, December 27 (#).—Plans | for merger of Canadian Sugar and Dominion Sugar Companies were an- nounced after a meeting of sharghold- ers of the former corporation today. Shareholders of the Dominion Co. will meet at Chatham, Ontario, next week to adopt resolutions covering that com- pany’s part of the deal. ‘The name of the new company will probably be “Canada & minion Sugar Co.,” the anouncement said, add- ing: nfl’mcm {s in Canada today a large overproductive capacity in sugar, and the amalgamation is being made solely as a constructive measure, for the re- duction of costs and the sharing of economies with the public. you agree to de- t $5 @ month an account, roceeds of —it is the the note when due, Deposits may be on 6 weekly, semi- monlhfy or mont| as you . ON POWER GROUP PERSHING 10 GET HOME TOWN HONOR Memorial Park Planned in Laclede, Mo., Where He Played as Boy. By the Assoclated Press. LACLEDE, Mo., December 27.—When John J. Pershing came home from the war reporters swarmed over his ship in New York to ask what his plans were. “I haven't made any particular plans yet.” he sald, “except one. “Soon as I can away I'm going to Laclede. “Laclede?"” “Yes, out in Missourl. I was born there.” And just as soon as he could make the trip Pershing did come to Laclede. Everybody in this town was here to greet him. Park Now Planned. Now another is forecast for Laclede's most illustrious son. A memorial in the form of a hm park has been projected and Laclede, of course, expects Pershing to come home when it is dedicated. ‘The Gen. John J. Pershing State and National Park Association has been or- here and an earlier suggestion or a memorial—an arch over the town's main highway and the purchase of dPemaln"n old home—has been aban- loned. ‘The projected park tract, eovering be- tween 2,000 and 3,000 acres, embraces some of the rolling woodland around Locust Creek, where “John and the gang” used to play in their youth. Swimming Hole There. Along the creek are partly explored Indian mounds and the swimming hole where young Pershing and his school- mates once disported themselves is there, too. A. J. Caywood, dent of the Park Association, el’fil‘u it is not a local enterprise, but that other Northern Mis- souri counties are '\mna to_sacrifice their own ambitions and sid in the park project, so there may be unity of action on the Pershing xnoml. Present-day Laclede, where the vil- lagers have a ready fund of anecdotes and reminiscences about Pershing as & boy, has a population of about 800. Looked at Old Room. On its main street are the amall eot- tage where the general was born and the larger house where the Pershing family lived later. At the latter place, on his first visit home after the war, Pershing asked permission to look into his old bed room. “Up the stairs he went,” declared Ed Allen, former mayor of Laclede and one of Pershing's cl it friends, ‘“three steps at a e.. I saw him do it, and him 58 years old!" SENATOR NORRIS PAID TRIBUTE BY COSTIGAN New Democratic Legislator Colorado Says Power Trust Would Destroy Nebraskan. By the Associated Press. DENVER, December 27.—Edward P. Costigan, Democratic United States ;l:‘:-wrm-:h;:: u!;mm Colorado, tonight . ation’s power trust, hollow political machinery, is um= endeavoring to destroy the Lincoln-like Senator Norris of Nebraska." The reference to the controversy over Senator Norris and last Fall’s campaign nst him oceurred during the course an address before the annual Wood- of | fow Wilson memorial ban quet. “Senator Norris' public service is breathing new life into government of, by and for the people,” added Costigan. “Norris today represents the er- sonian Democracy of Nebraska, which supported him, much more truly than he does the power-trust Republicanism of that State which opposed him.” Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, a Senate Progressive, spoke for the Demo- cratic candidate here during the cam- paign. | S— ARKANSAS CROPS SET LOWEST 10-YEAR MARK | Shrinkage Cuts 1020 Figures to Less Than Half—S8ituation Classed as Critical. By the Associated Preass. - ROCK, Ark., December 37.— hrinkage in 1930 crops in has produced “the most critical condition in the agri- cultural history of the State,” Charlos 8. Bouton, Federal and State crop statls- tician, said in his annual report today to the United States Department of Agriculture. » He placed the 1930 value of Arkansas crops at $91,464,000, the lowest in more than 10 years, and $119,416,000 smaller than the 1929 crop value of $210,880,000. He attributed -Rnnnr in quantities to the extended drought of last Sum- mer, Cotton, the State's cipal crop, was valued at $41,860,000, compared with $119,822,000 in 1929. B — CUBAN LEADER FREED President Machado Orders Release of Imprisoned Labor Chief. HAVANA, December 27 (#).—Adolph Nieto, Labor leader, recently arrested on charges of sedition, was released from jail today by personal order of President Machado. ‘When the President left the execu- tive offices to take an automobile ride he was met by a grouj Nieto's fol« lowers, who pleaded that the impris- oned man be given his liberty and al- lowed to return to his family. President Machado hesitated a mo- ment and said: * “I cannot refuse the request of my friends.” He then stepped to an ante-room and telephoned the order which resulted in Nieto's release. The Bank that Makes You a Loan with a Smile The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and not necessary to have an account at this Bank to borrow, foa o wihin 4 day or two after. T ;fi xli cation— tions. MORRIS PLAN MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credig* BONUS RACKETEER CHARGES DENIED Representative Patman De- fends Spending of Dimes by Petition Signers. Charges by Chairman Johnson of the House Veterans' Committee that & “lobbying racket” was being worked by agitators for cash payments of veterans' compensation certificates brought a statement last night from Representa- tive Patman of Texas, author of lml- lation for payment of the bonus, that he would hardly consider the “pooling of dimes in support of a cause which would bring immediate prosperity to the Nation vhevnplo are starving in the strests of Washington as ‘racketeer- tative Johnson chatged that the organisation which presented the petitions to members of Congress got the names exacting a tribute of 10 cents apiece the signers. Representative Patman sald he had received several thousand petitions from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Dis- abled Americdn Veterans and many ts and departments of the American glon as well as individuals. He said the petitions from the organizations re- ferred to by Representative Johnson did not represent one-tenth of 1 per cent of the sentiment. Entitled to Views. “The citizens of the United States are entitled l;r'h:mmt lll:nllrhvh‘l" he de- clared. rul ould not apply to them. On ge' day that Congress ad- Jjourned for the holidays I witnessed | the chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee being refused the right to speak or place in the record his personal views unless they be read first | by Republican leaders, but I did not | know that would be extended so soon to the right of petition.” He said he had no kno'kdfi of the working of the organization which pre- sented most of the petitions to him, but | tained that the petitions were brought in by the secretary, who had credentials as a Tepresentative of the association, with in Washington. Representative Johnson charged that the assoclation ad: employment | in the newspapers, and offered each | person_responding 'the opportunity to | go-operate in its scheme. | Pay $75 for 150 Petitions. “ plicants accepting $75 for 150 Dem.&nl. or 50 cents mr);m.h the un- derstanding that they circulate the peti- tions, charging 10 cents for every signa- ture secured for the 50 blank spaces,” he said. “The $5 realized on each peti- tion is pocketed by the circulators or divided with subordinates they in turn may employ under any financial ar- T here. are- legitimate " cltizens are ate cf who honestly believe that the adjusted com- pensation certificates should be paid in full,” Johnson added. “Of course, they have the right to express their convic- tions to committees and individual Citimonanip, ofl'; obiection "t 5" 3 lon ruhbergll," e PHYSICIST DIES KT 80 BERLIN, December 27 (#).—Prof. Eugene Goldstein, known to physicists a3 the discoverer of “kanalstrahlen,” is dead at the age of 80. He began electrical ‘research many years ago. His ‘“kanalstrahlen,” also called itive rays, are rays which oc- chrebe d a r{na'\.od eluhl:dt and on color depending on t! in which they are formed. il CL Motorists Unhurt When Auto Turns Over Into Stream [y Ww«m Wheels in North of the car, crawled out and swam to shore. They sald that they were unhurt and apparently suf- fered no ill effects from their the fey LEGUIA’S SECRET FUND IS SET AT $7,930,000 “Illegal Enrichment” Report Claims to Have Information of 5- Year Bank Deposits, By the Associated Press. R P";’“Dofl Mul:er 27.—The prosecutor’s r on the charges of m enrichment” against _former nt Augusto B. Legula declared today it had been undeniably demon- strated that Leguia and his sons par- ue:mua in contracts and concessions by state. The document asserts that the for- mer President deposited 26,000,000 soles (about $7,930,000 at present ex- change rates) to his accounts in local banks between 1925 and 1930. The tor sald this contrasted with 's deposition that he had lost his fortune in cotton-hedging operations. KUNZ FACES LIBEL‘ TRIAL | Brother of Representative - Elect Granata Obtains Arrest Warrant. CHICAGO, December 26 (#).—J. Charles Granata, hrother of Repre- sentative-elect Peter C. Granata, ob- - ol. hnmm — for the ar- Tesf presentative Stan! H. Kunz, defeated Democratic candidate. He charged criminal libel. The alleged libel was made in = printed statement, Granata charged, which appeared December 5 and which gln alleged to have linked him with Al ‘apone. MUSCLE SHOALS CONFEREES STUCK Major Disagreement Develops on Transmission Lines Construction. By the Associated Press. A major difference of opinion between the House and Senate conferees on Muscle Shoals legislation, which threat- ens to prevent their agreement, was disclosed yesterday by members of the Conference Committee. Agree on Ownership. Although a majority of the House conferees virtually have agreed to the theory of Government-owned transmis- slon lines, they have refused to provide for construction of the lines without further congressional action. Benate conferees insist the bill should provide for their construction by the Muscle Shoals Corporation without further legislation because they fear the additional legislation would meet the same opposition as has the present measure. In an effort to compromise the differ- ences, Chairman McNary of the Senate conferees prepared to offer a substitute measure, providing for construction by the Government of four trunk trans- mission lines in different directions m u&e pow;r N'.h‘.m'b To these mu- les and other buyers of power wwfiuhmld connecting 1&:«. i Other Differences Adjusted. All other differénces have been ad- justed. A majority of the conferees have agreed to Government operation of the power plants and private opera- tion of the nitrate plant for the manu- facture of fertilizer. Sepate advocates of Government operation contend, however, they have won little by getting Government opera- tion of the power plant, if the trans- mission lines are to be built by private capital. The greatest profits of the wer industry, they argue, are the ission rather than in Tal the manufac- ture of electricity. ‘Telegrams from London to South America have been reduced 2 cents a word, the new rates making cables to Argentina and Chile 50 cents a word. Snyder(@ Little 607 13th Street (Between F & G Streets) MID-WINTER -CLEARANCE Of Both Men’s and Women’s Shoes All women’s footwear, 12.50 to 18.50, has been divided into two groups— 9% =4 100 Choice of entire stock fll For Men, the famous J & M shoes, 14.50 to 22.50, now 985 and 1285 The hand-sewn 2250 shoe in black and taw, mow 1735 ALL SALES FINAL 607 13th St. (between F and G Sts.) OUR SEMI-ANNUAL EARANCE Entire Regular Stock UITS and OVERCOATS | INCLUDING FRUHAUFS OFF $35 40 Formal Wear Excepted Formerly NOwW — $26.25 30.00 33.75 37.50 41.25 45.00 48.75 52.50 56.25 63.75 75.00 93.75 NECESSARY ALTERATIONS AT COST - Sidney West, e 14th & G Sts. EUGENE C. GOTT, Presideg .