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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather m- m.) Fair and not minimum temperature nbmn 30 m cloudiness. tomorrow pera Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages 9, 10 & 11 tures—Highest, umfl; lowest, 24, at 7:40 a.m. today. Full feport on page 7. cold tonight, 7, at 1: ”D-‘l. '-' No. 31,635. post office, . HOOVER STATEMENT S - ON RAIL MERGER - HELD “UNETHICAL" Couzens Makes Charge With- out Committing Himself For or Against Plan. BELIEVES I. C. C. POWER TOO GREAT UNDER LAW B. & 0. Head Thinks Three or Four Months Necessary for Final Action. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Without committing himself finally for or against the proposed consolida- tion of Eastern railroads, Senator James Couzens of Michigan, chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, issued & statement today declaring that President Hoover’s announcement of ; the consolidation plan was “most un- ethical. 4 ‘The Michigan Senator said that he \ believed the law at present gives the \ Interstate Commerce Commission far oo great power. He would have the Congress approve mu.lly any great merger or consolida- tion of railroads. Senator Cousens is author of & jolnt until Congress g more to say on such as that proj could have some the subject. He admitted, however, that he saw no prospect at present of his resolutions being finally put through Congress and ident Hoover. President Daniel Willard of the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad called u Senator Couzens to talk over with the agreement for consolidation enteud '\ into by railroad executives for the | creation of four gll competing rail- road systems in East, exclusive of ! New England. Senator Couzens said he did not re- ceive the details of the plan from Mr. Willard and until he knew the details he would not be in a position to pass finally on it. . Willard, Senator Couzens said, t agreement 50 ¢ Mr. had told him executives, agreement, which would be put in writ- ten form and transmitted to the Inter- state Commission for its ap- Pproval as soon as possible. llx Wfllmwo!t.heanlnlnnfint than three or four months Ooum-umtthe dmtott.hemume&o aax;ad had the could hope to reduce way the railroads nm, in view of the mpeuuon of mo- tor trucks and motor busses, was through consolidation. Mr. Couzens also quoted Mr. Willard 8s saying that there was to be no dis- ehn‘eo!hhorhythe!uummh Ohio Railroad in the e solidation ll)llll roug md that a memorandum to that effect would be attached by his road to the petition which was submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Couz~ ens said that Mr. Willard was speaking for his own road and that he, Senator Couzens, did not know whether the other roads 'ould or would not make such pledc- Senator, however, sald Q.h.l'. Mr Wi had agreed that 80 per cent of the reduction in costs to the railrvads would “come out of labor.” he said, did not mean the dis- ch.ll'le of labor or reductlou of 'lm Rew Then when ol amploses died of 760 new men when ployes Hirea. " Senator Cousehs ook the vie that in the end, the consolidation would mean reducing by many thousands rail- road labor. A Congress Should Have Decision. Discussing his contention that Con- gress, not the Interstate Commerce Commission, should have the decfismn m railroad mergers, Senator Couzens merce Commission too much power. It authorizes the commission, when it be- lleves that it is in the public interest, 1o set aside the anti-trust laws and to approve great consolidations of rail- roads. mgress should reserve these powers to itself. It will not delegate to any commission the right to fix the duty on toothpicks. “There is no public debate of these great_questions among the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission as there is in Congress. After the 11 commissioners hear the arguments in a mposed consolidation they retire be- d closed doors to discuss if it is in the public interest or not to approve the tlfl:)m «They vote their conclusions rivacy.” said that the commission instead should make report and recommenda- tions to the Congress for the latter's ap- proval, Couzens’ Statement, Benator Couzens issued the following statement re the proposed con- solidation the railroads and the President’s announcement thereof: “Yesterday the President issued a | statement supporting the plan for con- solidation of the rallways in official classification territory (except New Eng- land) into four different systems ar- ranged by the representatives of the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Nickel | Plate ana Baltimore & Ohio Railroads. This in spite of the fact that the Sen- ate on May 21, 1930, adopted a resolu- tion to suspend all railroad consolida- tions under certain conditions by a vote 46 to 27, with 23 not voting. This resolution went to the House, where it ‘was reported by the Committee on In- terstate and Commerce in amended form, mdhno'onme House calendar. This, in dicsted the (Continued on Page 5, Column SKATING PERMITTED Reflecting Pool Pastime Barred. Rock Creek Approved. e wugnoi.hmhuu would be per. nlumoo‘: B Park. is 5 SMcials stated. gives to the Interstate Com- | * announced this | something of an B s W e W] w 2 o at the Lincoln Entered as second class matter Washington, B G Ch WITH SUNDAY MORN ING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. SCIENTISTS PROTEST D. C. BILL BARRING DOGS IN EXPERIMENTS Ar.lopt Resolutlon at Cleveland Session. Hold Animals Necessary in Tests to Advance Field of Medicine. clear that this bill should be recom- MI@NY Churches Will Conduct By the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 31.— A resolution of protest against passage of a bill prohibiting use of dogs for medical experimentation in the Dis- trict of Columbia that has been favor- ably reported in Congress was unani- moully adopted today by the Council of e American Assoclation for the Ad- vlneement of Science. ‘The resolution says: “The American Association for the Advancement of Science, which has re- peatedly recorded its protest against the enactment of leglsll!lon prohibiting animal experimentation for sclentific and medical purposes, hereby protests against the passage of Hnuse bill 7884 in the present Congress prohibiting the use of dogs tor medical experiment in the District of Columbia. ““The circumstances under which this bill was favorably reported, as set forth in the minority report, make abundantly mitted to the committee on the District | of Cclumbia for full and proper con- sideration by the members and for ade- quate presentation of objections by op- ponenu of the bill “This assoclation is in accord with t.he practically unanimous and often authoritative voice of science md medicine that animal experimenta- tion has conferred inestimable benefits upon mankind as well as upon animals themselves, and is essential to the progress of the biological and medical sciences. “The history of medical discovery affords countless examples of the neces- sity for the use cf dogs in certain kinds of experiment, 2s may be illustrated by the experiments leading to the rec-r’ discoveries of insuiin in the treatment of diabctes and of liver extract in the treatment cf perniclous anaemia. “The conditions under which animal experimentation is conducted in the Government and medical laboratories (Continued on Page 32, Column 2.) JOFFRE'S VITALITY STILL FIGHTS DEATH Marshal Lapses Into Semi- Consciousness, Rallies, but i Doctors.Hold No Hope. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 31.—Marshal Jof- fre’s phenomenal vitality, which carried him into this last way of the year, de- spite a heart attack which threatened to end his gallant battle last night, ap- pared to be exhausting itself this after- noon. At 1 o'clock he .ank into a state of semi-consciousness. His doctors said his blood pressure was very weak. He later fevived somewhat. Life hangs by a thread, one of the doctors said, and death may come at any time. All visitors except Louis Barthou, one of the marshal's closest friends, have been forbidden to enter the sick room. Messages from United States. Today messages of condolence, coming from all over the world, brought the hopes of two Americans for his recov- ery. Chancellor Eimer E. Brown of New Condition Now Stationary. “The patient’s condition is station- ary,” the bullet\n said, “although there occurred a loss of morning leaving the weak with mhrmlnznt Inurrupunm. At present he sleeps in a deep calm. ’nle Tollowing message was received during the night from Vatican City: “Please transmit to Marshal Joffre the special benediction of the holy father, who is invoking for him celestial favors. “CARDINAL PACELLL"” HOOVER TO PROCLAIM NAVY PACT TOMORROW Gesture of World Peace lel Be Made in Declaring London Treaty in Effect. President Hoover has selected tomor- row, the first day of the year, to make gesture of good will and peace throughout the world by issuing a proc- lamation stating that the London naval treaty is formally in effect. This proclamation will be brief in form and will also bear the signature of the Secretary of State, 1n it the President is expected to set forth the advantages to result from this limita- tion of armament under the treaty and to point out the possibilities of more perfect strides toward world peace, &3 I result of the treaty. | This formal proclamation will offi- cially notify the other signatory na- tions that this country has put the terms of the treaty into effect: this ' meeting of the council of FRANCO-TALIAN HOLIDAY MAY LAST Official Time Up Today, but Resumption of Navy Work Is Held Unlikely. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, December 31.—The Italo- French naval construction holiday, ar- ranged last Summer, ends officially to- day, but resumption of building in the near future is regarded here as unlikely. It was guardedly admitted today that the recent visit of Robert L. Craigie, naval expert of the British foreign of- | fice, to Rome and Paris resuited in a sort of “gentleman’s agreement” for a continuation of the holiday at least until after the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations January 19. At that time direct negotiations bstween French and Italian experts will be re- sumed. Italian Position Held Good. Commendatore Augusteo Rosso, chief naval expert of the foreign offices, as well as most other authorities on the -lbunl.lon here are apparently taking the CAPITAL TO GREET 1931 TONIGHT WITH JOY AND PRAYERS WEDNESDAY, D Watch Services Following Early Social Prbgrams. LEVITY WILL REIGN "IN CLUBS AND HOTELS Police to Wink at Fun, but Frown cn Rowdiness and Viola- tiens of Law. The New Year will be welcome to- night with the joyous acclaim of those inclined to fete the infant stranger and with the prayers of those invoking divine guidance for the trek of time. ‘The spirit of gayety will reign in thousands of homes and in scores of night clubs and hotels, while the de- votional observances will take the form of watch-night services in many of the city’s churches. ‘The levity is due to begin early in the evening and,to continue well into the early hours ‘of the morning. Special programs of entertfinment have been arranged in most of the clubs and hos- telries, culminating in a burst of fun and noise at the stroke of midnight. Police on Watch, ‘The police will wink at harmless brands of festivities, but will keep close watch to prevent rowdiness and viola- | tions of the law—especially the prohibi- tion law. Montgomery County and other subur- ban sections will be the host of hun- dreds of New Year eve revelers from Washington. Celebration will be staged in all the country clubs. In addition, numerous private parties are being planned for almost every com- munity. Post Offices to Close. Tomorrow is a legal holiday in Mary- | land. Al banks will be closed and there | will be no rural delivery. Post offices also will shut their doors. In a number of churches there will! be social affairs with entertainments in | the earlier part of the evening, followed by refreshments, and later devotions, conducted by the ministers. Union services of the Protestant churches of Bloomingdale will be held at the Memorial United Brethren Church, of which Dr. 8. B. Daugherty is pastor. Rev. Godfrey Chobot, pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, will con- duct services, beginning at 11 p.m. In the Christian Science churches find services will be held at 8 o'clock. ll.lh‘-' Meet January 12, Any plans that Italy may have for resumption of naval construction will not be announced at any rate until the o ministers By that time the ministry of marine may have an appropriation but in view of the stringent financial situation in Italy this is not expected to be a large one. It will probably show reduced costs | for buudlm because of the recent gen- eral cutting down of wages. MAN TALKS IN SLEEP, WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE Didn’t Mind It, She SBays, Until He Started Muttering Threats Against Her Life. By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, December 31.—After seven years of listening to her husband talk in his sleep, Mrs. John Daily has sued for divorce. Mrs. Daily said she would have been able to stand “ordinary” sleep talk— even for seven years—but t her husband during his nocturnal mono- logue = repeatedly muttered threats against her life. She expressed the belut that he may have been feigning lleeg Jjust to scare.her. said Mrs. Daily, her husband made a practice of telling their son, John, that “Motb!l' is the bunk.” Plane to Bnlh Anti-Toxi~. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, December 31 (#).—Anti-toxin was to be rushed by airplane to Tanana, Yukon River trad- ing post, 150 miles west of Fairbanks, a4 the request of authorities who radtoed yesterday they feared a diphtheria epi- demic. One case had appeared, the message said. Nothing resembling a New Year eve | party or celebration has been planned for the White House tonight and the prospects are that President and Mrs. Hoover will retire considerably in ad- vance of the passing of the old year and the birth of the new. Conscious of the physical strain which they will face tomorrow when they shake exchange New Year thousand little as x.- New Ye-r day, when s ceaseless standing on their feet for a period nearly four hours, has convinced them that this White House tradition is ordeal. Therefore, are attempting to conserve their en- Eroeted Simost HOOVER PLANS TO RETIRE EARLY, i PREPARING FOR HAND-SHAKING President and First Lady Resting Today to Greet Thou- sands at Reception Tomorrow Afternoon. not return. He suggested that what business arose could disposed of by him in_his study on the second floor of the White House. He gave the im- Dl‘:lfll‘l that he might loaf around amd read. Preparations are being made at the White House for a tremendous crowd at tomorrow’s uon. If the weather is an; l like it is°today it is ex- some New Year crowd records mixht be broken. Ml Arny. Navy and Marine Corps, sem-l tatives and high Gov- emnnt officials and members of pa- triotic and civic bodies will be ne:lved.l Lutheran Programs. , At St. Paul's Lutheran Church Dr. Henry W. Snyder, the pastor, will con- duct services, beginning at 11:15 o'clock. A German service will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow at Zion Lutheran i Church. Rev. Charles Enders, pastor of Con- cordia Lutheran Church, will conduct exercises, beginning at 8:30 p.m, There will be exercises, beginning at 9 o'clock, tonight under the direction of Rey. Irving W. Ketchum, tor of Peck Memorial Chapel. Lunch will be served from 10 to 11 o'clock. Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Calvary M. E. Church, has arranged a_fellowship | hour, beginning at 9:30 o'clock, fol- lowed by holy communion and a service of light at 10:30 o'clock. At Foundry M. E. Church Dr. Fred- erick Brown Harris, the pastor, has arranged for the presentation of more! than 100 pictures of “Into_ All the ‘World,” beginning at 8:30 o'clock, fol- lowed at 10 o'clock with a social and refreshments, and later a service of consecration and dedication. Rev. Allan F. Poore, pastor of Waugh M. E. Church, has arranged for serv- ices to begin at 11 o'clock, when the subject of his sermon will be “The End ' of the Year.” At Baptist Churches. At the National Baptist Memorial there will be services conducted by Dr. Gove G. Johnson, the pastor, from 10 to 12 o'clock. Dr. John E. Briggs, pastor of Fifth Baptist Church, has arranged services to begin at 10 o'clock. Rev. Henry J. Smith, of the Petworth Baptist Church, has arranged for an entertainment, followed by watch night services. connection with the services at Métropolitan Baptist Church, begin- ning at 8 o'clock, Dr. John Compton Ball, the minister, has arranged for & debate on “Resolved, That men are greater slaves to fashion than wom- en” The debaters are Miss Helen Tucker, Miss Alma Hickok, Flyde Freed and Edward Warner. Services will be held in the Vermont Avenue Christian Church from 8:30 o'clock, with a-program under auspices (Connnued on Page 2, Colu OLD STERLING NG HOTEL WILL CLOSE MONDAY Property Included in Purchase of Block Which Will Be Site of New Development. ‘The Sterling Hotel, old landmark on the southwest corner of Thirteenth and E streets, will close its doors Monday and will pass out of existence, it was announced today by Chlfl- Jacobsen, proprietor. The hotel property is included in the purchase of property fronting on Penn- sylvania avenue, Thirteenth and E streets by an undisclosed principal, ECEMBER 31, ADVERTISING SIGNS PERMITS REFUSED Arlington Supervisors Co-| i operate in Drive to Improve Capital Entrances. | Backing up the new zoning ordinance | in an effort to improve roadside con- ditions, ths Board of Supervisors of Arlington County yesterday refused | permits for the erection of two adver- | tising billboards in the lower end of the county. | The applications for permits to erect | the signs gave the proposed location of ione as on the Washington-. Alexmdru| pike near the power house, just north | of the Alexandria line, and the ofher as Mount Vernon avenue near Four- Mile Run. On tl ashington-Alex- |andria pike, already cluttered with an indiscriminate array of billboards and signs, lv.wupmpoledwemtmt.he landscape a and 10 feet in height. Duncan Kills Requests. Since the company sought to erect both billboards in Jefferson district, of which Edward Duncan is supervisor, that official announced he would vote for no more billboards in his district for the present. The two other mem- bers of the board supported him. ‘The upper boulevard is the one most frequently used by en route to the historic shrine of Mount Vernon. It passes along some of the most attractive sections in the country, and Mr. Duncan and other civic forces in the county are doing everything possible to preserve the natural landscaping from further spoliation, The refusal of the board to grant these permits follows a policy put into effect several months ago and strictly | adhered to since. With public sentiment n the county practically united in favor of ridding the main highways of com- mercial signs, the governing board has gune 50 far as even to refuse to issue a permit for the erection of a sign on one of the aviation fields at the end of the Highway Bridge which would have served only to advertise the business of the applicants. Ban Extended to All Areas. | Arlington County's recently enacted zoning m'dlnlnoe prohibits the erection of residential areas, but the of mpervuon backed by public grntiment, has seen ‘Nt to extend the Officials of tbe American Civic Asso- ciation who are snomofinl the campaign to “clean ‘;E: highway entrances leading to National Capital before the George Washington Bicentennial celebration in 1932, were jcularly pleased when they learned of this latest action on the part of the Arlington board. With State highway officials co-operating in ridding the community of the numerous illegal si plastered over private property, it was Relt that Arlington County soon would have its “house in order.” Meanwhile, Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer Commissioner of the District, was taking the final steps today lookin: ‘fi to the resubmission of the District's for regulating and controlling outdoor -&vertmnx to the Board of Comm! for its recommendations. He was to confer during the day with Frederic A. Delano, president of the American Civic ..ssociation and chairman of the N:tlon‘lllswglplhl Pl’k and Planning Maj. Gotwals was hopeful that they could come to a satisfactory agreement on certain features of the bill which caused Mr. Delano to request a confer- ence. Prolonging Board Life Opposed. The only questions at issue appear to be those involving public hearings be- fore new regulations are adopted or amended and the possibility, under the proposed law, of the Commission granting billboard interests the pflvl- lege of rehabilitating existing _signs. Regardless of the aj pg;lnnee of duly authorized Nllbolrdl lll"e"i:! a [en- lea through the Riggs National Bank as|ble trustee, as the site for a monumental new development. Other in the site were re- cently d in anticipation of the time w] the old structures there will be razed to make way for the new development. The Sterling Hotel was erected for ‘Mr Jacobsen 30 years and has since been e’nhr'ed vl!th L chne of adjoining fe troupers have made it a stopping puce while in W Furnishings in the hotel will go on 3 . Jacobsen MAGAZINE OF Next Sunday’s Star | IS A NEW POEM Contributed by 1930—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ##* New Assemblyman To Bring Milk Stool If Seats Run Short By the Associated Press. FRESNO, Calif., December 31.— ‘Two telegrams in two days were received C. Todd Clark, rancher and newly elected Sute Assemblyman, each to a different seat in the. C‘D“fll Clark finally wired: “Seat me nnywhe're 1f you rin short of seats I will bring along a milk stool.” TIDAL WAVE HURLS HOUSES OUT 70 SEA Tremendous Earthquake Pre- cedes Disaster in Aus- - tralasia-Oceanica. board 100 feet in length | By the Associated Press. SYDNEY, New South Wales, Decem- ber 31.—Belated word reached here to- day of a tremendous earthquake and tidal wave in parts of Australasia and Oceanica on the morning of Decem- ber 24. A wireless message from the steamer Duris to the New Guinea Radio Station today said that after the earthquake a wall of water eight feet high swept the Western mandated islands. Its force was so great at Awinn that houses and cattle were washed out to sea. The European manager of the island and a number of natives es; | between caped by climbing the palm trees. In May-August, 1883, eruptions of the Volcano Krakatao, between Sumatra and Java, produced a seismic wave which propagated itself as far as the English Channel and is ostimated to have taken about 20,000 lives. On March 3, 1888, Hatzfeldt Harbor and King Willlam Clp!, on the north- east coast of New Guinea, experienced a wave 30 feet in h!lzht n(m a period of earth tremors in Sieputétue ® tram Okl - Chille; 5,000 miles east of the earthquakes and seismic wave reported from Bydney. said that high waves washed the coast for 300 miles north of there Monday. The water was green in color and had a vile odor, attributed to suspended animal matter, believed to be from fishes killed by a tremendous under- water disturbance. SHOCK FELT IN ITALY. Houses Previously D-fid Toppled Over by Quake. AVELLINO, Italy, December 31 (#).— A strong earthquake was felt during the night at San Sossio Baronia, top- pling over saveral houses which were cracked in the disaster of July 23. Several small fires were started in other buildings by short circuits. The shock was felt at Monteverde, Calitri and Aquilonia, but it was very slight here. TROOPS IN CONTROL Cavalry and Infantry Rushed Into Capitanejo, Colombia. BOGOTA, Colombia, December 31 (#).—Cavalry and infantry units mnch- ing into Capitanejo, Department oF "guieting political a1 ?f“.m"f:’m“"“" of quieting polit ant yesterday developed into fighting in whlch 8 persons were killed and 11 ‘wounded. newspapers described the fight as between members of the Con- servative and Liberal parties, whose an- are approaching open enmity | fied nal elections | the Gov. lvis Santander aid of the national government. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion i5 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the’papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,445 (UP) Means Associated POWER RATE GUT 10 42-GENT LEVEL Public Utilities Commission Holds Company’s Return Excessive. ‘The Public Utilities Commission late today ordered a reduction in electric rates substantially the same as that sugge:ted by the Potomac Electric Pow- U b0 bt At the same time the commission held that the return made by the com- pany is excessive and announced its intention of going to court to secure a modification of the consent decree mmhmammummflyu- . If it fails to secure such modi- fication the commission announced that i oy P g o company. ‘The rates offered the company comprise a reduction 47 to 42 cents per kilowatt hour on all prims Tates, Teductions secondary and subsequent rates. Statement Is Issued. SN o issued the following state- ment: "rhe commission has found that the return made by the Potomac Electric Power Co. is excessive. The consent de- cree as now worded does not rmlt adequate relief, and the record recent hearing would leave an mder reductions greater than those pmvlded.‘u:\:‘r by the decree subject to “The commission, therefore, orders into effzct at once what it believes to be an equitable adjustment of rates classes, on as low a level as it can support the existing decree. It rzserves control of the nle. and fixes t.he new rates "lor an indefinif on &“:’.ifi“’“"fl" tion, wl af 3 lower the rate of return to b the company and avoid prolo tion c‘menfin( or yi May Seek Revaluation. “In the event that assent to modification of the it decree can- Poccant . tnire. ‘nto. he- vaie. of qu value o the properties of the company. “It is the hope of the commission that the beneficent effects of the shid- ing scale method of determining rates may be continued and the necessity for revaluation avoided. Pending the de- termination of the technical questions involved §n such modification, the pres- ent order of the commission is thought advisable in order immediately to assure the consumers of electric current the substantial reductions which will result | day therefrom.” Sought Greater Cut. All day yesterday was devoted to a pubuc helrm: at_which efforts were made hy &l:l Counsel Richmond B. Federation of Citizens’ Aaaoehmns to secure greater reductions than those offered by the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co. The power company proposal is a drop proposed on_of 2.5 to-2.1 cents per kilowatt (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) IRISH RATIFY TREATY LONDON, December 31 (#).—The State commissioner in fication of the London naval treaty, bringing that instrument into full force s0 far as the British Empire is con- cerned. mneesuhn-nh-amtmnu- the document when Great Britain, United States and Jlm signed the accord last October. itish ratification included that of the do- ‘minipns. BURGLAR WHO TAKES CHANGE HUNTED BY BALTIMORE POLICE Eccentric Thief, Nearly Caught Several Days Ago, Works According to Set Plan, Making Small Hauls. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., December 31.— it before Christmas a him, and several shots wdmnmneum- glar. Sunday almost group, TWO WHITE HOUSE AIDE'S DEATH IS DECLARED RESULT OF POISON Coroner’s Jury to View Body Before Its Removal to Ten- nessee for Burial. NAVY BOARD TO HEAR CRASH EVIDENCE TODAY CENTS. Press. District Police to Tell Inquiry of Supposed Connection With Injury of Four-in Safety Zone. Lieut. Bruce Settle, a naval aide at the White House, found dead in his office at the navy yard Monday, died of poison, it was disclosed today when a certificate for transportation of the body was issued. William S. Shelby, Chief of the De- tective Bureau, immediately communi- cated with Acting Coromer Joseph D. Rogers, when he received this informa- tion and Dr. Rogers ordered a coroner’s jury impaneled to view the body at Tabler’s Undertaking establishment, 928 M street, and set the inquest for 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. ‘While results of autopsy performed at the Naval Hospital were not made pub- lic, it was necessary to give the cause of death before a certificate could be issued to transport the body to Double Springs, Tenn., where burial will take place. - Dr. Rogers .sald that he had agreed to release the body for shipment this afterncon after the jurors had viewed it. Figured in Accident. Meanwhile, the police disclosed that Lieut. Settle’s automobile had figured in a collision early Sunday morning. Their investigation showed that the machine did not sustain the damage in this collision which was discovered yes- terday when the police seized it after information had reached them that Lieut. Settle might have been the driver who knotked down and seriously in- Jured four persons in a safety zone at Connecticut avenue and Tilden streets Sunday night. At the same time the naval board of inquest, with Capt. P. W. Foote, U.S.N. Said to Have Fallen. Lieut. Settle is described as having fallen from the meszanine floor at the Electrical Interior _Communications School at the Navy Yard on Monday ot 2o Sae e 4 S ey are a e been found near his desk. Doy morning, and hear the testimony of ponbopflfldfll at an afternoon session. Police Hold Auto. ‘The District police have taken sion of the automobile of L!eut.pg::t.le, which was found ouwide the Broad- moor apartments, 3601 Connecticut avenue, where Lieut. Settle lived. The automobile, which is a small coupe, was found by police with a broken head- light, dented hood and damaged radi- ator front and they asserted that its description tallied with that given con- cerning the car which injured the four persons at Connecticut avenue and ‘Tilden street. Lieut. James N: McTwiggan, who was on dul,y at the fire control school at ashington Nnvgc Yard and whe raund Lieut. Settle's dy. dce!tned to- to affirm or deny the about uon bottle, regulations require any informa- tion on the case come from the board of inquest. The third precinct police records show that Lieut. Settle was involved in accident at Scventeenth and I streets at 1:45 o'clock Sunday morning. Settle was driving his coupe north on Con- necticut avenue, while Willlam Kennedy, 22 years old, of 2127 'l‘mrd nreet. was driving east on I street in been struck and they estimated the damages at $5. BOY SLAIN, 2 HELD IN EXTORTION PLOT Three Trapped by Posse as They Try to Collect $10,000 From ‘Wisconsin Doctor. By the Associated Press. CLINTONVILLE, Wis, December 31. —An alleged attempt to extort $10,000 highway. FPifteen residents of Waupaca County hid in shrubbery nearby. Three youths got out of an automobile and one of them, startied by a movement in the shrubbery, fired on the hidden posse. Answering rifle shots killed Gordon 15. His friends, 18, were