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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer oW, tonight ‘Temperatures—Highest, 35, today: lowest, 17, at Full report on page 5. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 tonight and tomor- about 24 degree: 7 am. ¢h ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 31,657. post office, Entered as second class matte Washington, D C. WASHINGTON, D. JUNTA OVERTURNS REGIME IN PANAMA BY SUDDEN REVOLT; .. CIZEN DEAD Ten Natives Killed and Score; Injured in Fighting Abo’utl Palace—President Arose- mena Resigns Office. AMERICAN_REPORTER SLAIN SEEKING NEWS State Department Sees Interven- tion Unlikely if Order Is Main- tained—Provinces Yet to Reveal Stand Toward Uprising in Re- puklic’s Captial. By the Associated Press. PANAMA CITY, January 2.— President Arosemena, overthrown in a sudden revolt this morning, this afternoon named Harmodio| Arias premier of Panama, then resigned as President, leaving Arias at liberty to form a new cabinet. This arrangement was reached in a conference between the Presi- dent and the revolutionary lead- ers. It leaves Arias and his party in full charge of the government. Premier Dapiel Ballen also re- signed, but the status of Vice Pres- ident Tomas Gabriel Duque was not immediately ascertained. The revolutionists headguarters and established their own patrol of civilian guards. Another at- tack was directed against the palace which surrendered after a brief skir- mish. At Least Ten Killed. At least' 10 persons were killed and a score or 50 wounded in the fighting about tre palace and the police statio Hartwell P Ayers, an American new: er correspondent of Atlanta, as_criticaily wounded and died later at_Gorgas Hospital. While political leaders nnd repre- sentatives of Spain, Italy, Cuba and Costa Rica conferred with Roy T. Davis, the United States Minister, reports came from Colon that the governor of that,_province had dispatched 500 Colon police to support the Arosemena gov- ernment but that the Panama Railway refused to carry the armed body. Revolt Is Minimized. The Colon governor minimized the mportance of the revolt, attributing it ta a comparatively small group of mal- contents headed by Dr. Harmodio Arias, head of the junta government. He as- serted that all the nine’ provinces of the republic were loyal to Arosemena. United States troops were guarding the legation and patroling the border but after the first furry of fighting there was lttle disorder. Francisco Paredzs, one of the leaders of the revolt, characterized the move- ment as-“lamentable,” but declared it had the backing of public opinion, which regards the revolution as an at- tacks upon “graft and political tyranny. Ex-President Arrested. This afternoon the revolutionists ar- rested Rodolfo Chiari, former President, and generally regarded as-a candidate for the office in 1932 a son of the former President, also was arrested. They were lodged with other political prisoners at police head- quarters. Minister Davis, with his coat off and his collar open, was one of the busiest men in the city today. He maintaincd uninterrupted contact with other mem- bers of the diplomatic corps and rep- resentatives of the revolutionary gov-| ernment. He declined to talk for publication beyond saying that he and the rest of the foreign representatives were “ob- serving the situation” The rebellion was sponsored by the #Accion Comunal,” a patriotic organi- zation which has - violently _criticized what it called the “corruption” of the government under both Presidents Chiari and Arosemena. Severa] other government officers were placed under arrest, including Archibaldo Boyd, governor of the Prov- Ince of Panama, and Ricardo Arango, head of the police. The whereabouts of Vice President Tomas Gabriel Duques was not known, but it was believed that he had escaped to safety. The second vice president, Carlos Lopez, also was believed to have escaped to the Canal Zone. After the first attacks had succeeded armed civilians associated with the Tevolutionists_patrolled the city under ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TWO DEFEATS CRUSH REBELLION IN BURMA Stronghold of Natives Taken After 17 Defenders Are Killed—Ma- chine Guns Effective. By the Assoctated Press. THARAWADDY, Burma, January 2. —Two defeats were believed today to have broken the back of the rebel move- ment which has harrassed this North- ern Burma area for a week. Alantaung Camp, headquarters of the was captured by Burma It stood atop a high movement, Rifles Tuesday hill in a dense jungle village, strongly fortified, ‘was regarded by the Seventeen At Pashegyan yesterday 10 rebels were mowed down by machine guns of the Rifles as they three sides , carried & Ted banner and had set fire to quanti- | i Burmese 8s impregnable, defenders were killed. Burma and Kachin emerged from a jungle into of a clearing. Others, who ties of fled. stores, fled. ‘The local authorities estimate that nearly 300 rebels have been either killed the recent been captu: or wounded during tions, while 60 have Radio Programs on Page C$ captured police | Roberto F.| Chiari, aide to President Arosemena and | i PRESIDENT AROSEMENA i Of Panama. 1L DUCE STRESES * PEAGEFL NTENT Explains Fascist Tenets in Friéndly New Year Broad- cast to U. S. |-By the Associated Press. ROME, January 2.—Benito Mussolini, | Italian premier, spoke into a micro- an audience of millions of Americans. | known a word of English at the time | of his rising to power eight years ago, | | used the occasion of the first Italo- | American international broadcast to ' wish America a happy New Year, ex- | piain some of the tenets of Italy's| | Fascist regime and to declare that Italy | | never would start a war. | | He pointed out that he himself had | fought in the ranks and was seriously ' wounded and asked how any one with his experience as a man and a states- | { without horror. ! Emphatic in Peace Claims. | He was emphatic in his assertion that | neither he nor his peopls desired an- | other conflict of arms. The training which Fascist youths underga, which yhas a strong military flavor, he de- | scribed as simply to make them strong, i self-reliant and disciplined. | “We cannot conceive of modern his- i tory without the United States,” he i 29 they not brought their formidable weight to bear on the situ- ation—moved thereto mainly by ideal- istic motives—the war would not have becn won. Without their co-operation the world cannot recover from the post- | war crisis, and their help is necessary if prosperity is to return.” Discussing economic conditions Italy, he said: “We have half a million unemplo; in Italy at the present time, * * * I prefer relief in the form of public works, which substantially increase the efficiency of our national economic equipment. The dole tends the ers to idleness.” Declares Fascism Solid. He said that all reports to the con-| trary, the npower and _economic forces of Italy stand solidly behind Fascism. The large emigration of Italians to the United States and of American tourists to Italy, he declared, foster friendship between the two countries. i In conclusion, he said: “I am confi- i dent that the peace of the world will be preserved nd that before long a new era of prosperity will dawn.” SPEECH REFLECTS FRIENDLINESS. | in | | Broadcast Believed Attempt to Coun- i teract Propaganda. By Cable to The Star. | ROME, Italy, January 2.— Premier | Benito Mussolini’s radio talk to Amer- |ica last night, in which he disclaimed | all desire for war and called upon the | United States to lead the world in the | recovery of prosperity, is interpreted here as an effort on Il Duce’s part to | counteract the anti-Fascist propaganda | which has flooded America recently and as a reassutance to American busi- ness men who have been led to believe | that Fascism is preparing for an armed | conflict. | Certainiy the flowers he presented to | the "United States, including his praise jof American writers and statesmen— with a notable omission of Wilson—are | at variance with the opinions expressed | by the Fascist press in recent years. At the same time, this frank talk in | English reflects Pascism’s keen desire {to be friendly with the United States, | particularly now, when the French ! group of nations is unusually unfriend- |1y to Italy, and Great Britain, one of { Fascism’s oldest friends, is giving Italy |little encouragement in its diplomatic | differences with Prance. The Italian premier'’s talk was also i broadcast over Europe. (Copyright, 1931.) Hoover Teacher IlL. WEST BRANCH, Iowa, January 2 | @®).—Mrs. Mollie Brown Curran, who taught President Hoover his A, B, Cs, |35 ill at her home here. Her daughter, | Miss Eleanor Curran, sald she was suf- fering from a nervous ailment, but that |U. S. DETACHMENT SHOT | phone here last evening in English to | Ala. 1l Duce, who is reputed not to have | | man could consider a future conflict | i, DUTLAWS HUNTED | AFTER SLAYING 8 MARINES IN FIGHT Only Two of Ten Americans in Party Left Alive as Result of Ambush. DOWN IN LONG BATTLE Bodies of Dead Mutilated by Machetes—One of Wounded Hit s Trying to Go for Aid. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January 2.— United States Marine detachments combed the hills near Achuara, North- ern Nicaragua, today, seeking the band of insurgents who Wednesday killed 8 of a patrol of 10 Marines in an am- bush between Ocotal and Apali. The bodies were mutilated. The patrol was repairing a newly erected telephone line. The Nica- raguans, who were believed to be com- manded by Miguel Ortez, a lleutenant of Agustino Sandino. Two remaining members of the patrol were seriously | Sergt. Arthur M. Palrang, Port Lyons, Colo. Pvt. Irving P. Aron, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pvt. Lambert Bush, Bay Minette, i Edward Elliott, Des Moines; . Joseph Albert Harbaugh, Wash- ington, Pa. Pvt, Frank Kosieradski, Buffalo, N. Y. Pvt. Richard J. Litz, Indianapolis. Pvt. Joseph Arthur McCarthy, cmm-‘ cothe, Mo. The wounded: Pvt. Prank Austin Jackson, Lawrence- | . . Mack Hutcherson, Shreveport, | Detachment Surrounded. An account of the ambush given by United States Marine headquarters here today said that at 10:30 a.m. Wednes- day a Marine patrol which was repair- telephone line was suddenly fired | upon from all sides and that one Ml-‘ rine working at the top of a pole was; killed in the first volley. ‘The others jmmediately put up a de- fense, which lasted for two and one- half hours. Sergt. Arthur M. Palrang of Port Lyons, Colo, commanding the patrol, ordered Pvt. Mack Hutcherson | to attempt to reach Ocotal and bring help, but in trying to get through the ring of attackers he was wounded and incaracitated. ‘The insurgent fire was infrequent but accurate, Marines being gradually picked off. Pvt. Jackson was the last man standing; he was wounded and crawled into a nearby field to hide from the Nicaraguans. The eight dead when found later were badly mutilated, ap- parently by machetes. Farmer Gives Alarm. A Nicarsguan farmer living nearby heard the firing and rode to Ocotal and gave the alarma at about noon. Joseph J. Tavern, with 25 men, immediately rushed to the scene. The wounded were moved immediately to Ocotal and from there by airplane Thursday, to Managua. Reteliatory measures were immedi- ately put into effect. The Marine avia- tion squadron was unusually active all New Year day, bombing patrols making extended but unsuccessful efforts to lo- cate the insurgents, who are believed to have fled over the frontier into Hon- duras. Another detachment of 50 Marines, dispatches from Ocotal Wednesday aft- ernoon said, engaged in a search of the area around Achuapa for the insurgents. 1,000 Marines in Country. The ambush represents one of the most serious encounters in which the force of United States Marines in Nic- aragua has been engaged, casualties heretofore in_most _contacts having (Continueg on Page 2, Column 7.) R Ao N SETTLEMENT IS EXPECTED IN BRITISH MINE STRIKE Ar‘lngament to Allow 150,000 ‘Workers to Resume Labor Is Anticipated for Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 2.— Optimistic expectations prevailed here today that differences between miners and mine operators in South Wales would be ironed tomorrow in a meeting of the Conciliation Board. It was hoped that at least a tempo- rary arrangement would be made which would permit 150,000 miners who walk- ed out in protest at reduction of their working hours and lessening of their wages to return to work. Neither the miners nor the mlnc‘ operators have shown the slightest sign of weakening in their demands, and | the grounds upon which such a possi- ble agreement may be made are re- garded as purely speculative. Civil Aviation Director Named. LONDON, January 2 (#).~Lieut. Col. P. C. Shelmerdine, director of civil aviation in India, been appointed director of civil ‘aviation in the air ministry, succeeding the late Sir Sen- ton Bracker, who perished in the wreck of the dirigible R-101. ndition was not critical. ‘The public reception the White House yesterday may have been a big social event to most of those who waited in line to see the President, but to an unemployed New Englander, who hap- pened along with a basket on his arm, it was just another free soup line luring him to investigate. ‘The visitor, who said later he was a wood t:hop&er by profession, has been keenly on the alert of late for free soup itchens and the like. When he saw 'l.;\e big crowd wlmg: outside the White louse yesterday thought of two things—a sale or a free food distribution. In either event, he de- clared, 1t would pay to look into the t with his line with the others, OBLESS MAN MISTAKES CALLERS AT WHITE HOUSE FOR BREAD LINE When*Asked What He Thought of President, Bewildered Visitor Replies, “Which One Was He”’? to fall in wmm - made him deposit the basket on the White House grounds. He passed into the big entrance, accepted the extended hand o mmnnu:!me‘; in a routine passed o . o ¥ e Jook of bewiderment on N countenance attracted a newspaperman, who asked what he thought of Mr, O eieh one was he?” the woodsman By just shook hands with . you him,” ‘the reporter explained. stranger scratched his head in it disclosed that the man faint being given Eg’:r N BALTIMORE FIRE G H Y “\‘ b\ WAITING FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, LT FOR U ) =i (il | Sy il s | AN. INVITATION TO ¢ Foening Star; 1931 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ###* LT BREAKFAST. ONE DIES, SIX HURT Printer Killed in Leap After Explosion Destroys $200,- 000 Post Plant. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, January 2.— Fire in toree hours lact night destroyed the $200,000 four-story plant of the Balt'more Post, a Scripps-Howard news- paper, taking one life and injuring six. Today the paper was being published at the Baltimore Sun while officials from New York attended a conference here to determine whether the plant would be rebuilt. The fire started shortly after 6 o'clock | with an explosion in the photographic department adjoining the editorial room on the second floor. Eighteen men were in the composing room on the floor above preparing to send the last edition to the press room in the basement. Plunges to Street, | Joseph R. Dougless, a linotype oper- ator on the third floor, rushed to a win- dow and made a desperate leap for a ladder that was being raised by one of the first fire companies to arrive. He missed and plunged to the street, frac- turing his skull. He died an hour later in a hospital, The other members of the composing room staff escap:d down a fire escape in the rear of the building; some leaping from windows after reaching the sec- ond floor. . Cunfusion followed and it was several | hours before the editors of the paper | had completed a check that showed all | persons accounted for. For more than an hour it was believed five workmen | were still trapped in the building. As the fire roared through the old | biilding sheets of flame towered into the sky and sparks threatened adjoin- ing property. Within an hour of the | first alarm the roof crashed in, carrying | floors and tons of machinery and type | into the basement. More than 50 lines | of hose were lald by 25 companies called by six alarms, sounded in quick succession. Seek Cause of Explosion. Officials of the Fire Department to- day were séeking the cause of the ex- plosion. ‘The fire was discovered by a watch- man who observed smoke while walking across the second floor. He sounded the alarm and called to employes to vacate the building. The injured included a battalion fire chief, who received an arm fracture. Four of those hurt were employes of the paper. Their injuries were not serious. The . Post_was established November 20, 1922. The building was located at the corner of Lombard and Hanover streets in downtown Baltimore. Its walls were of brick, but the interior was entirely of wood construction. Andrew D. Brashears was the editor and Urban J. Kraemer the business manager. It was Mr. Kraemer who estimated the loss at $200,000. REMAINS OF ENVOY. BROUGHT TO AMERICA Body of Gerrit John Diekema Reaches New York—Burial to Be at Michigan Home. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 2.—The body of Gerrit John Diekema, American Minister to the Netherlands, who died in The Hague on December 20, was brought to New York today on the liner Deutschland. When the liner docked a committee named by retiring Gov. Frederick M. Green of Michigan came aboard and placed a wreath on the steel-gray caske$, which lay in state on the aft deck covered with a United States flag. ‘The widow, who accompanied the body to this country, was joined at quarantine by her eldest son, Willis A. Diekema, and at the pier by her daugh- ter, Mrs. J. M. Rodger, of Chicago. Upon a special request of Secretary of State Stimson the body will be trans- ferred with honors late today to the Grand Central - tation, where'at 5 p.m. the entire party will board a train for Holland, Mich., the late diplomat’s birthplace. Rio Jn;i;:: Has Summer Heat. RIO DE JANEIRO, January 2 (#).— It may be Winter north of the equator, a sugm ‘1 wave drove the ‘Thousands took a bile mercury iy the shore to here to the drives along all the Ambassadors and Zforeign .countries Reveler Arrested For Shooting When Bird Disturbs Him By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, January 2.—There_was some reason for Edward Greska's strange actions after he came home from a New Year celebration about sun-up, and the police expected to get it in detail upon arraignment in court on a disorderly conduct charge. “Peep, peep,” sang the canary in Greska's home about the time he turned in, whereupon he turn- ed over in bed, seized a gun irpm his arescer and started to shdot. Yellow feather flew. So did the neighbors, aroused from sleep. Greska was taken to jail to fin- ish his nap SENATORS T0 QUIZ WOODS AND PAYNE La F;)llette Obtains Survey of Unemployment and Relief Problems. By the Assoclated Press. A congressional survey of unemploy- ment and relief problems confronting the Nation will be begun next Tuesday by the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee, Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of President Hoover's Emergency Come mittee for Employment, and John Barton Payne, chairman of the Amer- | tcan Red Cross, will head the list of those to be questioned. La Follette Responsible. Upon their testimony is expected to hinge the decision of attempting any further relief steps. Senators La Follette, Republican, Wisconsin, and Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts, are urging a direct appropriation of $100,000,000 to defray relief expenses of the cities and States. A resolution by Senator La Follette was responsible for the new | survey. The Appropriations 'Committee has been asked by the Senate to inquire of % oyt 1 . Any information in hi sessi relating to extent of unnm)’flomnsts, £ 2. Measures for relief of distress caused by unemployment in the various cities. 3 3. His recommendations concerning the extent to which public works must be expanded if a substantial reduction in unemployment during this year is to be brought abdut. Payne Questions Directed. ‘The Senate asked the committee to ascertain from Judge Payne: 1. Conditions in the drought-stricken States. 2. Whether the American Red Cross can provide adequate relief to all needy persons, 3. Conditions in the cities and towns of the country caused by the economic depression and resultant unemployment. Judge Payne will be heard by the committee on Tuesday and Col. Woods on_Wedngsday. Others*to be called on these days include: Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army engineers; Thomas H. Mac- Donald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads; James A. Whetmore, acting supervising architect, and Director Roop of the budget. REPORT ON PROHIBITION IS FURTHER DELAYED Prospects of a report on prohibition in the immediate future by the Wicker- sham Law Enforcement Commission were further dimmed today as word came from its headquarters that the recess would continue until Monday or Tuesday. Only a few members were present. Chairman Wickersham was in New York, and possibly will not return until Tuesday. Even when the commission gathers next week it was held possible a complete roster could not be called. AMERICANS RECEIVED ROME, January 2 (#).—Members of the American embassy, headed by Am- bassador John W. Garrett of Baltimore, Md., were received today by King Victor Emanuel at the palace. The Americans, wearing evening dress with black vests, presented a sober spectacle amid the, gold-braided court functionaries and diplomats of other countries. Except for the Soviets they were the only group not in dress uni- The United States representatives were eleventh in a cortege including with thelr staffs. FLYING RATES FIRST INBOYISH AMBITION | Back Seat, as Career Desire, Is Given Cowboy, Base Ball and Detective. | By the Associated Press. | CLEVELAND, January 2.—Lindbergh | and the sciences have captured the am- bition of Midwestern American boys. | Gone to a back seat, at least when | choosing careers, is the big fascination | of Babe Ruth, cowboys and detectives. The girls are not so certain about what they want. It appears that they | would like best to become typists, but | really expect to be Housewives and do | not rate movie careers as so hot. Twenty-six thousand boys and girls of Kansas City and Topeka answered !the guestions upon which these find- |ings were based as reported to the | American Association for the Advance- ment of Science today by Prof. Hervey C. Lehman’ of Ohlo University, Athens, Ohio. The sexes were evenly divided and the ages of all ranged from 81, to 18%2. Asked Two Questions. They were asked both what they liked best and what they were willing to do, the latter seemingly deweloping | their ideas of duty or reality. The likes Qiffered considerably from will- ingness, but not in aviation. The boys' rankings of willingness wese aviation first and then the three applied sciences, civil engineering, ar- chitecture and electrical engineering. In the also rans were all the old fa- | vorites, cowboy being fifth, the Babe Ruths tenth, Casey Joneses thirteenth and detectives twenty-sixth. Aviation - stayed even more unani- mously at the top when only likes were consulted. ~But the boys threw out some of the science, substituting the law and cowboy along with civil engi- neering in the first four places. The girls ranked typist first when expressing their likes, but were not as unanimous as the boys. Housewife came second, nurse third and movie actress fourth. Housewife Moves Ahead. But when asked what they wére will- ing to do, hous:wife moved to the top and typist dropped to second place Movie actress went down to I - teenth and nurse eleventh. Telephone operator nevir rose above twentieth position. Saleslady rated last in the willingness answers, and dropped out completely in the tabulation of likes. Woman's forgiveness may be just forgetfulness, but not of the absent- minded dz‘y&x It is a sex difference. ‘This erence applies to forg:tting pleasant and unpleasant experiences and was reported by H. Meltzer of the Psgchiatric Child Guidance Clinic of St. Louls. What Men Forget. Men, he said, forget 3.18 per cent more pleasant experiences than women, while the feminine folks forg:t 3.22 per cent more of the unpleasant than do men. This is on first recall. As time passes the difference in forgettorics of the same events widens somewhat more. “Men more frequently than women, even in modern days,” said Meltzer, “use what G. B, Shaw talks of as the opiate of booze to make them forget. In women, on the other hand, this need manifests itself in the selectiveness of memory. Hence their larger forgetting of the unpleasant. “Following similar lines of reasoning, | “From Press The Star's ca P) Means As ted Press. to Home Within the Hour” rier 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, 103,633 TWO CENTS. LIMERICK DEATH PROBE NOW HINGES ON MALE ADMIRERS Former Husband, Two More Men and Young Woman Sought for Questioning. FOUR OF SEVEN HELD FOR INVESTIGATION FREE Inquest Will Be Conducted in Mys- tery When Police Work Up Case to Give to Jury. The police investigation of the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Beulah Lim- erick, popular secretary of the Sky High ‘Whoopee Club, had resolved itself today into the elimination of the girl's mas- culine admirers. A cofoner’s jury was sworn in at 11 o'clock this morning at the under- taker's parlor where evidence of her violent death sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday was. uncovered Wednesday night, six hours after she was pronounced dead of natural causes. While police believe he can shed little light on the case, they were seeking in nearby Maryland today Wil- liam Earl Aitcheson, who married Miss Limerick when she was 14. An an- nulment of the marriage was granted the girl December 11 last. Others sought for questioning in- clude two young men and a young wom- an said to have accompanied Miss Lim- erick on an automobile trip to Kan- sas last Summer. Body Released for Burial. Information given headquarters de- tectives this morning also named a barber identified only as “Brown” and a painter known as “Gates,” described as rivals for the young woman's favor, The body was released for burial to- day and the inquest will be held when the police have worked up a case to present to the jury. Of seven men held for investigation, including two of the girl's brothers, only three were in custody today—Ver- non Limerick, a brother; Richard. S. Reed, who lived in the house with the girl, and her brother, where the body was found at 18 Nineteenth street, and William Edward Paddy of the 200 block of Fourteenth strect northeast, de- scribed as the last man seen with Miss Limerick. A diary found m the dead girl's ef- fects, detailing her association with her men friends, but giving little specific information other than her smgyrusmm of them, ywas being examined head- quarters detectives. It contaiped ref- erence to more than a score of men acquaintances, naming them only by their first names or by nicknames, Forced Marriage Claimed. ‘The suit for annuiment was filed June 4, 1929, through her mother, Mrs. Dora E. Limerick, stating the girl was mar- ried at St. Marys City, Md., in the Summer of 1925. The court was told Miss Limerick had been forced into the marriage. The suit stated Altcheson had threat- ened her life and or one occasion cut her with a razor. Miss Limerick left Aitcheson in the Fn.llf( 1926, the paper sald, and had never lived with him since. The proceedings were brought through Attorneys Raymond Neudscker and F. Joseph Donohue. PFriends of Miss Limcrick, who said she had not seen her husband for a year, declared she at first expressed fear of him but later held no anxiety on that score. Police have obtained little informa- tion from the girl's mother. She said she was summoned from her home on North Carolina avenue southeast about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning by her son, Vernon, who explained that his sister was ill. Th: girl was dead, she sald, when she arrived at the Nine- teenth street address. Casualty Hospital was then notified and an ambulance dispatched in charge of Dr. Lyman Greene of the staff. Dr. Greene found the girl in a natural po- BITTER FIGHT SEEN ON EXTRA SESSION DISPUTE IN SENATE Conflict to Start Monday en ‘Drive to Push Legisla- tion Before March. | I SPECIAL TERM ENEMIES AROUSE CARAWAY’S IRE Arkansas Member Insists Those Fearing Extended Work Should Resign Their-Seats. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. With the reconvening of Congress on Monday a bitter fight promises to arise to pass legislation, some of it strongly opposed by the administration, or force a special session of the new Congress in the Spring. The decision rests largely with the Senate, because of its rule of unlimited debate. While there are Democrats who are anxious to avoid a special session of the new Congress there are few, ac- cording to Senator Caraway of Arkan- sas, who firmly believe that a special session should be called. Progressive Republicans in the Senate are equally insistent upon a special session. Replies to Recent Speeches. “The Senator, who declares that it is a menace to the country and to to have Congress in session, has no place in the Senate,” said Sen- ator Caraway today. He was referring to recent addresses and statements made by several menbers of the Sen- ate, including those from Pennsylvania, asserting that a special session be avoid= ed in the interest of business recovery. “Either he should resign nd takeé himself out of a body in which he has no faith, or he is talking for po- litical effect rather than ir* the in- terest of the couniry_ and on that theory should rot be a member of the Senate,” continued Mr. Caraway. Arkansas Senator listed the fol- lowing subjects with which should deal without further delay: Farm relief, Muscle Shoals, the anti- injunction bill demanded by organized labor, measures limiting the hours and days of work by Government employes and legislation pe: to veterans g:l u!:kew:lnr.}g’w':’ and money due them usted compensat - tificates, DR A Brookhart ‘Also Insistent. Senator Brookhart of Iowa, Repul lican Progressive, was no l!:l- Imlau:; :hln Se}utorm .y the need for 2] sess] , me: ! m:peei on asures 'hhh' Progressi are. not | with in the present short session. He sald that he proposed without delay to 0" pay" 10" e Worid War vtrans 0 or] on tneg-‘l-d)‘uxhd wmpenn& With only two months of the present session remaining and all of the appro- priation bills still to be finally acted upon, not to mention other measures, it looks more and cult to avold a special scssion. Just what the progressives in the Senate will do in regard to forcing a special session is yet to be determined. Senator Borah of Idaho has repeatedly stated that in _ the President should call gress into session after March 4. Whether filibustering tactics will be taken to delay action on appropriation bills and thus make special session has not yet been determined. All the members’ who are demanding special sessiof: have so far declared their dislike to filibustering tactics, in~ cluding Senator Caraway and Senator Borah. However, with the rule of un- L?“d‘lglg:fi“f in the Sen:hu it may not o use up the remaining time of the session in Fiebnw. Revives Power Board Case. Senator Brookhart said today he still intent in bringin; nbou{ r:c:;: sideration of the no: itions of the members of the Federal Power Commission, who recently declared that the three principal employes of the old cemmission ‘were “out of office.”” He himself is in a position to move recon- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) . FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION DESTROYS CITY BLOCK Sleepers Hurled Beds. Crying of Baby Saves It From Possible Death. By the Assoctated Press. MONESSEN, P, January 2.—Fire which followed a terrific explosion in the business district early today caused damage estimated by Fire Chief Wil- liam at $200,000 to $250,000. An entire block was destroyed. The explosion, believed to have been caused by gas, hurled a score or more persons from their beds and shattered windows many blocks away. Mrs. Isadore Pavalovich, occupying an apartment near the buil in which the explosion oc , “was awakened by the crying of her baby. She removed the child from its crib and took it into her bed. A minute From (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) later the blast hurled a heavy picture from the wall and it landed in the crib. Washington may be represented in minfature in the famous German Museum of Masterpieces of Natural Science and Technique at Munich, Ger- many, to be studied as a model of city planning. In response to ests, the National | judge Capital k nnrlr;fllnnkg Commission of the Office of Public and | in the Public Parks, under the dir n_of Ue\lt.bg.:'. U. 8. Gndnt, 3d, "“l, asseml maps an be sent to the :'n-nmm'lp as the result of a letter sent to the District Commissioners Kuu American consul general at Munich. ‘Writing to the Commissioners at the insi of the museum’s director. Charles M. Hathaway, jr., American consul general at ich, ed that one of the museum’s e3 mmMEWW GERMAN MUSEUM SEEKS CAPITAL PLANS FOR EXHIBIT AS MODEL Washington Regarded by Munich Director as Outstanding Example of Community Built on Pre-arranged Program. and cities, as well as communities of the future. Mr. Hathaway wrote: “The museum regards Washington as an interesting example of a city sys- tematically constructed according to - plans, but in order to whether it is, in fact, the best example of its sort for representation B muuu&n. director is anxious procure city plans on a scale from around 1:10,000 to 1:20,000, together with all other available information and hs, which JOFFRE UNCHANGED; REMAINS IN COMA Physician Intimates Marshal Is Being Kept Alive by Serum Injections. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, January 2.—Marshal Joffre, deep in a coma from which his physi- cians did not expect him to awake, re- mained alive today, one of them indi- cated, through injections of serum. Dr. Boulin, meeting newspapermen outside the Hospital of St. Jean de Dieu, said: “The final coma which will take the marshal can be foreseen from a half hour to three quarters of an hour in ad- vance by acceleration of the pulse, which has been 149 since yesterday. “The patlent remains unconscious. Heavy doses of a serum are being in- Jectzd which should permit the marshal to pass today and perhaps tonight. An official gommuni at 7:30 without The communique was signed by Drs. Boulin and Fontaine ln_;!_h Pra!.ml:rlche. ’ e mj lay comm: ue, m“!:nflche and Dr. ‘;fim I‘I'E: "Thzw ‘Three hours later mna“:un!nl was still unconscious and Col. Desmazes said he was breathing very slowly. At 11 am.’yesterday the old soldier, whose 79th birthday is only a few days away, lapsed indw a unconscios Italian Planes to Leave Monday. ROME, January 2 (#).-The squadron of 12 Italian sea) which is prepar- for