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“From Press to Home ' Within the Hour™ The Star’s cairier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion i% delivered to Washington homes S R — “fiu ‘Warmer. noon today; lowest at 7 a.m. today. t, 16, Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,670, St post _oifice, 25 NATIONS UNITE T0STUDY BRIAND'S FEDERATION PLAN French Foreign Minister As- serts Europeans Must Join Together if They Are to Live. nd class matter ‘ashington, D. C. GEN. PERSHING FINDS KING BITTER TOWARD WILHELM British Monarch Declares Kaiser Even Tried to Destroy Statue of His Own Grandmother. No. WASHINGTON, BY GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in the World War. CHAPTER V. WAS a guest at luncheon at Buckingham Palace June 11, 1917, with the T ebts American Ambassador, Walter Hines Page, and Mrs. Page. The King and CURTIUS SAYS GERMANY Queen and Princess Mary were present. There was an air of charm and simplicity at the palace that permitted a freedom and intimacy in the AGREES ON STATEMENT| conversation. The plain tare was quite in keeping with the food situation throughout England. After luncheon, the King, the Ambassador and I stood near a window over- looking the garden, which, as his majesty explained, instead of growing flowers, ‘was producing potatoes. The King told of the Kaiser's visit to London a few years before and how he had brought his chief of secret service along and put him up at one of the hotels to learn all he could while the Kaiser himself was a guest at Buckingham Palace. L His majesty spoke bitterly of the inhumanity of the Germans, dwelling eo:fuiv‘:fi::fi:;ytx:i ::‘rm fi:“)o‘,:: especially on the night bombing of London. Pointing to the beautiful statue of must unite if they are to live, Aristide | Queen Victoria just outside the window, the King suddenly exclaimed: Briand today told delegates from 26 “The Kaiser, God damn him, has even tried to destroy the statue of his European states gathered here under|own grandmother.” the auspices of the League of Nations 5" exming: I plan‘or 5 DanRm- Supries s S Wacks. : pean federation. For a moment I was surprised at his words, but I quickly realized that it “We have a long road to travel,” he | was a solemn expression of profound indignation and not profanity. told the assembly as he opened its ses- After leaving the palace I called on Gen. Sir William Robertson, chief of sions, “and we must map it out. We|the imperial general staff. He was a rugged, heavy-set, blunt soldier of Scotch must never be swerved from OUT PUI- | gescent, whose record in the army had been exceptional in that he had risen pose and in our task we will reject the | ¢y ype grage of private to his then high position. Snzopecaos 68 oue. s As he sipped his tea I explained our plan for the organization of our Drc;u'.l‘l.::éum '8:::‘;:';:!! armies by using the small Regular force and the National Guard as a nucleus. ster, echoed the French chairman’s | As the British themselves had gone through the same experience two years tlon, that his M‘zl; before, I stressed the fact that it would take considerable time. . e oy ‘Like all the British officials, he was much in favor of having our forces meetings economic collaboration among | serve with or near their own. He pointed out that we were both Anglo-Saxons, A s spoke the same language, and gave other reasons to support his views. It seemed necessary to explain in detail that as the American Navy was working with the British navy we should probably plan to place our Army beside the French if there was to be any preference. It appeared logical that we Berlin Representative Urges That Russia and Turkey Be Asked to Enter Deliberations. By the Associated Press. Army as soon as possible for use wherever it seemed best. No British Aid in Shipping. < I emphasized our lack of tonnage and told him that we must have addi- tional shipping if we were to bring over an army worthwhile, but his reac- com- | tion to this was not encouraging. He said he thought that it was entirely out of the question for them to provide us with any British shipping, as they were already in sbre straits to find vessels for their own national necessities. At Parliament House I met several of the members and had tea on the veranda overlooking the Thames with Mr. Winston Churchill, then minister of munitions. Usually well informed on American affairs, he showed the keenest the ‘would et 's ey it with the be considered. mission would 3 Bdmdnpubdlhlthefllflshld Mlfl&ed?:'lnledwuuan - he this; he sald. | ynierest in our plans and prospects. The equipment of our armies was naturally I called on Mr. David Lloyd George, the prime minister. He went right to the point and asked when. troops would be organized and trained and the desire to assist us in every possible manner, but when I stressed our need Curtius and Russia be asked | of assistance to' bring over our troops he did not seem to be particularly inter- ested and gave little hope that the British would be able to furnish us any all shipping whatever. Shipping Loss Terrific. In the evening a state dinner was given at Somerset House to the senior into | members of our party. It was official without being either stiff or formal and Arth 1 was intended not only as a social welcome tendered us by about 20 of the P m@m o officials of the government but as a gathering for friendly discussion. @ small committee. His proposal | The British, of course, wanted to show their satisfaction that we were in the was adopted and the session recessed | war, although I feared they were bullding too high theif hopes of early Amer- P Getore the deleyaion. dispersed, how- | = pie- fore tes o Mr. Lloyd George, who presided, was in excellent humor and frequently f;"w};"&f"w Toreign minis- | joked with his contreres at his own and other tables. Lord Curzon was late and armament as essential to any plan for | the Prime minister said this was no doubt due to the fact that he had lately European union and the basis of |taken a young American wife. Under the surface of this seeming cheerfulness there was more than a suggestion of serious apprehension. U boat activities were spoken of almost in whispers. At the dinner we were again told of the total losses, which, including April, had reached 3,000,000 tons and during April and May amounted to 1,500,000 tons. It was an appalling increase. For a rough calculation, it was easy to believe that if the destruction of British shipping continued at that rate there would soon be none left either to help transport an American Army to Europe or to supply it after arrival. British Are Pessimistic. > Under the circumstances, the apparent unconcern of the British as to our | need of shipping is not difficult to understand. They were seriously alarmed regarding their own food situation. It seemed to me, however, that they had wide importance. allowed their pessimism to carry them too far in the direction of hopelessness. “Recent technical advances in the| At the moment they could see no rellef for the future and no prospect of aiding g S el TR S| = m pre , “have a After leave-taking calls and numerous informal visits, conferring with development of the long-distance trans- | ., 11,5 eaders and making one trip to a training camp, our party left June 13 T O T i somommical | for Folkestone and France. A Boulogne we again received an impressive wel- utilization of sources of electric my" come, and a few hours later we were in Paris. For some years past the chief indus- The officials who met us at the station included M. Paul Painleve, minister :Iw.}tkw“nt::‘u b::ln\ch lln’k“e;e bym:‘ of war; Marshal Joseph Joffre, Rene Viviani, Maj. Gen. Foch, then chief of rs_have - f . : Senalon lines. and the eachenges De staff, and United States Ambassador William G. Sharp. There were many others. ::t(n them are increasmng in impor- nce. “These_exchanges and the establish- European security. Will Study Power. One of the specific fields of study by the commission’ will be the problem of transmis- Proposals for the eradication of cus- toms barriers and for concerted eco- e “European aspect of the problem as well as its world- The station was packed and the atmosphere seemed electrical with pent-up enthusiasm. Outside dense masses lined the boulevards and filled the squares along the >a mn 7. route to our hotel, the Crillon. Cheers and tears mingled as men and women APORtimiad Gh)ENes 12; o ) | shouted scclaim, Women climbed into our carriages, screaming “Vive 'Amer- ique,” and threw flowers until we were buried. SENATE APPROVES Visits Napoleon's Tomb. It was said that never before in the history of Paris had there been such NYE GROUP FUNDS an outpouring of people. 1 was to see its parallel when the armistice was signed and on two other occasions, once when President Wilson arrived and later when the Victory parade took place, July 14, 1919. Although I was very anxious to get to work, it was necessary for me to make certain official calls and attend a few entertainments that had been planned for us. The Prench suggested that we should first go to Napoleon’s tomb in Les Invalides. ‘We were taken down to the crypt, where I was handed the great key and was asked to unlock the heavy wrought-iron entrance door. We were shown By the Associated Press. uniforms and the baton that belonged to Napoleon‘and then his sword. Our The Senate today approved another | veteran escort reverently removed the sword from the case and offered it to $50,000 for expenses of the Nye Cam-|me as if to transmit some of the genius of the great captain. So much of paign Funds Investigating Committee. French sentiment and tradition is associated with this tomb and its treasures There was no debate, although Sen- | that every one who visits there with Prenchmen must share their feelings of ator Moses of New Hampshire had in- | Profound emotion. This incident, more than any other connected with my dicated previously he would oppose its | Feception, impressed me with the martial spirit of the French people. immediate consideration. Finds Poincare Reserved. Chairman Nye at once arranged to 1 called next to pay my respects to President Poincare and to present greet- hold a hearing later in the day of & |ings from President Wilson. score of witnesses for Senator Davis, “The Prench people are very happy,” he said, “that America is in the war. Republican, Pennsylvania, whose seat | Your coming is a great satisfaction to us.” Nye would have the Senate declars He inquired generally about our plans, seeking, as they all did, some assur- vacant on grounds of excessive expen- |ance that we should soon be in the trenches. His attitude was rather formal ditures in behalf of the ticket headed | 80d reserved, but he at once impressed me as a man of ability and force. by the former Labor Secretary. The President and Mme. Poincare invited me and several members of the These witnesses had volun- |staff to the Elysee Palace to luncheon, which was delightful in every particular. which | Nowhere are such things done as well as in Paris at the palace of the President. of the | The piate, the silver, the linen are models of taste, while the menu and service fina no parallel elsewhere. M. and Mme. ‘Poincare both understand English Votes $50,000 More for Probe Into Expenditures in Recent Campaigns. Food Supplies Short. Later on several of us went to the aviation field at Le Bourget, where w saW% numbers of airplanes always held in readiness to take the air against ppelins. The D.. L, LIMERICK MYSTERY UNSOLVED AS QuIZ ORDERS FOUR HELD Langdon, Paddy; Reed and Vernon Limerick Face Grand Jury Action. INQUEST PUTS BLAME ON UNKNOWN PERSON Indictments Charging Murder in First Degree Will Be Asked by Collins. The murder of Beulah Limerick re- mained an unsolved mystery today, al- though a coroner’s jury last night or- dered four men held for the grand jury in connection with her death. Those held are Policeman Robert F. Langdon, the “cop on the beat” where the girl was shot to death; Vernon Lim- erick, her brother, and William Paddy and Richard Reed, her intimate friends. ‘The verdict read: “We, the coroner’s jury, find that Beulah Limerick, 19, came to her death on the morning of December 31 as the result of a gunshot wound from a pistol in the hands of some person unknown to this jury. “We believe that Vernon Limerick, Richard Reed, Willlam Paddy and Rob- ert F. Langdon have sufficient guilty knowledge to warrant us in recommend- ing that they be held for action of the grand jury.” Big Crowd at Hearing. A large crowd attended the hearing | yesterday, and virtually all remained for_the verdict, which came in at 1:15 o'cfock this morning. The decision was received in absolute silence by the spec- tators and principals. A few minutes later Policéman Lang- don recovered from the shock and turned to a friend. “What do you think of that?” he asked. To reporters he said: “All I can say is that I'm sorry this happened, but am confident of proving my innocence.” As the tension became eased Vernon Limerick laughed and asked what the verdict meant. Paddy and Reed re- mained silent. After the inquest room at the District Building had been cl of spectators the st Brecinct patrol wagon ana e prec pa wagon taken to the District Jail, where they bem WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION' o Sfa FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1931—FORTY-SIX PAGES. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 118,327 (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. 7 77 RE NATIONAL 7 i 7 Al t ‘\ P BREAD AND SUGAR COST PROBE RESOLUTIONS PASS IN SENATE Investigation of Possible “Combination in Restraint of Trade™ in Connection With Various Flour Prices Is Ordered. By the Associated Press. The Senate today adopted, without debate, a resolution for investigation of the reasons for the failure of the price of bread to reflect the decline in the price of wheai and flour and whether this is due w a “combination in re- straint of trade.” The Senate’s Interstate Commerce Committee was given $15,000 from the Senate’s contingent fund for the study. The resolution was a combination of proposals offered by Senators Wagner, New York, and Brookhart, Republican, Towa. It said the price of wheat and flour had undergone a precipitate decline during the past year, that the price of bread had not gone down in proportion; that the price of whole wheat flour was now higher than white flour, and that the price of brown and unrefined sugars was now higher than white and refined sugars. All of these contentions will be in- vestigated, The study conces will be conducted sim that into bread . Senator Brookhart rt of the resolution for an inquiry to sugar prices. In this connection also, the investigators were directed to determine if a combination in restraint of trade was responsible for conditions outlined in the preamble. sugar prices taneously with red that were locked in separate cells. Counsel for the four went before United States Attorney Leo A. Rover: g - in an effort to secure their clients’ release on bond. Their request was Movements of Five Traced. ‘The movements of the slain girl and the four men held in connection with her death on the night of the fatal shooting, as chronicled at the coroner’s inquest, were: . > Early in the evening Beulah, Mrs. Martha Bargfrede, Willlam Paddy and Vernon Limerick left the death house at 18 Nineteenth street southeast to at- tend a dance. At 10:30 o'clock Richard Reed came in from work, “fooled around” for an hour and went to bed. At 1 o'clock Paddy, Vernon and Beulah returned home. They had al- ready taken Mrs, Bargfrede home. The three sat down for a few minutes and discussed the dance. Then Vernon went to bed on an upper floor. Some time later Paddy left. On the way out he was seen by Langdon, on duty in the neigh- borhood. The policeman followed Paddy to a lunch room, where the Ilatter stopped to buy cigarettes. Langdon questioned the proprietor about him and then resumed his tour of duty. About 4 o'clock he passed by the death house and threw his flashlight into the room where the girl died. He said he saw her lying on bed, facing the wall, with her legs partly uncovered. Langdon went on. Reed’s Call Unanswered. At 4:45 o'clock Reed arose and pre- pared to go to work. Coming down- stairs, he saw Beulah in bed, with her face still to the wall. He called to her, | but received no answer and went on to work. At abput 8:30 o'clock Vernon got up and came downstairs. At 9 o'clock he called Beulah twice. He says she was lying on her back at this time. When she didn't answer him he walked over to the bed and shook her. Then he saw something was wrong. He walked to his mother’s home, at .116 North Carolina avenue southeast, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) UNION TO VOTE ON STRIKE Half Million Weavers Face Lock- out Tomorrow Noon. MANCHESTER, England, January 16 (#)—Faced with a general lockout to- morrow noon which would affect half a million workers in the textile indus- try, the weavers' union today announced it would take a vote among its members to determine whether the union will stand by its refusal to accept the “more-looms-per-weaver” system. Gen. Edwards Resting Well. BOSTON, January 16 (#).—Doctors attending Maj. Gen. Cmnr?lmk Ed- e com- l‘\’l&um resting “very comfortably.” Gen. Edwards was operated on for intestinal trouble yes- Teéchers and BYG.0.P.SENATORS National Committee Officer’s Letter to Revenue Subordi- nates Rouses Criticism. By the Associated Press. Robert H. Lucas, executive director for the Republican National Commit- tee, was denounced by some Repub- licans in the Senate today for sending a letter to his former subordinates in the Internal Revenue Bureau asking them to keep him informed of political con- ditions. ‘The letter was dated October 6, short- ly after Lucas resigned as commissioner of internal revenue to accept his pres- ent position. It was read to the Senate by Senator Cutting, Republican, New Mexico, who said he believed the issue raised in- volved the question of party govern- ment. Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi- gan, asked if this letter was sent to the men who check the income tax returns of citizens all over the country. “I understand so,” Cutting replied. Couzens called attention to state- ments which have been made in the past that “the commissioner of inter- nal revenue can control the politics of the Nation.” Senator Johnson, Republican, Cali- fornia, also interrupted, saying, it is obvious the internal revenue collectors, acting for the department in Wash- ington, through internal revenue taxa- tion, attempt to or do control the poli- ties of the Nation.” Cutting said he did not want to draw any conclusions along that line. 4 ‘The letter read by Cutting was on stationery of the Republican National Committee. In it Lucas said, “You can be vawe help to me by keeping me ad of political conditions in your section.” The New Mexico Senator read fur- ther fyom the Lucas letter and said the collectors he had l‘)epelled to might be termed “political spies” for Lucas. Cutting said he thought Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential candi- date in 1928, was entitled to a “square deal” and that Lucas had evaded the issue in replying to Smith’s demand for an apology from the Republican National Committee for ‘“‘permitting” Lucas to send out a bar room cartoon (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 4] You probably already have learned that the story of America’s World War activities, written by School Children! Gen. John J. Pershing and now appearing in The Eve- ning and Sunday Star, is invaluable in your school work. 47 This story, being the most authentic record of America’s partici- pation in the great struggle, already is being used as text and being clipped by many school children for scrapbooks. 4 If you did not start the story with the first chapter, you will be able to get the first six installments by addressing the Circulation Manager of The Star or calling him over the phone. National 5000. 47 Supplies sufficient to meet class room meeds will be delivered to the schools on request. KING 13 RESTORED 10 POWER POSITION Commission Retains Chief Accountant, but Declines to Retain Russell. William V. King this afternoon was restored to his post as chief accountant of the Federal Power Col X The commission at the same time refused to reappoint Charles A. Russell, solicitor, whose removal with that of King in December precipitated a bitter row with the Senate which culminated in that body attempting to recall the nomination of Chairman Smith and Commissioners Garsaud and Draper, who were the commissioners responsible for the severance from service of King and Russell, The commissioners acted this after- noon at the end of a lengthy confer- ence in which King was a participant. Statement Given Out. At the end of this session the follow- ing statement was given out: “‘Whereas of the six applications for chief accountant whose recommenda- tlons and qualifications have been con- sidered by the commission for the past two weeks, it is the opinion of the com- mission that William V. King is most desirable, which opinion takes into con- sideration also his present familiarity with the accounting work of the com- mission, and whereas Mr. King has ex- pressed to the commission his confident assurance that he can carry on this work efficiently under the tentative or other plan of organization adopted by the commission. Now therefore it is ordered that Mr. Kifg be appointed to the po- sition of chief accountant at a order of the ion. “It was unanimously ordered that Mr. Charles A. Russell’s application for the position of solicitor be denied. “Commissioner McNinch was un- avoidably absent, but authorized the chairman to state that he approved the action and if present would have voted for its adoption.” King Named in 1920. King has been chief accountant of the Federal Power Commission since 1920. Russell came to the commission as solicitor in 1929. At that time F. E. Bonner was execu- tive secretary of the commission and disagreements began to arise over the question of valuation of power projects leased by private individuals from the Government. The upshot of it was that in hearings at the Capitol and elsewhere Bonner was. accused of fa- voring the “power trust,” while King and Russell, who lined up against him, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SIEGE OF YORKTOWN DOCUMENT DISCOVERED rington Dawson, formerly of Charleston, 8. C, informed the Associated Press to- y. He did not disclose the nature of the ould reveal the salary of $7,500 per annum, subject to further | CAmpaign, commiss DRIVE FOR CHEST MILLION LAUNCHED Special Gift Committee Ac- W cepts Challenge in Face of Greater Need. Inspired by last night's oratorical calls to action in defense of the Na- tional Capital’s needy, the special gift committee of the Washington Commu- nity Chest organization today launched its campaign to raise $1,000,000 by January 26. Encouragement, counsel and a chal- lenge were hurled at this group of Chest, workers whose duty it is to collect Newbold Noyes, chairman of the cial Gifts Committee, accepted the - lenge and sent his workers “out to drive goal, task.” The assignment meant, he said, that his committee has to find 1,000 persons who will contribute an average of $1,000 apiece. Frederic A. Delano, president of the ‘Washington Community Chest for the first two years of its existence, and now vice chairman of the Special Gifts Com- mittee, was the first speaker presented by Mr. Noyes. Mr. Delano declared that the Chest is in a better ition to attain ifs goal than ever before be- cause, among other things, a system by which Federal Government employes can be solicited more efficie been set up and because ‘“the hearts of the men and women of Washington are open as never before to the needs which the Community Chest serves.” He paid tribute to the Chest organization and pledged his personal support to the campaign. John Poole, president of the Chest, who followed Mr. Delano as a speaker, contended that the campaign cannot fail vif we get over to the people the story of the value of the welfare agencies’ worl ‘While the goal of $1,900,000 may seem large at first, he said in reality it is only as much as is contributed in the gasoline' tax alone in one year and is, in fact, campara- tively small when considered in the light of the needs it will cover. Speak- ing of the combination of the Red Cross drive with the Community Chest , Mr. Poole said it is “unfor- tunate” that these two needs shoul arallel each other. He contended wever, that they “should be lined up together just as they have been and they constitute an asset instead of a (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) Fd S INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC SPREADING IN EUROPE English Business and Schools Hard Hit—Deaths for Week Rise to 101. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 16.—An influenza epidemic covering a large part of Europe, especially in cities and towns, has put thousands in their beds ill and hampered business and transportation services through reductions in ‘staffs. In some cases schools have been closed. U.S. READY TOLEND $4,000,000 IN HAIL AND DROUGHT AREA 200,000 Farmers May Get Advances for Next Sea- son’s Plantings. $600 LIMIT IS PLACED ON INDIVIDUAL LOANS Washington Office Will Handle Fund for Virginia, Maryland and Other Nm-by' Sections. Machinery for distribution of $45,- 000,000 in seed, fertihzer and stock feed loans, authorized yesterday by Con- gress, is ready to function immediately. It will probably be possible, according to Dr. C. W. Warburton, chief of the extension service of the Department of Agriculture, to supply approximately 200,000 farmers in the drought and hail stricken areas with the necessities for Spring planting. Loans to any individual will be re- stricted to $600, but past e: with seed loans leads to the bel Pl farmers to the regional fice and the borrower must be approved by a County Advisory Board. Four Grain Offices. The dist n{flmo{uummywm Georgia. This office will be in of George L. Hoffman, who also general supervision of all 3 L | ] E 5 7 i | ¢ § & maxim wed. Loans tilizer will be made only in those coun- ties where its use is considered desir- able by Department of Agriculture representatives and will be kept down to $5 an acre, except for tobacco and truck fir,whmmflnmmwl limit of $10. g ¥ ‘Food for Animals, on the number of animals required to cultivate the acreage she local representatives. No loans will be made, Dr. Warbur- ton stresses, to anybody who has any means of support except farming, nos to a minor. The total amount loaned to the tenant of any one landlord in a_single county cannot exceed $600. The loans, he says, marily for the er who depends entirely on his few (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) AGREEMENT REACHED IN STRIKE OF MINERS Provisional Settlement Expected to Return 150,000 to Pits in South Wales. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 16~—Represent- atives of the mine owners and coal miners of South Wales returned today to the strike-ridden districts with a provisional settlement of the wage dif- ficulty there, which it was believed would permit return of 150,000 miners to the pits Monday. The settlement must be tbl;elore becc;ml‘:: nnsl.m Hundreds of meef were mumzmewu':awvmmm 1o discuss terms and instruct 'hh:h'l{fi)'ou':thmhu that there would accept- submitted to " associations