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ENVOYS SEE BRAND ON NEW NAVY PACT Tokio and Berlin Ambgssa- dors in Paris: Discuss Ef- fects of Accord. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 12.—The Japanese and German Ambassadors met scparately today with Aristide Briand to discuss the effects of the British-Franco-Italian naval accord. It is believed in official circles here that Japan and the United States can best indicate their attitude toward the agreement by merely taking cognizance of it without referring the document to the Senate or the Diet. “There will be further discussions with | ashington and Tokio before a definite dviclsion‘ is reached as to whether a brief five-power conference will be nec- essary to dovetail the new arrangement with the Washington treaty, or whether the simple signatures of Great Britain, France and Italy will be sufficient. FRANCE MAY CUT BUDGET. Reduction in Credits to Navy and Army Proposed. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, March 12 (C.D.N.).— The French budget will be balanced through a reduction of 2 per cent in credits for naval constructions and )lnc; ments, the Finance Committee Of :h":::hlmbef of Deputies decided today. “The committee flatly refused to in- crease taxation, as suggested by the government. 'The government's view- the proposed reduction of P}?nl.nd naval credits so far is un- (Copyright, 1931.) ALGIERS GREETS ITALIANS. e French in Africa Mark Conclusion of Naval Accord. ALGIERS, Algeria, March 12 (®) To celebrate co‘:elullen of the Franco British-Ttalian naval accord, French au- thorities here today extended a cordia welcome to the Italian flotilla of eight forpedo boats, which convoyed Italo Balbo's air fleet between Italy and Bra- e commander e received offi by the French governol 12' 1'2'“ ‘Arst, French port the Rotdlla has fouched on the homeward yoyage. The ships will remain here for four or five days. BEAUTY QUEEN OF "23 HELD FOR SHOOTING HER “JEALOUS” HUSBAND (Continued From First Page.) formal statement, follows: “‘-m ‘3.:.,.': ‘my husband started nking whisky. I undressed to €0 to et Teturning to the saion started M_‘m an Italian paper. He, infuriated, sald that my desire to learn that lan- was use 1 had Italian over. This started the quarrel. Had Concealed Pistol. - t to bed, but I took the pre- u:ummel the revolver I bought e et Befors. o start- Friends of Nixon-Nirdlinj o jenlous. he might get against her, but simply wanted to know what she was doing. Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger before her mar- risge was Miss Charlotte Nash, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Nash o . Louls. She met the Philadelphia theater man during the 1923 beauty contest at Atlantic City and accepted an ent to r in his theaters in Iphia and Atlantic City. Eloped to Maryland. ‘They eloped to Hagerstown, Md, in 1925, and went abroad for a honeymoon. An estrangement developed at the start of the matrimonial venture and she was #aid to have left him, to be reunited only after he had sent her numerous eables. Bhe divorced him in 1926, but they remarried in 1928. ‘The dead man was married three times. His first wife, Tessie Burke, an sctress, divorced him more than 20 years ago after bearing him two sons, one of whom, Samuel Nixon-Nirdlinger, 18 general manager for the Erlanger theatrical interests in Philadelphia. The other, Jack Nixon-Nirdlinger, lives in New York. His second wife was Laura McKenna, whom he married in 1909. She divorced him many years later in Paris. In 1922 he was named defendant in $150,- 000 suit brought in Atlantic City by Pranz Voelger, former secretary of the Atlantic City Board of Taxation, for alleged alienation of the affectiols of his wife. A jury awarded Voelker six cents damages. PARENTS LIVE IN ST. LOUIS, Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger Met Her Future Husband at 17. S8T. LOUIS, March 12 (#).— Miss Charlotte Nash, a bobbed-haired girl of 17, went to Atlantic City in September, 1923, and won the opening feature of & beauty pageant as “Miss St. Louls” in which general appearance was the eriterion of judgment. It was during the pageant she met the man she was to marry, Fred C. Nixon - Nirdiinger, whom she shot to death last night at Nice, Prance. He engaged her to appear at one of his theaters, and they were married Febru- ary 3, 1924, at Hagerstown, Md. The marriage Wis kept secret for several months. Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger's parents, Dr. and Mrs James B. Nash, live in Uni- versity City, a suburb. LETTER PRAISED HIS WIFE. Nixon-Nirdlinger Wrote of Her Skating Accomplishments. PITTSBURGH, March 12 (#).—In a letter to a friend here, Fred G. Nixon- Nirdlinger last week expressed his pride in the skating accomplishments of his wife, now under-arrest at Nice, France, in connection with the killing of Nixon- irdlinger. ‘The friend, Harry Brown, manager of the Nixon Theater, revealed the con- tents of the letter today. The theater was built by the dead X ) Samuel F. Nixon-Nirdlinger, and Brown er Nixon-Nirdlinger have for 30 years. Nixon-Nirdlinger wrote that his wife was devoting her time to skiing and lecting skating. “I have objected to it on-account, of it being so dangerous,” he wrote. “I @id finally talk her into a skating con- test last Wednesday with some pm‘(;:; ;| its own leadership, in the long run the 'PROG HE E RESSIVE MEETING SUGGESTS AGENCY TO DETERMINE PUBLIC ECONOMIC POLICIES HINGTON (Continued From First Page.) program means reduced living stand- ards and permanent unemployment. In the end these rem will induce longer and more frequent periods of depression.” The ive conference was to hold a session this afternoon on water power and public utilities, with an opening statement by Senator Norris o* Nebraska, the presiding officer of the conference. Tonight at 8 o'clock re- ports of committees appointed to outline | legislative work during the Summer and Fall will be made to the conference and the conference is expected to ad- journ finally at the conclusion of that session. Nobody in the. Saddle. Mr. Soule told the conference that during the 10 years after the World War “the people were instructed that they ought to depend on industrial and financial, rather than on political leadership. JIn 1929, industrial and fi- nancial leadérship brought them to dis- aster. In 1930, they turned to politics for help, but political government sent them back to the very industrial and financial forces which had been tried and found wanting. “The main trouble,” said Mr. Soule, “is not that business is in the saddle. The trouble is that nobody is in the saddle. The abrogation of political gov- ernment might not be so serious if there were. an industrial government in whose favor it could abrogate, but there is none. Business is, by and large, still characterized by the anarchy of com- petitive individuals, by planlessness, by speculation and hunch, rather than by co-operation in program. We literally have no national economy policy and no agency capable’of framing one. “For this difficulty ther® is no legis- v No single reform, how- ever essential or desirable it may be, will bring order into the immense con- fusion which exists—during so-called prosperity as well as during depres- sion—in our economic life. jut Con- gress may do its share in creating order, if industry will do its share. It may call into being agencies which can make a beginning at working out a national economic policy, at planning roduction, distribution and exchange n a rational manner to serve the gen- era) good. It can create an economic general staff. It can call into session a national industrial council, with dele- gates from the several occupations and industries—management and labor. It can say to the forces of industry: “You deny that political government is competent in economic matters; very well, here is a chance to govern your- selves. You must either govern or let us_govern.” Mr. Soule said that as long as in- dustry falls formulate and apply national ecol ic policy, Congress must do everything in its power to relieve distress caused by economic chaos. He said that Congress could use the taxing ywer and the borrowing power to al- leviate suffering. He recommended do- ing away with a “one-sided protective tariff,” the encouragement of State in- surance against unemployment, and the institution of an orderly market by a national system of public employment | exchanges. Information Defective. In conclusion, he said: “If industry cannot or will not set its own house in order it must be prepared to have the sufferers from the ruin it creates em- ploy representative government to check its more destructive practices and make up for its worst effects.” In advocating the establishment of a public agency, or an economic council, to study the economic problems of the country and make recommendations, Mr. Wolman said: “If it did nothing else, such a public agency would, at any Tate at first, supply the deficiencies in our knowledge of important factors in the total business situation.” He said that the information in past years has been grossly defective. He added; “While there are many steps that business and industry could take, under goal of greatest abilities cannot be achieved by private business combina- tions alone. Public interest in fair prices, the quality of goods and services, the standards of working conditions and the protection of financial resources of the country require that these develog- ments of control and planning take place under strict public scrutiny and . Wolman said that much may be done Ahrough proper control of public works. He also advocated unemploy- ment insurance, declaring it entirely practicable for industry to lay aside reserve to be used in the form of unem- ployment benefits durinig periods of in- dustrial crisis. He called attention to the fact that 14 firms in the city of Rochester, headed by the Eastman Ko- dak Co., had recently adopted upem- ployment insurance, the establishment of these various funds, however, must be made compulsory by | legislation in order to meet the needs | of the entire country. Green Against Russia. William _Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, outlined & program for the improvement of labor conditions in this country, including a five-day work week. At the conclusion of his address he declared emphatically against the recog- nition of the Russian Soviet government. There were cheers and boos. Frank Murphy, Mayor of Detroit, told the conference that it was up to the Federal Government to bear It of the burden of meeting the unemploy- ment situation in the country today Mayor Murphy recommended the es- tablishment of a permanent employment bureau-by the Federal Government and also the establishment of an unemploy- ment reserve fund by the Government. Blames Lack of Planning. Sidney Hillman, president of the | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, told the conference that a lack of planning in industry was responsible for the present difficulties of the army of unemployed. He pointed out that the present depression is the | longest which American industry has | experienced since the 90s. Stuart Chase, addressing the confer- énce, said “the times call for the boldest | economic thinking that thi8 republic has ever done.” He proposed an | economic general staff to prepare plans | for future economic development; a | drastic strengthening of the power of the Federal Reserve Board, with no votes by speculative bankers; the | amendment of the Sherman anti-trust law to permit industrial co-ordination, under suitable public lation; - a drastic revision of the tariff downward, and “unemployment insurance as the only decent substitute for present bread- lines and doles.” Father John A. Ryan of Washington advocated the adoption of a huge pub- lic bufiding am to help to reduce unemployment. Such & program he said, would have to be financed by & bond issue and possibly by the increase of taxes on larger incomes. He the administration had been opposed to an adequate bullding program, but that the nts advanced by the administration have been the argu- ments of a pawn broker, The real reason, he said, of the opposition by the administration to a building program which would cost from three to five billion dollars, was because it was opposed to an increase in the income taxes. Prohibition Mentioned. The prohibition question bobbed up, | 1 but only for a moment, at the session of the conference last night, when the subject was “Return to Represenative Government.” Charles A. Beard, a his. torian, said progressive opinion was against repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment without provision for some form of public control over liquor. tement, however, provoked no Idaho Republican, assailed the Raskob | platform and advocated the export de- benture plan of farm relief, which Presi- dent Hoover has rejected. Senator Cutting, Republican, New Mexico, urged abolition of the electoral college in electing presidents. He as- sailed huge election campaign funds and proposed strengthening the corrupt practices act to curb them. act requires reports to the cletk of the House on political expenditures. La Gugrdia Writes Letter. Conferences of Progressive leaders in Congress were proj d by Representa- tive La Guardia, Republican, New York, in a letter from his sick bed. He also urged employment insurance,” study of interfst rates and a national system of unemployment service. . Harold L. Ickes, Chicago attorney, asserted “a new set of masters have set up a tyranny in our land.” “The power interest, the tariff bene- ficiaries, the money lords and the boot- leggers,” he said, “today sit in the seats of the mighty.” A committee appointed by the con- ference to recommend tariff legislation agreed on & program for rate revision and condemned the 1930 act as oppres- sive to agriculture, labor and the con- sumer. N Their recommendations are estab- lishment of & people's counsel before the Tariff Commission, removal of pro- tection f!fim rice-fixing monopolies and the substitution of Congress for the President in making effective commis- sion recommendations. Still Favors Debenture. Senator Borah of Idaho opened the Progressive conference at its meet-| ing yesterday afternoon declaring his support of the so-called debenture lan. pSenlk\r Borah said that pite the promises made during the %tampaign, nothing has been done by the present administration toward a permanent so- lution of the farm problem in this country. At the outset of his address, Senator Borah referred to a speech made at the recent meeting of the Democratic Na- tional Committee in Washington by Chairman John J. Raskob. He said: “The gentleman who\led in the discus- sion led for the rich and the capitalists and urged that attatks upon them cease merely because théy were rich or capitalists. To attack a man because he is rich or a capitalist is unwise and unreasonable,” continued Senator Borah, “but the rich live under the laws the same as the poor and there should be a government of laws which covers the wealthy as well as the poor. “Our own depression has been ac- centuated by a coterie of capitalists who inaugurated the most remarkable era of speculation in history. They sold billions of securities at prices out of all touch with values. Hundreds of thou- sands of people were stripped of their life’s earnings, and then were thrown back on the world to wander through life in want or commit suicide.” Lists Stock Losses. Senator Borah listed a number of stocks which had shrunk in price with a tremendous loss to the investors. He mentioned the International Telegraph & Telephone stock, which dropped from 149 to 26, with a loss of $820,000,000 to the investors; Montgomery-Ward stock, which sold at 156 and dropped to 18, with a loss of $640,000,000; General Electric stock, which sold at 101 and dropped to 45, with a loss of $1,580,000,- | 090, and General Motors, which dropped | from 92 to 32, with a loss of many hun- dreds of millions of dollars. He said that a survey of 25 of the leading secur- ities showed a loss to investors of $16,000,000,000. “Few governments and communities could stand such a shock,” said Senator Borah. BSenator Borah disclaimed any desire to confiscate property. “The economists advise us that 3 per cent of the American people own 75 per cent of the wealth of the country. Let us say that 4 per cent own 80 per cent of the wealth of the country. I would not take it from them. But there ought to be a political party which will worry more about the 96 per cent than the 4 per cent.” Senator Borah said that it had been estimated that there were 900,000,000 people on the verge of hunger through- out the world. He sald that there was an abundance of food and a surplus of clothing. He said that no one must underestimate the seriousness of the | problem of caring for the 900,000,000 on the verge of hunger. Promised Relief Measures. The agricultural situation in this | country, Senator Borah said, presented | a part of the problem represented by the 96 per cent of the people who own a comparatively small part of the | wealth of the country. He said that| the farmers, some 6,000,000 of them, are | in deep distress, a distress which is | deepen! &wfl«h each year. In 1928, he said, both the major political parties recognized the situation in which agri- culture found itself and both pledged | that the inequality of agriculture with industry should be remedied. “In the last two years,” said Senator Borah, “no permanent step has been taken to remedy the situation. 1 do not forget the Farm Board and its efforts. The Farm Board has failed. It had to fail. There was no element in the law which created it of a permanent policy. It was not adapted to deal with the permanent problem. The remedy must yet be devised. Phe problem is still before us, calling for the patriotism of the leaders of the country.” Senator Borah called attention to the fact that values of farm property in the | last decade have shrunk by $25.000,000,- 000. He sald that there had been a shrinkage of 25 per cent of the value of the farm crops d the same period, and that the population of the Ameri- can farm® had shrunk 15 per cent. Durigg the same time, he said, farm bankruptcies had increassd 474 per cent, while taxes on the farmers had in- creased greatly. He warned that a creeping paralysis was taking hold of American agriculture. Calls Recess Tragedy.. “It is clear as the noon day sun that some solution *must be found,” said Senator Borah. “You do not desire to | see the American farmer pass through | the condition of & peasant.” Taking up the question of the de- benture, which he has advocated for the Jast two years, Senator Borah in- | sisted that there was no difference be- | tween the protective tariff, for the bene- fit of manufactured goods and the bounty or debenture on American farm He sald that it was a tragedy while these problems awaited solutiog the American Congress had been per- mitted to go home. He urged the members of the conference to zo back to the country and formulate public opin- lon back of a Progressive program. | The following were those in attend- | ance at the opening session of the Pro- | gressive Conference here yesterday: Dr. Peter Afnslle, Baltimore, Md.; Representative Miles C. Algood, Ala- bama; Mary Anderson, Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.; Miss Arnold; Representative W. A. Ayres, Wichita, Kans.; J. M. Baer, Washingtn, D. C.; Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Washington, D. C.; Miss Lydia Banning, New York City; Dr. Charles Beard, New York City; Mrs. Mary Beard, Wuhlngwn, D. C.; Walter s, Chicago; Jesse Lee Bennett, jr, Arnold, Md.; Senator John J. Blaine, Wisconsin; Mrs. John J. Blaine, Wisconsin; Bruce Bliven, New York City; Gerald J. Bolleau, Wausau, is.; Prof. Edwin M. Borchard, New Haven, Conn.; Jonathan Bourne, Wash- ington, D. C.; Fred Brenckman, Wash- ington D. C.; Prank 8. Bright, Wash- ington, D. C.; Joseph L. Bristow, Fair- fax, Va.; Senator Smith W. Brook- hart, Iowa; esentative Edward E. Browne, Wisconsin; Senator Robert J. Mrs. Anna Dennis gt o sy Lo s A of qu - et Sy Ty Earlier- in day, Senator Borah, ‘Missouri E:imwnfl.v. Baltimore, - Md.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Edward Costi- gan; Representative Robert Crosser, Cleveland, Ohio; Fred Cummings, Fort Collins, Colo.; Mighael Francis Doyle, thdelfhll. Pa.; Herman Ekern, Chi- cago, Il Miss Gertrude Ely, Bryn Mawr, P Mrs. Elizabeth _Glendower Eval Brookline, Mass.; Robert Fechner, Wol laston, Mass.; Prof. Charles G. Fen- wick, Bryn Mawr College, Pa.; John Pitzpatrick, Chicago, Ill.; F. H. Fljoz- dal, Detroit, Mich.: Mrs Forrester, Washington, D. Lynn J. Frazier, North Dakof Gardner, Washington, D. C.; John Gaus, Madison, Wis.; DrgJohn Gray, ‘Washington, D. ., Wiliam Green (American Federation of Labor), Wash- ington, D. C.; P, Guevara, C. O. Hardy, Washington, D Mauritz A. Hal- gren, New York City; Miss Helen Hall, Philadelphia, Pa,; Willlam Hapgood, Indianapolis, G. M. Harrison, Cincinnati, iss Elizabeth J Ros¢ c.: Ohio; Mi A Hauser, Girard, Ohio; Arthur Garfield Hays, New York City; M. H. Hedges, D. C.: Sidney Hillman, ington, D. C.; R. W. Hogue, Washing- ton. D. C.;: Representative George Hud- dleston, Bi hlnb Ala. Harrold L. Ickes, Chicago, TIl.; Rabbi , Baltimore, Md.; Mer- n, Washington, . C.; Edward Keating, Washington, D. C.; Dexter Keezer, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Florence Kelley, New York City; Paul Kellogg, New York City; Judson King, Washington, D. C.; Prof. D. O. Kins- man, American University, Washing- C.; Miss A Mj“- is. Wilwaukee, Wis.; Mrs. Robert M. La Follette, Dr. Harry W. Laidler, New York City; William Jett Lauck, Wash- ington, D. C.; David Lewis, Cumber- land, Md.; Walter Locke, Dayton, Ohlo; Lewis L. Lorwin, Washingto: D. C; Dr. Isador Lubin, *Washingto: D. C:; J. G. Luhrsen, Chicago, Ill.; Senator George McGilll, Kansas; James McGill, Valparaiso, Ind.; Rev. R. A. McGowan, Washington, D. Louise McGuire, Washington, D. James Maloney, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. Manion, St. Louls, Mo. Basil B. Manly, Washington, D. C. Benjamin F. Marsh, Washington, D. C. William Mauthe, Fon du Lac, Wis. Center Bridge, Bucks County, Morley, Washington, D. C.; Fr: rison, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.; W. E. Mosher, Syra- cuse, N. Y.; Mayor F. Murphy, Detroit, Mich.; Wilbur A. Nelson, University of Virginia, Virginia; F. H. Newell, Wash- ington, D. C.; David K. Niles, Boston, Mass.; Ed Nockles, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Qeorge W. Norris, Jonh F. Nugent, Washington, D. C.; Senator Gerald P. Nye, North Dakota; Camilo Osias, res dent commissioner from the Philippine: Mary K. O'Sullivan, Medfor: Mass.; Miss Marguerite Owen, Was! ington, D. C.; Robert L. Owen, Wash- ington, D. Representative Parsons, Representative Lafayette L. Patterson, Dadeville, Ala.; Amos Pinchot, New York City: Mrs. Louis F. Post, Wash- ington, D. C. Jeanette Rankin, Representative John E. Rankin, Mississippi; DeWitt Rath, Gordon Rath, W. T. Rawleigh, Free- port, Ill.; Milo. Reno, Des Molnes, Iowa; D. B. Robertson, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Hazel N. Robertson, John P. Robertson, Senator Norris; Roper, Washington, D. Rosenblum, New York Ross, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.: Rev. John A. Ryan, Washington, D. C.; Martin F. Ryan, Kansas City, Mo. ‘William F. Sands, Washington, D. C.; Fred W. Sargent, Chicago, Ill.; Senator Thomas D. Schall, Minnesota; Repre- sentative George J. Schneider, Wiscon- | sin; Robert P. Scripps, New York City; Representative C. G. Selvig, Minnesota; Chagles M. Sheplar, Washington, D. C. Senator Henrik Shipstead, Minnesota; John A. S8impson, Oklahoma City, 0?.: | Representative James H. Sinclair, Nofth | Dakota: John F. Sinclair, New York| City; Prof. Sumner Slichter, Harvard | School of Business Administration; Marion Parris Smith, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; George Soule, New York City; Rudolph Spreckels, New York City; Lincoln Stef- fens, New York City; A. F. Stout, Washington, D. C.; Representative Philip D. Swing, Californi: Thomas, ' Oklahom: Thompson, Chicago, Ill.; Huston Thompson, Washington, D. C.; San- ford E. Thompson, Boston, Mass.; John P. Troxell, Baltimore, Md. Miss Lillian D. Wald, New York City; David Wallestein, Philadglphia, Pa.; Senator David I. Walsh, ssachusetts; Frank P. Walsh, New York City; J. 8. Wannamaker, St. Matthews, 8. C.; Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins, Washington, D. C; A. O. Wharton, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Burton Wheeler, Miss Eliza- beth Wheeler, A. F. Whitney, Cleveland, Ohio; Louis M. Wicklein, Washington, D. C.; Miss Charl Willlams, Washing- tom, D. C; Mrs. Laura C. Williams, Washington, D. C.; Edmund Wilson, | New York City; Gardner R. La Crosse, Wis.; Luke I. Wilson, Bethesda, Md.; Peter Witt, Cleveland, Ohio; Abel Wolman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Dr. Leo | Wolman, New York City, and George B. Wylie, Fairbury, Neb, DENISON DECLARES HE NEVER PURCHASED LIQUOR FOR IMPORT (Continued From First P part of the prosecution to prove the whisky involved had ever been under the dominion and control of the de- fendant, that he had possessed any knowledge of its existence, and inability of the Government to prove integrity of samples offered in evidence. The last witness for the prosecution, Albert Spear, a Government chemist, was subjected to a severe cross-exami- nation by Mr. Leahy, after he had testi- fled one bottle of Scotch whisky removed from the trunk contained 43 3-10 per cent of alcohol, while another contained 52 2-10 per cent. “Doesn’'t that variance indicate that those bottles did not contain genuine Scotch?” Leahy demanded. “No,” Spear responded, “They're not synthetic, if that is what you mean.! Variance Held Unusual. “Well, can you account for the dif- ference?” 1 “No, I can't.” ‘How long have you been in the Gov- ernment service?” ‘Thirteen years.” “Did you ever find a variance of ap- proximately 9 per cent in the alcoholic content of two bottles of liquor made by the same manufacturer before?” “No, sir. Never more than 2 or 3 per cent before.” This line of questioning was con- strued by observers as an effort on the part of the defense to prove the whisky supposed to have been shipped from Panama might have been bootleg liquor made in this country. It has been a defense contention throughout the case that 'Denison shipped a trunkful of dishes from Panama and that his trunk was inadvertently/switched with the liquor trunk. . NEW CANAL OPPOSED Former Panama Official Says Chan- nel Can Care for All Traffic. PANAMA CITY, March 12 John F. Stevens, a formes chief engi- neer of the Panama Canal, yesterday expressed the opinion there was no ne- crssity for a Nicaraguan canal, which now is being studied by a Government commiission. He pointe never was ul of its capacit; w.ould be sight. ut that the present canal to more than one-third and that extra locks clent for all traffic in w—|* D THURSDAY, SALT LAWS AGAIN Anniversary of Arrest Marked by New Pilgrimage to Sea in India. By the Associated Press. AHMADABAD, India, March 12.—On the first anniversary of the start of his historic march to the sea in beginning of the disobedience campaign, Mahatma Gandhi left Ahmadabad today to re- trace his route and make salt once more in deflance of British law. His venture will mark a test of the truce, which he arranged last week with Viceroy Lord Irwin, one of the terms of which was that peasants in the salt districts be allowed to make salt for their own use and for sale within their own towns, though this is a violation of the letter of the law, It was not regarded as likely that the British would attempt to rearrest Gandhi for a violation of the salt monopgly act, with the ink of his signature on the formal truce ending the civil disobedience c-mpllfin hardly dry, but all India watched his move. ‘The Nationalists regard salt making as a sacred right, Setting out from here, just as he did one year ago today, Gandhi went to Borsad to address the villagers, who ac- companied him on the first march to the sea. He will visit a number of towns in the area, as he did then, speaking to natives who have refused to pay British taxes, and Saturday will go to Dandi, where he first made salt & year ago. After a speaking tour in the Baroda and Surat districts Gandhi will return to Bombay on March 16, spend two days there and then go to New Delhi, where he will attempt to unite Moslems and Hindus in preparation for the forthcom- ing second round-table conference. Soon thereafter Gandhi will go to Karachi, where the all-India National , | Congress, Nationalist organization, will meet. ~ Considerable opposition is ex- pected in the congress ranks to terms of his truce with Lord Irwin and a split may develop. Definite opposition manifested itself, especially among the recaleitrant youths, who insist upon im- mediate granting of independence, Fight to Kiss His Feet. Gandhi’s followers prostrated them- selves before him when he reached Borsad, women fighting to kiss his feet and children garlanding him with flowers. “We are in this fight to the finish,” he told them. “It is the supreme and final struggle of my life.” At Bombay today two groups of Con- gress party volunteers clashed outside the Congress Building and a score or more were slightly injured. The ag- gressors appeared to be a group of Pa- thans and Sikhs, who wanted redress for grievances they have against the main Congress body. The president of the Bombay Congress restored order by promising consideration of their claims tonight. The Congress Building, which the Bombay government confiscated last October for non-payment of taxes, was restored to the Nationalists today in compliance with the cgreement between Gandhi and the viceroy. COMMONS DEBATES INDIA. Baldwin Says Conservatives Retain Same Position. LONDON, March 12 (#).—Parlia- ment’s anxiously awaited debate on India began late this afternoon as the House of Commons convened in & tense atmosphere. At the start it appeared that the scope of the discussion might be some- what curtailed, as the speaker ruled it must be confined to general debate on administration and that future legislation could not be discussed. Stanley Baldwin, from which the | house had expected some clarification of the recent resolution by the Con- servative’s India Committee, indicating that the party might not participate in further round-table conferences on India, lost no time in making his po- sition clear. The Conservatives, he said, stand where they have stood all along vn the Indian problem. The co-operation which they have given since the Stmon Commission was set up has not been broken, but remains exactly what it was, he declared. . FUNERAL ANNOUNCED FOR GEORGE W. LEWIS Legislative ~ Representative of United Mine Workers to Be Buried at Springfield. Funeral services for George W. Lewis, legislative representative for the United Mine Workers of America, who died in Emergency Hospital yesterday following an operation for appendicitis, will be conducted in the family home at Spring- field, 1ll. Arrangements were made to take the body from Washington to Springfield today. Mr. Lewis served as legislative representative for the mine workers for more than 10 years. He was stricken with appendicitis about two weeks ago while at his residence at the Hamilton Hotel and was operated on immediately. Since Sunday, when his condition be- came worse, it was thought that he could not recover. He is survived by his widow, his mother, Mrs. Thomas H. Lewis of Springfield; two sisters, Miss Hattle Lewis of Springfield d Miss Edith Lewis of Albuquerque, N. Mex., and five brothers. The brothers are all closely associated with the movement. John L. Lewis, the elder brother, who is president of the United Mine\Work- ers, was in this city during his brother’s fliness. Other brothers are Dennis Lewis of the United States Employment Service, Howard Lewis, & mine superin- tendent of Buckner, Ill.; Thomas Lewis, & mine superintendent of Springfield, {Hd. and Raymond Lewis of Fort Wayne, nd. MAN HELD AS SUSPECT IN ALLEGED DEATH PLAN Jersey Farmer Tells Undertaker to Prepare Funeral fo Autoist, Back on Rent. By the Assoclated Press. .mhulal‘“ Am- lY commit & murder they went all awry today, when the undertaker he had notified in ad- vance to call for the body of & man, in- formed police, who arrested the 46-year- old Belgian farmer. The man named in Ide's letter to J. Steurwald’s undertaking estal nt here was Willlam Verdow, a tenant in garage owned by Ide. “Please call at my house and get the cash for a first-class funeral and then call at William Verdow's house for the body,” read the lettér received tcday by_pteurwald. T;llce i::xmedi?uly arrésted Ig‘e ol:h a holding charge of vagrancy, pending the result of a sanity investigation by Health Officer Dr. John Morrisey. Ide told police’ Verdon had not paid rent for in some time and that he figured best thing te do would be to kilk f ? ( ARCH 12, 1931 \GANDHI WILL DEFY _ Debate Tonight at A. U. v GIRL TEAM MEETS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. American University debating team, left to right: Mildred Sweet, Mrs. Hilda M. French (coach); Amelia Weinberg and Ethelwynn Hine, will meet a girls' team from Temple University, at Hurst Hall, on the A. U. campus, tonight at 8 o'elock. The local team upholds the negative of employment insurance.” the questicn “Resolved, That laws should be enacted providing for un- Biscuit Maker Asks $100,000 for Finger; Jury Awards $1,750 CHICAGO, March 12 (#).— Steve Sadler’s biscuits were good, but they’re not worth $100,000. Steve told a jury he couldn't bake biscuits any more because Peter Kostyal bit off his finger and asked for $100,000, but the Jjurors figured $1,750 would be enough, Kostyal told the jury that his wife used to be Mrs. Sadler and that he was merely trying to col+ lect some alimony Sadler owed her when the biting incident occurred. GRAND JURY FREES DULANEY, WHO SHOT TRESPASSER IN HOME (Continued From First Page.) ment, he found Huff and his wife in a corner of the bedroom. He ran to the bed, reached under the mattress, whirled around with a .32-caliber re- volver in his hand and fired four times at Huff. Three of the shots struck Huff, who fell to the floor, mortally wounided. He died a short time later at Casualty Hospital. Murder Charge Filed. Dant arrested Dulaney and took him to the ninth precinct, where the mur- der charge was lodged against him. Mrs. Dulaney, taken into custody as a material witness, was held at the House of Detention. The case was disposed of with un- usual speed, going to the grand jury immediately after a coroner’s jury had ordered Dulaney held for action of the former body following an inquest yes- terday at the District M . ‘The witnesses were taken before the grand Jjury and the hearing got under way. Although Mts. Dulaney did not testi- fy either at the inquest or before the grand jury, a written statement signed by her was introduced, in which she sought to take all the biame for the murder. Seven love letters, allegedly written to Huff by Mrs. Dulaney, were read to the coroner’s jury, but Assistant United States Attorney Julian I. Ric! ards did not present them to the gr: Jjury, explaining they were “irrelevant! The grand jury’s action came as a surprise, as it had been expected shat the jurors would indict Dulaney and leave it to the Criminal Court to de- cide whether or not the siaying of his H‘:, 1 could be termed “justifiable homi- cide. Court House attaches said that, while ignoramuses frequently have bzen re- turned, this was the first time such a regfl had been made in a slaying of this kind. Mr. Dulaney, accompanied by a ma- tron from the House of Detention, sat in the witnesses’ room for some time this morning. She appeared relieved when informed that she would not be called on to testify. After exchanging & few words with her father, Edward John- son, sh: was returned to the House of Detention. Johnson remained in the corridor outside the grand jury room through the morning. He expressed confidence that his son-in-law would not be in- dicted, but declared that both he and his wife were “prepared to stand by Hurtha no matter what happens.” 12 Other Indictments. ‘Twelve indictments accompanied the grand jury’s report of the ignoring of the charge against Dulaney. Those in- dicted and the charges against them include: ’ Harry L. Canada, Albert D. Wilkins and Brooks R. Newton, non-support; James E. Thomas, Tasswell Jackson, Clarence Brown, Alton Swann _and Patrick "“w ? robbery; Sam Gold- stein and Nathan Sondheimer, joy- riding; Willlam Martin, false pretenses; Frank Miller and C._Datcher, carnal knowledge, and.Sylvan P, Taylor, smoke screen. 200 BELIEVED DROWNED ON YANGTSE STEAMER Fire Attributed to Chinese Soldiers Following Explosion Which Sank Craft. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAIL, March 12.—Two hundred persons were believed drowned, when the heavily loaded Chinese passenger steamer Pa Chi blew up and sank in the Yangtse Kiang, 70 miles from here last. night. Among the 300 passengers aboard the vessel were 100 Chinese soldiers, who were thought to have thrown théir cigarette stubs into the cargo, which was principally cotton. An on followed, spreading fire PANTAGES PUTS P BOND N GRL CASE Accused Theater Man Ap- pears in Court Shortly Before Probe Scene Is Shifted. . By the Assoclated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 12.—In. vestigation of an alleged “Girl Bazaar, which resulted in the filing of charges against five persohs, among them Alex- ander Pantages, millionaire theater magnate, shifted today to Los Angeles. San Diego deputies were sent to Los Angeles, where the origin: was tion for the prosecution of Pantages, John P. M#ls, real estate operatdr; Jesse H. Shreve, San Diego business man, and William Jobelmann, former - publicity agent for Pantages. ‘They also Seek the rearrest of Olive Clark Day, the ffth person involved in the charges here, Two Surrendered Yesterday. were arraigned here yes!erd&dv. They were released on $15,000 and $10,000 bonds, fespectively. Mrs. Day, accused of operating the “Girl Bazaar” in Los Angeles, was released under bail shortly before the local charges were filed. She, Jobelman and Mills, were charged with abusing a %mm Thomas Whelan, San Diego County’s 29-year-old district attorney, said at the arraijgnment, “I will prosecute this case to the utmost of my ability.” The appearance in court of Pantages, who was in Agua Caliente, Mexico, when the charges were filed, gru;nued hl&c ln‘!stblél’ll public. A nch warrant was Ing d when he dashed into the mum. Pantages had flung his coat over his head to foil cameramen, ' Says It Is Frame-Up. The theater man belied his outward calm by nervously clasping his hands. “This is a dirty frame-up,” he told reporters. “I'll be cleared when it comes into court.” Pantages is under bond of $100,000 on appeal of a conviction in Los Angeles in 1929 of criminally assaulting Eunice , co-ed dancer. PRESIDENT PLANS TWO-MONTHS’ TRIP TO PACIFIC COAST (Continued From First Page as the scene for this year's Memorial Day address. Last Memorial Day he talked at Gettysburg, Pa., and the year before at Arlington National Cemetery. Another invitation the President is sald to be favorably inclined toward is one to participate in the annual pilgrimage. to Cape Henry, Va., to com- memorate the landing of the first Vir- ginia settlers on this continent. This is scheduled late in April. But the vacation trip itself would be solely for recreation.and rest with ample opportunity for . The tentative plans include a visit of a week in Glacier National Park, Montana; then a week or so in Yellowstone Park, in Wyoming. From there the Presi- dent would move north to Washington and visit Mount Rainier Park. From there he would go to a favorite fishing ground on the Klamath and Rogue Rivers, near the border line of Cali- fornia and Oregon. Then to California. After a week of sport he would go to Palo Alto, where he and Mrs. Hoover would just sit around and rest for a week or two, when they would start on the return ey, which would in- clude stop-: several more national grka, among them being Yosemite and tes Parks. It is thought likely that the President would make several spee on of which would be at Kansas City, Mo. use of the indefinite nature of the President’s Summer plans it is difficult to say at this time just how he would be away from Wgsh- ington, but if he visits every place he now has in mind and sthys as long as he now figures on, he would be gone more than two months. () BANKER HELD SUICIDE Stockholder in Knoxville Concern Dead From Shots. NEWPORT, Tenn.,, March 12 (#).— W. O. Mims, 62, lawyer and a director and a large stockholder in the closed Holston on Bank, at Knox- ville, died today from were Self- ted bullet Sheriff O. L. Hicks, who after the shooting in the hold. Most of those on the boat | the jumped over the -side, where a revenus %ruurmzblibyuxupl!wm vors, e the return journey, one| W 1. TOBROADS NEWSROOH DRA Speakers to Describe World- Wide Organization’s Work Over N. B. C. Chain. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—Against & backdrop of the click and hum of high- speed telegraph typewriters, the Asso- clated Press will radio-cast Saturday night the never-ending drama of gath- ering and distributing the news of the world. For half an hour, beginning at 7:30 pm. (E. 8. T.), microphones, set up in the general news room of the New York headquarters, will carry over WEAF and WJZ with the combined chains of the National Broadcasting System the heart~ beat of this news-gathering organiza- tion, whése arteries encircle the globe. Every available station from coast to coast will be cut in. Cooper Will Speak. Kent Coog:r‘ eral manager of the Assoclated , will make a brief dress, explaining the purpose and func- tioning of the organization. He will be introduced by M. H. Aylesworth, presi- dent of the National Broadcasting Co., through whose co-operation the broad- cast was arranged. After Mr. Cooper, George Hicks and James Wallington, announcers, will make a tour of the news room, describ- ing the work of the editors, reporters and oger-um. through whose pass 367,000 words a day recording the events of the world on their way to the news columns of 1,300 member news- papers of the Associated in North -gathering agenci o papers of the Old World. Cl p of Work. A close-up of the work will nished in intervi other the veloping at the moment of the broad: Accounts of how outstanding news e;l:;n:’fit b!:x:‘l:‘n‘uu"e years were cov- el o program, which will be listed as “On Top of the World. D. C. WOMAN ACCUSES NATIONS IN DRUG PLOT Mrs. Hamilton Wright Says Certain Powers Seek to Legalize Treffic in China. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, March 12.—Mrs. Ham- ilton Wright of Washington, D. C. oplum traffic were attempting, through the League of Nations, to influence China’s Nationalist government to es- tablish a legalized opium monopoly. Although ostensibly seeking a gradual suppression of opium traffic, Mrs. expose made last week, to ferret out informa-| Wright said Pantages and Mills surrendered and | the —_— EDGE TO VISIT COLONIES OF FRANCE IN AFRICA By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 12.—Ambassador Wal- ter E. Edge will leave today for a month’s trip to North Africa, where will make a first-hand study of the development and activities of Fr: ' barely | colonies in Tunis rocco. it. euwlu‘lnve lo‘x" not_expecte Edge's party there PHILATELISTS TO ELECT New Junior Organization to Out- line Program of Action. Officers will be elected and a pro- sn.m outlined at a meeting of the ‘apital Philatelic Society, newly created Jjunior stamp collectors ory tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the ‘Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets. Dr. Ellis Haworth and Albert F. Kunze are advisors of the club. 2 BOMBINGS IN HAVANA Slight Damage Caused—5 Held in Raid on Workmen’s Center. HAVANA, March 12 (#).—Two bombs exploded loudly in uptowh Havana dur- ing the night, one opposite Havana University and the other at San Jose and Infanta, where another bomb went off Tuesday night. There was slight damage to paving. Two workmen and three students were detained when police, acting on Information that subversive literature was being printed, railded the work- mens’ center last night. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home d this evening at Stanley Hall, at 5.30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Knights and Ladies,” a Scotten’ of President Doum Tunis April 9, but to meet Mr. Zamecnik Overture, “Orpheus in der mmn;n," Offenbach “Rhapsodie’ Medley, “Popular Songs from Italy,” Fox trot, “ Kentucky Bids ‘World Good Morning”. lonaco “Lonesome Lover’ altz 3 M Finale, “ g Myself to Bleegv." New York Avenue - Presbytetian Church 12:20 to 1:00 O’Clock Speaker This Week Dr. C. R. Brown of Yale University