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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) cloudiness tonight, followed by rain tomorrow; not much change in o st 3.5 peraf est , & lowest, 30, at 7 a.m. toda; Full report on page 16, Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 temperature; gees. Temj am. today) Entered post _office, , . 31,735. y. @ WITH ‘SUNDAY MORNING EDITION second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON ) D C, POWERS, KEYED UP ‘FOR ARMS PARLEY, JOCKEY FOR PLACE Austro - German Customs Union Coup Rated Part of | Preliminary Tactics. EUROPE SEES NAVY AIMS OF U. S. IN SAME LIGHT Other Sensations in Diplomacy Pre- dicted Before Conference | Opens Next Year. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, March 21.—A period of feverish diplomatic activity appears to be beginning in Europe. The cause is the great General Disarmament Con- ference, which will be held under the auspices of the League of Nations early next year. The recent French-Italian-British .} Fails to Rally DR. HERMANN MUELLER. MUELLER, FORMER CHANGELLOR, DIES liness Fatal to German Who naval settlement makes the holding of this conference with fair hopes of suc- cess a certainty, but as a result every interested state now seems to have be- gun hasty jockeying for position. The sensational report that Austria #and Germany will announce in the near future a customs union can be inter- preted as merely one phase of this general desire to go to the Disarmament Conference in the” strongest possible diplomatic position. Other Sensations Due. Other similar “sensations” are likely to intervene between now and next February. ‘The war clouds which many thought were gathering in Europe last Autumn seem to have been definitely dissipated, but this by no means signi- fies that political rivalries are ended. e e il be the ‘words of Lord 1, o t international confer- e history tnh! the wml&“ will gather together the representatives of -“hr'r.r number of states than ever mectort.hhwrg:emdwmmwu- complish what never been accom- plished = heretofore—namely, limitation and reduction of the armaments of all the nations of the world.” Armaments are largely due to fear and ambitions. Apparently as long as fear and ambition subsist among na- tions each m!:tl!u desire to ‘ke;gd uthe strongest ve armamen ion consonant with its national resources and The conference of some 50 nations oflzrlmflvuedom will hope to the support states a8 to relations during most of the coming year. View of U. 5. Position. ‘The Frenc! agreement is itself widely interpreted as such a bargain. Undoubtedly some features of this agreement are inac- ceptable to the United States and Japan, but in Europe the refusal of the United States and Ja) to underwrite this lll';t, ;vn‘ le'.hey ':nen.he- Jess approve in principle as a temporary rn:uu‘;e. is attributed also to the al- leged desire to keep their hands free for the Disarmament Conference. What Germany wants from this con- ference is either reduction of other maments to the German level or recogni: tion of Germany's right to arm up to the level of thé others. For some months this German view seemed to Tecelve the support mot only of the- Soviet Union,- but also of Italy and a number of smaller so-called revisionist states, while Great Britain and the United States said nothing. In connection with the French-Ital- fan naval negotiations, however, Great Britain and to some extent the United | States were believed by the Germans to have lent their .. pport to France. The final French-I‘alian-British agreement, the text of which experts in London are now drafting, seemed to the Germans to transfer Italy also to the French side. Fears Not Dispelled. These fears seem not to have been dispelled by reassurances given by the | German Ambassador, Dr. Carl von Schubert, in Rome. Most German lead- ers seem convinced that a French-Brit- ish-American-Italian bloc s being formed whose main purpose is to keep them from achieving their aims of equal armament at Geneva. “This danger,” says the Frankfurter Zeitung, “will greatly influence the con- ference and extraordinarily supple tac- tics on Germany's part will be neces- sary.” Two immediate steps scem to have ‘been decided on by Germany to avoid the isolation with which she is sup- posedly threajened. The first i= to re- new closer relations with Russia; the " (Continued lumn 5.) “ACT OF WAR” SEEN IN PRIESTS’ ACTIVITY Prayers for Jugoslavs So Character- | ized by Rome Newspaper—Touchy Situation Persists. By Cable to The Star. ROME, Italy, March 21.—Italy is still having words with her neighbor to the east. indicating that the feeling of brotherly love which has sprung up be- tween Italy and France following the naval accord has not filtered to the [ody of Signed Versailles Pact and Aided-Young. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 21.—The hand which unflinchingly wrote the principal Ger- man signature to the treaty of Ver- da; sailles was stilled today in death. Succumbing to a long illness, Dr. Hermann Mueller, twice German chan- cellor and one of the two or three most influential men of' German post-war politics, passed away at 10:45 p.m. last night. He was 54 years old. Had Pneumonia Also. He was in a comatose condition for several hours preceding the end, which was brought about by thrombosis ef the liver, complicated by pneumonia. A bladder operation last Saturday failed to aid him. Dr. Mueller first was German Chan- cellor for thre: months in 1920. He came to power the second time in June, 1928, remaining in office until March, 1930, when the present chancellor, Bruening, succeeded him. Was Newspaper Man. Stigmatized by Natidnalists for having signed the “war guilt lie,” Mueller al- had the confidence of the large his , and with the late Dr. Stresemann is given credit gen- ¢nlly(orhlvl.n(put&verthfl¥ He mkfl of the Social D«mbo; cra a new: man o i » Little known outside the confines of the Reich until the revolution of 1918, Hermann Mueller was raised by that upheaval to a place of prominence in the new Germany. It was a critical time .for Social democracy because in the industrial centers thousands seceded to Com- munism, Rose in Crisis. After functioning as a member of the Central Council of the new Ger- man republic, then as a m<mber of the constituent assembly for Breslau, Muel- ler was called upon by the Weimar Assembly in 1919 to assume the leader- ship of the Social Democratic party. ‘The Scheidemann cabinet collapsed on its refusal to accept the allies’ terms, With the resignation of the late Count Brockdorfl Rantzau, foreign minister, his post fell to Mueller as the only availabl> man. When the question arose as to who| would go to Versailles to sign the peace treaty and unwillingness was expressed (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) A R FRANCE NAMES SHIP AFTER VENUS FINDER Disaptch Boat Dumont d'Urville Christened and Launched at Bordeaux. By the Associated Press. BORDEAUX, Prance, March 21.— The naval dispatch warship Dumont D'Urville, named after the eighteenth century explorer who is responsible for Prench acquisition of the Venus de Milo, now in the Louvre, was launched here today. Plerre Dignac, undersecretary of marine, in an address christening the vessel, ‘referred to the Anglo-French- Italian naval accord and said it was France's earnest hope that the agree- ment would be followed by “friendly conversations whose repercussion on the political and economic life of the entire world would be felt before long.” The explorer, Dumont D'Urville, was navigating the orient when he learned of the discovery of the Venus de Milo and made urgent recommendations to peace | his good ROOSEVELT PROBE - OF WALKER'S ACTS THOUGHT UNLIKELY Nonfeasance Charges Held Inexplicit and Unsupported by Governor. INVESTIGATION QUESTION TO BE DECIDED MONDAY Mayor Confident of Vindication, Believing Departments Sound as New Charges Pend. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 21.—Newspapers today indicated there was belief in vari- ous quarters that Gov. Roosevelt would not have Mayor Walker’s officials’ acts investigated. The New York American sald it had learned on unimpeachable authority that the Governor would not order an investigation because he did not consider the accusations of nonfeasance made by the ‘City Affairs Committee explicit enough or supported sufficiently by spec- ifications. Decision Monday Expected. The Governor will sift the evidence over the week end at his home in Hyde Park, the paper said, and announce his decision early nexu week, possibly Mon- y. The New York Herald Tribune pub- lished a dispatch from its staff corre- spondent at Palm Springs, Calif., to the i i\ il l*\ e Foening Star. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. MINISTER CHARGES MURDER AT JOLIET effect that Mayor Walker feeis he has nothing to fear and that the Governor | ::Il!ll have no recourse but to vindicate ‘Walker is of the opinion, the Herald Tribune said, that all the city depart- ments ettacked by the committee are fundamentally sound. The Police De. partment particularly, he feels, is hon- orable in the rank and file. More Charges Planned. Democratic leaders were represented by the Herald Tribune as con that the Governor would refuse to en- tertain the charges and refuse to ap- point a commission to hear them. In any event, it was said, he would wait until the mayor returns from his vaca- tion before demanding a formal answer. Filing of additional charges against the mayor with the Governor was an- Dr. | nounced by William H. Allen, director of i-hfa Institute !t;r“ Public Service. they were igned to supplement those already under comldenug:. WALKER IN HIGH SPIRITS. Mayor Unperturbed by Charges During Rest' at Palm Springs. PALM SPRINGS, Calif.. March 21 (P).—Mayor James J. Walker of New York apparently is the least worried of any of those tating over remarks being made about him and his admin istration in New York these days. He talked for an hour with newspaper correspondents yesterday, but most of it m for p;;l.lutlon, at the mayor's ce. ma; is vacationing lur; on tl:e d“u:rt i “I'm not saying anything until T get back to New York so my 'c,nemlu "lell have a free road. That's & fair way to treat them, isn't 1t?” he asked press representatives. 4 defense is made already. think my record will uphold me,” he asserted. Ancther good Irishman arrived in town today and promptly sought out | the mayor. The tor was Polly Moran of stage or screen. The mayor was in high spirits, and umor “kept the correspond- ents smiling broadly, but when Polly arrived, it was a riot. Another visitor was Joseph Johnson, Fox film execu- tive.. They have been among the very few to get within the gate to the Walker health stronghold. Condition Is Good. ‘The mayor, correspondents agreed, has become & changed man in 'L{:e week since his arrival here. His skin is a deep tan, and he is gro'lnl exceedingly Marked. His Sun bathe. have grown. o arked. sun baf e two_hours daily. S This afternoon he went to a gcl! course, where the annual “play day” is held.nin Whlc}eld'.he oldsters of the com- munity engaged grammar school in @ ‘base Dall ‘gadhe. | The ‘mayor thre ouf the ball. % i Tipperary Officer Slain. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, March 21 (#).—John Curtin, superintendent of the Tipperary Civic Guards, was found outside his mother’s residence last night shot through the arms, legs and near the heart by unidentified assassins. He died a few hours afterward. Curtin recently had participated in a widespread round-up .of suspects. it L Chinese Plans Military Study. SEATTLE, Wash., March 21 (#).— Brig. Gen. Whang Ping Hung, assistant director of aviation for the Chinese Na- tionalist government, arrived here last night for a tour of the United States to the government, which purchased it. study the developments in milif naval flying. SR SCRAPPING Spring arrived today at 9:07 am. Italo-Jugoslav frontier. ‘Today's Popolo di Roma describes as an “act of war” the activity of Jugo- At that time the sun crossed the Equator on its way northward—that is, slav Catholic priests in holding special | it iooked as if it crossed the Equator to services to pray for the liberation of the | an observer on earth. What actually Slavs in the Venezia Gillia district. |happened was that the earth in its Giornale d'Ttalia has just.published a | yearly path around the sun—which is a long series of articles demanding a com- | practically stationary object in relation mercial ent with = Jugoslavia, [ to the earth—got into such a position pointing out that Italy absorbs 28 per |that radiation from the sun began to cent of Jugoslay exports, while Jugo- | be received in greater quantities on its slavia takes only 2 per cent of Italian | northern than its southern side. exports. - It's all quite a complicated mathe- Only recently more than two-score | matical proposition. say the astionomers Slavs were sentenced by Italian courts |at the Naval Observatory who keep 1o long terms for subversive activities. | track of the changing seasons down to ‘The Gazzetta Ufficiale continues to | minute fractions of seconds. A season print long lists of Slavs who have “pe- | never arrives at the same time in suc- titioned to have their names. Italian- | cessive years due to the it impos- ized,” averaging more than 100 persons wm"th? of adjusting the g p!rohmlux,: weekly. . movements of the sun, a Thus the necessity of & comprehen- |that has bothered ere sive accord between Italy and Jugo- | astronomers for 70 centuries, more or slavia continues to manifest itself and | less. . situation is as bothersome Spring of ‘however, during the IS different from the m;n( of last few years. Weather observers, for vegeta does (Copyrisht,. 1981). .., - . respond immediately to the advance SPRING ARRIVES AT 9:07 A.M., “QUEER” WINTER | months from Police Court today. Discharged Chaplain, Testi- fying in Probe of Break, At- tacks Prison Guards. By the Assoclated Press. JOLIET, Ill, March 21.—The Rev. George L. Whitmeyer, discharged Epis- copal chaplain of the old Ilinois State Penitentiary, testified before the legis- lative committee investigating recent prison riots today. “I made no statement to the press,” he declared. “Newspaper men came to no com Hill. I Roger Little, chairman of the inves- tigating committee, sought -to impose court rules on the clergyman and hold him to direct answers, but the former in lesignated the shoot- three escaping convicts February jothing but murder.’ “Guards,” he said, “should be held the walls to stop convicts escaping, and should not be placed on the out- side to watch them get over the wall and then kill them. It was plain murder. Convicts will nearly all try to escape. “I made no statement regarding even that, but news men came to me, first asked if I had lost my place as chaplain and than asked what I thought of the ‘Washington’s birthday episode. All I : ‘I think it was murder.’” ‘Whitemyer told of traffic in narcotics and denied he had carried letters out | of the prison, except in one case, when he reconciled a husband and wife, on the written promise of the convict to “go straight and be a good husband.” “I took that letter out,” the chaplain said, “because the girl was a member cf my church end I brought her answer back, promising to wait for her hus- band’s release. I felt it my duty.” DIME SCORNER GETS 6 MONTHS FOR ATTACK Jobless Man Accused of Striking Benefactor After Seeing He Had Bills. An ungrateful member of the unem- ployed ranks who scorned the 10-cent gift of a passerby and attacked the benefactor was sent to Yail for six Charles W. Newman, 30 years old, was accused of beating and kicking Thomas L. Perry, 936 C street south- west, when the latter’s charitable con- tribution was too small to suit him. Perry told Judge Isaac R. Hitt that he was approached by Newman at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue last night and asked for money to get & bite to eat. The man told the customary story of being jobless and without food for days. Following his gift, which he sald was all the change he possessed, Perry said Newman struck him with his fist and kicked him several times after seeing he had three dollar bills. Newman was unable to explain satis- factorily his attack when questioned by Judge Hitt, so that magistrat ordered 180 days in jail without offer- Complicated Routine of Sun Crossing Equator Marks Passing of Season Without Zero Here. of the earth around the sun. Some- times the Spring of nature comes in the middle of the mathematician’s Winter ;;g‘ nl:meflmes Winter persists far into This year the departing Winter has been a queer season. In the District of Columbia and the nearby States there has been hardly any Winter worthy of tw);:‘:ll::‘r_nen according to records of the ureau, ly points porth of a line through New York City and Chi- usual. and [ It is probably linked up in some way how the but ing the alternative of paying & fine. Hand-to-Hand Fighting Marked Second Phase of Meuse-Argonne Drive. m Gen. Pershing's Account of It Tomorrow The Sunday Star | Divorce Applicant Must Prove Wife ““Cussed’’ About Dog By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.— If Albert E. Peters, a contractor, can prove his wife swore at him because her dog Snookums got killed while he had it out for an airing, he may have a divorce. This was the comment of Superior Judge Lile T. Jacks in denying Peters a decree yesterday be- cause he lacked corroborating witnesses. THREE ARRESTED ON DRUE CHARGES Two Women and 76-Year- Old Man Face Inquiry in Al- leged Smuggling. An alleged drug ring, believed by police to have been supplying addicts in the Capital with dope smuggled through the mails from New York City, was believed to have been shattered by Federal agents and headquarters detec- tives today with the arrest of two wom- en and a 76-year-old painter on nar- cotic charges. The trio, Miss Anna Reed, 43 years old, and William G. Davis, 76, both of 625 Massachusetts avenue, and Mrs. Marian Margaret Echles, 30 years old, of 1102 Four and a half street south- west, are being held for alleged viola- tion of the Harrison act. They were to be arraigned later today before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage for a hearing, Detectives are holding a small quantity of heroin, which they say was seized when it came through the mails from New York, as evidence against Lh;:e prisoners. » . was announced that the apprehen- sion of the trio was the result EF nearly six months of intensive investigation by narcotic agents of both the Federal and police bureaus in this city. The seized contraband has a ‘“bootleg” market value of approximately $800. Communication has been established with officials «in New York City and an effort will be made to trace the '?zur“ of the drug shipments in that city. LLOYD GEORGE PLANS TO HELP LABOR PARTY Government Promised Support as Liberal Leaders Discuss Or- ganization’s Future. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 21.—David Lloyd George and other Liberal leaders this week end will be engaged in a busy round of conferences, the results of which will have a most important bear- ing on their party's future and the fu- ture of the Labor government. As understood outside the circle of party leaders they are working out a plan of collaboration between the te | Liberal and Labor parties which will give the Labor government sufficient strength in the House of Commons to ;u:;rm'ee its life. plan evolved at a larger party con- ference Tuesday. It was not disclosed today how far the plan of the Liberal leader had advanced toward finality, but many reports in parliamentary quarters suggest that considerable talk- ing still is necessary before Tuesday. ‘The conversations are - surrounded with secrecy and there is much specu- lation about their character, but the Laborite Daily Herald today sald: “It can be stated categorically that the conversations do not concern any ar- rangement whereby the Liberals will enter the ministry.” VALUABLE ART BURNS Flames Attack Castle Containing Famous “Nurnberg Virgin.” VIENNA, March 21 (#).—The Castle Peistritz, containing the famous “Nurn- berg Virgin,” was almost entirely de- Amove Taliwsy and a the property of pang prope Maximilian Mautner, banker. ‘The covered riding arena of the castle, containing one of the most valuable col- lections in the world of Gothic tapestry and furniture, was to have been completely destroyed. Lloyd George will present the | ENGLISH BANK HEAD 10 VISIT AMERICA £y () Means Assoclated | Pick and Shovel List Will Be Sent Public Park Head Civil Service Commission Will Aid in Building Up Working Force. On Monday, officials of the Civil Serv- ice Commission said today, the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks will be furnished a list of names of laborers who express a preference for pick-and- shovel work, in order that a proper force may be built up to push construc- tion on the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, near the Lincoln Memorial. Difficulty has been experienced by the office in obtaining men for this work at $3.60 a day, and some of those fur- nished by the commission turned up their noses at the prospect of handling an “Irish anchor.” Yesterday, it was said at the commis- slon, pérsons listed on the labor register were circularized, and those now willing to do pick-and-shovel work will have their names forwarded to the office of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Re- plies are expected over the week end. Many Addresses Obselete. Civil Service Commission officials con- not been laborers are now obselete, it has been found. ‘While the nnounced that it has 1,000 unskilled laborers on its eligible list, sufficient to meet the needs of the Office of Public Bi and Montagu C. Norman Coming dition. Here in Hope of Keeping lnteres; Rates Low. BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, March 21.—Montagu Collet Norman, governor of the Bank of England, was expected to sail for the United States today aboard the Berengaria. The Bank of England, although nominally a private corpora- tion, is in reality controlled by the British government and fulfills for the British empire, as far as it is geograph- ically possible, the same position as continental State banks. Mr. Norman, with 24 leading British. financiers and economists, ably leads the bank. Mr. Norman is not what Americans consider a typical Englishman. He is Keen, quick and could be sentimental or severe. ‘He could and probably will place his thumbs in his vest and stare up at the Empire State Building like an unsophicated . Mr. Norman can, and probably also Wwill, adroitly so place British finances before American bankers that they will succumb to his viewpoint. Purpose of Visit to U. S. Why is Mr. Norman going to the United States? Behind this visit is the development , Prench and world predecessor, ment” with the which the Americans keg: the interest rates low so as not to a drain on the pound sterling. Obviously, Mr. Nor- man_wants the same arrangement Mr. Meyer. He_wants to see that the change in Federal Reserve Bank head does not make a chsnfinm the relations with the Bank of En, d. This shows that the anxiety of the American to have a real American heading the Federal Reserve system is well founded. Due to Frozen Assets. ‘The British desire to have interest rates low in the United States and Prance are caused by a jam which British finance is now experiencing. The British financial situation is due mostly to frozen assets. If this crisis can be tided over and the investments T upon, there will be a huge profit to British finance. Mr. Normaa’s jobd:l to prevent a drain on British fun Neither the French nor the Amer- icans want to break the pound sterling, for such a catastrophe would cause a severe blow to world monetary condi- tions and hence to world trade. The British know this, so they say they do not have much interest in keeping ucr the pound, for with a lower pound, British industry would compete; there- the icans and the French should keep the interest rates down, which would leave gold in London and enable the British to overextend for- eign lending and maintain London as the rediscount center. (Copyrisht, 1931.) —_— EX-KAISER’S SON BEATEN Hitler’s Aide Also Handled Rough- ly by German Police KOENIGSBERG, Germany, March 21 (#).—August Wilhelm, fourth son of the former Kaiser, was kicked and beaten by police, and Paul Goebbels, right-hand man of Adolf Hitler, Fascist ead, was severely bruised about the face today when the two Right wing radicals dej from Koenigsberg after a political rally. 15 Added to Parkway Force, As a result of The Star’s story, Col. to its parkway force yesterday and quite a number of men who did not have civil service status came in seel jobs. It is mandatory, however, to have civil service status, under the law, before a man can be given ; under the new method ed the commission, whereby only those wishing to do pick and shovel work, will be certified to Col. Grant, the jobs will uow be rapidly filled, it is expected. INCOME TAX SLUWP WORRIES FFIGALS Treasury’s Apprehension of Receipts Below $400,000,- 000 for March Increased. By the Associated Press. Another sharp drop in income tax .mnecuomummpuedwltht.hs-mu day last year was shown today in the Treasury'’s statement for March 19 and increased apprehension of Treasury officials that the total income tax re- ceipts this year would be below the with | $400,000,000 mark. ‘The amount reported on March 19 totaled only $44,178,143 as compared with $70,652,867 last year. The collection brought the total for the month to $239,123,891, more than $100,000,000 below that for the same number of days in March, 1930, when the income tax D] than $200,000,000, totaling since last July 1, $1,410,555,005, as compared with $1,- 637,487,563 in the same period of last year. On the same date a year ago the Treasury had a surplus of $22,370,706. Last Thursday it had a deficit of $638,702,172. For the month of March to date the Treasury had run $320,824,285 behind its expenditures, while last March for the same period it had collected $225,~ 083,855 more than it had spent. FOSTER WILL TESTIFY FOR LINGLE DEFENDANT Brothers’ Attorneys Repeal Plan of Calling Suspect and Former " Owner of Death Gun. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 21—A whereby the defense in Leo V. trial for slaying A!.fr:‘duungll. ‘Tribune n was abandoned last forts to be resume et the other four it Monday. FAMILY MOVES INTO CHURCH, DOG AND ALL, DEFYING TRUSTEES Rights of Worshipers Forfeited by Failure to Hold Con- Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,987 Press. TWO CENTS. 13000 FIRMS SHOW EPLOYMENT GAIN, LAMONT REPORTS Commerce Secretary and Re- lief Agencies Encouraged by February Figures. PEAK OF JOBLESS PUT AT 6,050,000 IN JANUARY Denver’s Rating Best Among Cities in Crisis—Detroit Had Most Out of Work, By the Associated Press. > Encouraged by new data number of unemployed in gmu: 6,050,000, but showing more recent signs of business improvement, relief agencies plugged along today in their efforts to keep joblessness at a minimum. Secretary Lamont estimated that numbers of persons were out of work, able to work and looking for work the first month of the year. He based his figure, on two reports simultaneously issued by the Census Bureau. One gave revised unemployment totals for the 1930 census taken last April as 2,249,062 out of a 122,755,046 population. The other was a special January, 1931, un- employment count, covering 19 cities the | With & population of 20,638,981, which showed 1,930,666 hunting work. Both these unemployment totals include only those seeking jobs. Grant's office was able to add 15 men | g, Bureau found that there were 758,585 persons f:l.dt without pay, 171,661 ss and to work, 273,588 id] Th ited 11.1 per cent of total and 25.5 per cent of the guinas Cleveland and Chicago had 11 per cent of their K ieir populations idle. The To Denver, Colo., went the honor of hnm the smallest percentages, 6.9 of total population and 15.3 of the gainful workers being jobless. final April fgrsa 572 laie : *138, d oft without pay, 41,204 jobless and unable to work, 46,067 idle because of illness, 18.806_not looking for work, 12,905 (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) GANDHI AND PRINCES PLAN LONDON PARLEY Leader Abandons Non-Co-operation, but Demands Assurance of Self-Rule for India. By the Associated Press. NEW DELHI, India, March 21.—De- parting from his traditional attitude of nen-co-operation with the government, Mahatma Gandhi today joined what might be termed a miniature round- table conference which is to pave the way for the second round-table confer- ence to be held in London soon, Attired only in his lon cloth, which cost about a shilling, he sat at a mas- sive walnut table in the sumptuous viceroy’s palace with blue-blooded In- dian princes ciad in resplendent silk and gold robes, stunning turbans and glistening jewels around him. At his right sat Vi Lord Irwin, who a ago, had thrown in jail for mu“‘-' ;"mnflghm?n"‘ conference of Indian ces, which has bees in ew Delhi for several days, the purpose of tinuous Services, Says Claimant. By the Associated Press. ANTIOCH, I, March 21.—A social note from Clarence Spiering might read that he, his family and his brindle bull pup are now at home—in the Hickory Corners Methodist Church. The family moved in a -fi;mm their cook stove, chairs, table and bed into the church. ) L) church and that rights to the property by services during the Winter, moved in after his home across the street burned down. ‘The question of how long Spiering the can remain t up to Justice Wil- | table conference a self: ! con! tters will