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} - BORAH MAKES PLER *FOR PACT REVISON Warns Greater Eq Misery is Price of-Arms Race _ -Among Nations. By the Associated Press. MOBCOW, Idaho, September 24— Senator Willam E. Borah, chairman ., of the Senate Forelgn Relations Com- mittee, warried today that unless the | ‘world turns away from an “armaments race” among nations “we will seek greater depths of economic misery than we have heretofore known." He_appealed for a revision of Euro- ‘pean post-war treaties which he said are “poisoning the whole life of Europe,” with the ‘result that "Europe arms and srms, and arms still further.” ‘The Idaho Senator addressed a gath- ering at the University of Idaho, in- augurating the $50,000 “Willlam E. Borah foundation for the outlawry of ‘war,” established by Salmon O. Levin- #on, Chicago attorney. Treaty Revision. Revision of the treaties, he said, must come béfore there can be &n end to eompetition in armaments which “dis- arranges and demoralizes the economic systems of the nations until today some of the great nations are upon the verge of ecohomic collapse . and financial Preakdown.” . “The world is spending more ‘money for armaments by far than at any time in its history, save in the midst of the World War,” he stated, and taxpayers Are “paying for this program with their ‘e have undertaken w’ readr “Lh! ‘temple of peace upon a war foundation. mpm pf:ound-unn upcn which the ' whole structure of politics rests in two continents depends for its maintenance “ f upon " force. | paper. the spivi o supition oh.the on , the It on the one hand n‘: hate on the other smoulder beneath the surface. Those things which move men to action, ‘their fears and sense of injustice, the divi- sion of races and peoples, the breaking up of old boundaries, all these things make for armaments. r Problem ‘Spreads Hate. “I understand perfectly that it was ‘humanly peulh!:‘ '&' r:lune satis- Icse Ve P i nearly 50 years the Alsace- . the poison of and nurtured. the. spirit of ven~ throughout a ecntinent,” i i he and warned that' “there are at ‘Lofraine problems now A gt H war. in the last six months Europe been on the brink of a fear- The President led out in n-m";‘n doing : In the ; bankers per- less service. But what if fundamental changes it about? " If the treaties unrevised, in unadjusted, arma- ingrease, ' how can the Tescue themselves from {nl\dfim?" i | ] Ei"' . i i i 2 for frank discussion— important, it is time for 1 Stage Parade. cannon and parading sol- h . 1 H ik B i DECISION ON TAX . REVISION IS DUE - __ (Continued From First, Page) pr 3 They have pointed out that sueh a :‘x muc‘cd mlm?cemdnlt‘nm :‘u‘r‘ eras of prosperity an mwtnnmnxwvm‘m ive :‘:\um reactions to form a_stable | While nelther has indica hat kind of a substifute base for the tax aystem he has in mind, each has sug- gested that a system based upon an Economic |, of the | at of Eg;rmna WITHIN SIX' WEEKS] cor HYDE SEEKS FACTS ON BEER'S RETURN; WHITE HOUSE SILEHT (Qnunued From First Page.) the returns would not go him from the iculture Department. 'ml itical aspects and con- sequences of the inquiry Mr. Hyde would not talk at all, except to concede to qu;mmeu that 'some such consequences might ensue. Rumors Nest Stirred Up. Momentarfly,” the net result was to stir up again one of Washington's most ctive nests of rumors. These f¥ports jalways take a multitude of forms. One, |~ |of course, is that Mr. Hoover, und urging of the modificationists, labor leaders and many other elements, will recommend a change to Congress. Another is that he is collecting defi- nite evidence on which to turn down the ptittions which contend beermak- ing would increase employment and give relief to the farmer. ‘These rumors, ‘on both sides, have become so numerous that the White House long since ceased to take any notice of them. Whatever Mr. Hoover may be thinking, he has been saying nothing and no one has attempted to speak directly for him. It was Congress which set the alco- holic content of -legal drinks at one- half- of 1 per cent. The modifiea- tionists now are talking about a 3 and 4 per cent product. The general agree- ment is that Congress would have tp act .again, Action Much in Doubt. | “How 15 would respond to a .presi- | dential recommendation is a matter of debate, although under normal con- ditions the majority is conceded to be heavily against modification. Whatever action the American Legion may take at its Detroit convention, it certainly will get the serious attention of the administration and the congres- sional forces of both parties. The im- portance.attached here to agitation on the bonus has far from obliterated the attention given also to prohibition. One newspaper man remarked to the Secretary of Agriculture today that he had been listed in the press as being “on the right side of the question.” “What is the right side,” called Hyde, “That' was interpreted as being the beral side,” was the answer. |~ “What" 'he exclaimed, “and me a | Methodisi MRS, VAR ENTERS GOLF SEMFINALS Defeats Mrs. Federman as| Misses Van Wie, Wilson and. Hicks Win. | By the Assosiatea Press. | BUFFALO, N, Y., September 24.—! Mrs, Glenna Collett Vare of Philadel- phia drew a step closer to her sixth | national golf championship today when | she defeated Mrs. Léo Federman of | New York, 6 and 4, In one of the four quarter<final matches. Mrs, Vare was out in 39 to be 6 up at'the turn. Virginia Van Wie of Chicago ad- vanced to the semi-final round at the expense of Maureen Orcutt of Eng;- wood, N. J., the Canadian champion, whom. she -downed, 2 and 1, Enid Wilson, British champion, de- feated Marjorie Kerr, also of England, 4 and 3. Helen Hicks of Hewlett, Long Island, Pressler of San bdued 3 g & T pi Halve the First Hole. Mrs. Vare and Mrs, within 5 -feet of the cup, while Mrs. 's approach was twice as far. took two putts to halve the hole. Mrs. Federman's tee shot was 50 yards back: ond. 'The was | Japanese . lfl‘l Says Russian 1 up. They halved the 435-yard third with Ss.. Mrs. Vare's drive was down the | and she played a brassie to the - of the green. Mrs. Federman hooked her drive into the rough and prayed -hbut.‘t‘ntl‘r'é“ br: uhx‘ot out. She topped her and r approach to the pin, taking one putt. Mrs. Vare chipped somewhat indifferently, but took two putts for a half. Mrs. Federman drove into a trap on | the fourth hole, while Mrs. Vare's tee shot wes down the middle. Mrs, Peder- man made a besutiful out, the ball traveling 125 yards, and she was about 30 feet’ from the cup with her third. Mis. Vare's second rolled into a trap and she pitched over, getting on in 4. | | it | said the Nanking note pointed out that THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, LS. APPEAL SENT (DRY REFERENDUM CHINA AND JAPAN Stimson Asks Both Nations{ to End Hostilities in Manchuria. _ (Continued From First Page) hostilities and a withdrawal from the present situation of danger,” he said, “and will continue earnestly to work for the restoration of peace.” ‘The State Department has closely followed developments in Manchuria since the outbreak of hostilities last ‘While feeling that both the Kel- logg-Briand pact to renounce war and the nine-power treaty of 1922 regarding gle‘llwllllu and policies concerning China ar on the situation, it has not sought to invoke elther. % Text of Note Given, The text of the Stimson note follows: “I have received from the American Minister at Berne the copy of the resolution of the Council of the League % Naticns which you transmitted to im, “I have noted the two parts of .this resolution and the fact that they have been embodied in a note which you have addressed to the governments of Japan and China. “I assure you that the vernment of the United States is in wholehearted sympathy with the attitude of the League of Nations as expressed in the council’s resolution and will dispatch to ill;ptn and China notes along similar es. “I have already urged cessation of hostilities and a ‘withdrawal from the present situation of danger and will con- tinue earnestly to work for the restora- tion of peace.” LEAGUE GETS U. S. NOTE. Nanking Accepts Proposal for Both Sides to Remove Troops. GENEVA, September 24 (#).—The American Government's note announc- ing it would throw its weight behind the movement to restore peace between Japan and China in Manchuria was re- ceived by the Council of the League of Nations tcday. It was interpreted in League quar- ters as meaning the United States is leaving the door open to possible as- sociation with the council or will co- operate in any cther procedure to solve the dispute, The ccuncil’s committee of delegates from five nations immediately went, into private session to consider the sit< uation in the light of America’s atti- tude. The note was delivered by Am- bassador Hugh Wilson to the president of the council, Alejandro Lerroux of Spain. A second communication was recelved from the Chinese government saylng Nanking accepts without reserve the council’s gv ls to withdraw the troops of both nations «from the em- battled zone and to do nothing to ag- gravate matters. The council’s act in sending minutes of its deliberations to Washington was approved. Senator Lerroux told the assembly later that the council was examining the dispute with the greatest care and hoped to make soon a definite statement of its progress. He sald consultations be- tween representatives of Japan and! China were continuing and that a bappy conclusion was looked for. Nanking Sees Hope. NANKING, cl'!l’llnlé’:eplembet 24 1IP)L. —The_hope of the inese government | that the fiuue of Nations would pro< ceed further in seeking a “just settle- ment” of the Sino-Japanese dispute in Manchuria was expressed today in re- ply to the League Council’s note propos- ing the withdrawal of troops from area of conflict. C. T. Wang, Chinese foreign minister, | | during the recent clash Chinese troops never assumed the offensive nor occu- | led any territory not belonging to the hinese, and that, moreover, the only Chinese troop movements undertaken were to avoid clashes with the Japanese, PEIPING REPORTS DENIED. Forces Are Neot Being Mobilized. SHANGHAI, 24 (#)—The military situation, in ~ Manchuria was | shoved into the background today by other developments In the controversy between China snd Japan. An a tative Japanese spokesman here advised that an officlal foreign dis- patch at Peiping said Chinese troops were evacuating Harbfh in anticipation of its occupation by Japanese forces ad- vancing northward from Changchun, ! denied Japanese troops had been sent to | the Manchurian city. The spokesman further asserted that reports of Russian mobilizatipn in Si- beria, recounted in the same Peiping dispatch, were unconfirmed rumors. | This was supported by an Assoclated | Press dispatch from Moscow, which said Mrs. Pedermen three-putted for a six and Mrs. Vare got dcwn in one putt to 80 2 up. ! The fifth was halved with 5s. Mrs. | Federman'’s drive was straight and Mrs. | Vare's slightly hooked and on the edge | of the rough. The New Yorker pushed | that Commissar of War Voroshilov, who | has just returned from an extended tour | of the Soviet Far East, denled the pub- | lished reports that Soviet troops were | being mobilized on the Manchurian border, Denles Soviet Agreement. the | resolution because of ‘this possible mis- | 1 | that with gang rule getting the upper | was not whether prohibition was a good | | which has been Investigating the pro- L. Waltz Suite, “Wine, Woman and Song,” Stra her second into a trap and her third| A third point of the Peiping report was 12 feet past, Mrs. Vare pleyed an | which was Senied by the spokestman was | fron to the green and took three putts, | that a sccret understanding existed be- | halving the hole by taking two putts. | tween Japan and Russia for a division | Mrs. Federman lost the sixth to be 3 | of spoils in Manchurl { down. Neither reachcd the green, 165| The Peiping dispatch also was con- | yards away, Mrs. Vare put her second | trary to action of. the Tokio cabinet in | on while Mrs. Federman topped hers | deciding that no Japanese troops would | and missed her tbird. Mrs. Vare sank | advance further north than Changchun. | her first putt for & 3. | The “Save the Nation From Perish- After hitting a fine drive, Mrs. Feder- ing” Association was formed at Han- | man missed her second and third shots | kow by representatives of the Kio- | on the seventh hole. Her fourth landed | mintang, dominant political party of on the green. Mrs. Vare was short in | China: the Chamber of merce. | two and close to the pin in three. Both | labor unions, the Peasants’ Guild and | got _down in one putt, Mrs. Vare's 4 | educational associations. H winning the hole and Increasing her| A policy of non-co-operation with | lead to four holes. Japanese was announced by the asso- | Mrs. Vare drove the eighth green and | clation. All Chinese were urged to re- | missed her first putt by inches, finally | fuse to deal with Japanese, or even to | getting down in 3, for another win. | furnish them the necessities of life. | Mrs, Federman was trapped on her Japanese authorities fook precau- | drive ‘and played an explosion shot|tions to protect their Hankow coms : which went 12 feet past the cup and K munity. gwr Japanese gunboats were took two putts to go 5 down. lying in the river harbor and arrange- g The champion won the ninth to be | ments had been made to con:;ent'mwQ up a turn. She.won this hole | all Japanese residents within the Ja h0;:":.. Government long-term | with one putt. after being on the green ! anese concession, should such & mo ds and certificites in March. June |in 3. Mrs. Federman put her fourth | prove necessary. and September to pay off maturing se- | over the green and finished with a 6. eurities and similar actios bly will ! : : v ol Ll ey n probably will| Thefr cards: JAPAN WITHDRAWS excise tax which would of the readjusted system. ‘Whether the decision is for or against #oon submitting tax revisicn to Congress, the Government must raise a large amount of money before the end of the calendar yeir to meet its operating ex- Ppenses and the maturing public debt. $100,000.000 Interest Due. Before the end of the year there will | somet| more than $100,000,000 in- terest on the public debt due and in ber maturing securities will call for & outlay of approximately $990,- 000,000, While no Treasury official would com- ment publicly on the situation, it has been believed possible that the necessi- ties of the Government for the remain- der of the calendar year would be pro- | vided for through ‘another issue of se- curities, issued TROOPS. . 54555343539 Tokle Awails Statement of Gevern-- ‘ment’s Position in Manchuria. TOKIO, Japan, September 24 (#).— i While withdrawal of Japanese trocps | from positions outside the South Man- i ch zone was under way o today fted a - stats t of Mrs. John Ao Walker at wmnm--f e ‘government’s position in Manchuria. burg, Va., Passes Away—Burial | It was bzlieved the government's com- Imun(qul would :!.le lo's re‘nc':lotr‘x“ to , late yesterday afternoon, F '| the suggestion o League of Nations y e adk o P‘].nned at Winchester. i g‘l\“ “J'.l”“ &M-'r'q; oo "w;:' ord Mrs. Johi A, Walker, widow of Gen. inese territory. ecmmunique was BAND CONCERT. John A. Walker, C. 8. A., died yester- | e uwy or tomorraw. by By the United States Soldiers' Home | day at Williamsburg, Va. in her 93d ry Blimson's note was receiv Band this evening at. the bandstand,|year. She was a descendant of CfipL!lb,Ng” at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman. | Waller Baylor of - the Revolutionary vised Japanese occupation tside the : Anton Pointner, assistant. | War. . Mareh, “Amidst 'l“hllndtr and Cannon," | She i€ stirvived by & son, Capt. P. G. of positions South Man- churian raflway zone had ceased and icke | M. Walker, U. 8. A. retired; ©Overture, “Ooncert No.2 in that withdrawal of troops frcm points Mein! ¥ Major,” | daughters, Mrs, Kaliiwods wl'u,me'. 2y, already occupled had actusi: iy started. e ’l’h:'mk-mun said the only points . Miss Frances A, .Blerman | Walker of Washington; three grand- now occupied outside the South Man- " Musteal m;(.“"..m‘: Ar-" en. Mrs_Stephen Decatur, MIs. | churian rallway sone were Kirin, istead C. Rogers and Miss Dorothy K A :’r;ldl ::e‘ F.:-mcm‘:‘”:,é fi'fi'&”‘:’;fi ;?4 ”l«be A::c‘:’v‘. eity of S o 5 i for Winchester, Va. R j h' :‘o date has he: mmmg bosd y = AR RIS CIIPM ‘was believed the Ve its, it conference of lead- ernnslrl:onu take this sction :'“ 'nn agricuiturists and the government gave Paz, ancs rallway .J-u-kilum [ FALLS FROM SCAFFOLDING William Stokes, 21, colored. of the 600 Block of M street, is in a serious tondi- | tion in Casualty Hospital today with ' severe injuries to his head ‘and shoul- | der, sustal when he fell from a scaf- ::luw on a bullding at 2200 Bladens- | :‘ Toad no; where he was | \WIDOW_OF CONFEDERATE | GENERAL DIES AT 93 espondents, were ad- s spokesman of the Excerpts from « Pox Trot, “In An Orlental u.g:;." o8 i : uss| An e Pinale, “The Man From the South,” ing swmmm- ‘oods., merchants . is i o be | minority report and the delegates were | | terest on veterans' bonus loans would BAGKED BY LEGION Convention Votes 1,008 to 394 for Ballot by States on Question. ___(Continued From First Page.) speaking in favor of the prohibition referendum resolution, said: “While we were engaged in the most deadly and costly conflict of civiliza- tion; while we were dedicated to_ the winning of the war, a_frenzied, high financed group of individuals under strategic astute leadership caused to be enacted the most momentous change in constitutional government since the Constitution was written. “Obviously, the eighteenth amend- ment was passed for the primary pur- pose of eliminating the drunkard over the ‘bar, the old-time saloon and all of the so-called economic evils and social 1lls ntteched thereto. “The eighteenth amendment has been characterized as an ‘experiment, noble in motive yet it has proven to thousands upon thousands of American citizens in all walks of life to be an experience lamentable and loathesome in many of its detalls, “After 13 years of prohibition we ! find business” men, professional men, laboring men. men in high counsel of politics, young men, young girls openly and flagrantly vioiating and defying this amendment, if not in letter, at least In spirit. by consuming liquor in one form or another, whenever and wherever they can get it. See Need for Action. “We are confrented with sawed-off shotguns, machine guns, poison alcohol, gang murders, armed automobiles, high-powered rifles and stills by the thousands, all of which were unknown before the eighteenth amendment. “The time is fast approaching in America when decisive and definite action must be taken. In my humble judgment the great mass of people who devotedly believe that the American Legion is dedicated to God and country are looking for the Legion to lead them out: of the pitiable morass of legal, moral and economic complications which have arisen under this amendment.” Norman C. MacDonald of Massa- chusetts, who opened the debate for the majority resolution, declared that “American institutions are in danger” as & result of prohibition and that the Legion should assume leadership in efforts to improve conditions which he described as a serious menace. “The Government has been humbled,” he said, “and has lost control of one of its greatest industries and has lost a great source of revenue.” He was followed by Lucas. Strong Plea Presented. Vincent Carroll of Philadelphia fol- lowed with a strong plea for the resolu- tion. He declared that “what we want is not so much beer as the end of gang rule.” 3 “This is the time for us to” assume that leadership which is expected of us,” he said. “We want the expression ' that was' denied to us when this thing put over.” | Ed Neary of New York recalled that a year ago his delegation stood_ slone in ‘behalf of a prohibition referendum | and was ruled out of order by the then commander, O. Bodenhamer. He | called on the delegates to avoid “quib- | bling and take a strong stand.” He' attributed recent New York killings, in- | cluding the shooting of children, as direct Tesults of prohibition, Douglas Hudson of Kansas was the | first speaker on the other side of the issue. He declared that a vote for the | referendum would b: misinterpreted as | & vote for the return of beer. The Kansas delegation, he said, opposed the { interpretation that the Legion has adopted & mug of beer as its symbol. Allusion to His Veto Cheered. Phil Solon of California, favored the referendum, because of what he called the “unforseen resuits” of prohibition. President Wilson, he said, was more -seeing “than most of the rest of " when he vetoed the enforcement . This was received with a demon- stration, “We are pledged to make right master of rights” he sald. ‘How can we do hand in our country?” Jack Wicker of Virginia, speaking in | opposition to the referendum, said that the questiop for the Legion to decide thing or not, but “after we decided it, are we going to be stronger before the | people looking out for our disabled ! comrades. and carrying out other im- portant objectives of the Legion?” Wicker declared the Legion should not be drawn away from its program | of veterans' activities to enter “a par- tisan political” controversy. The comnmnder put the resolution | fit to & vive voce vote, in which - the chorus was about equal on each side. | A roll call was demanded and the adjutant started calling the roll of States and departments, { Auxiliary Elects President. The convention passed t> next year | final action on proposals to form a | Sons of the Legion, organization. -The | Legicn _directed that the committee posal continue its work and report to the 1932 convention in Pogtland, Oreg. Money from poppy sales held in the future must be used exclusively for wel- fare and rehabilitaticn work, the con- vention_directed in a resolution, Mrs, Louiss Werle Willlams of Tueka- hoe, N. Y,, was elected president of the auxiliary the closing session of the auxiliary’s eleventh annual convention. Mrs, Willlams received 448 votes, while her cpponent, Mrs. 'W. H. Morgan of Edwardsville, Il received 278. She succeeds Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal of Douglas, Ariz. Bonus Demand Dropped. The Legislative Committee voted yes- terday against a proposal demanding ! cash payment of the bonus. On this subject, as on prohibition, there was a prepared to_ablde by Comdr. O'Neil's promise of full discussion of the lsue in today's' séssion. From several State depaftment dele- gations pledged to support immediate payment came word thatya definite stand for reduction—or walying—of in- be acceptable as a substitute. Latest available . reports of stands by delega. tions showed 547 votes pledged a ‘cash bonus, 527 for cash payi L, 3 votes ftepresenting States whieh have not caucused &nd the Ohlo, Ine diana and Iowa- delegations divided on the question. In all mvlous conventions prohibi- tion has been kept off the convention floor as & gollucll issue. Yesterday's action of the Resolutions Committes followed defeat of a faction Jed by Dan Steck, former Senator from Towa, which opposed taking a stand on prohibitiof, That defeat left the committee con- fronted by three resolutions, favoriny repeal. legdlization of light wines ani beers and .a referendum. The contest narrowed down to repeal and a refor- endum, and the referendum won by 2 vote of 25 to 19. Official figures, complied last night, showed 32.000 marchers in Tuesday's parade, 20,000 more than participated in the parade at the 1930 convention in Boston. The last of the contests, amon, bands, drum and bugle corps and wha not, was comrmed it night and th convention will adjourn officially today, barring an unexpected deadlock, fo meet next year in Portland, Oreg. Ten drums and fife corps formed a colorful background last night for an- :thllm' ':emlun ml ding mliu chnml;ion- ip to & prec! squad_from Miami, Fla, The Soul won last LAVAL TO RECENVE THURSDAY, SE PTEMBER 24, .1981. West Coast Home of the Giant Akron’ SUNNYVALE, CALIF, HANGER TO HOUSE NEW GIANT AIRSHIP. HILE the Navy's new giant dirigible, the Akron, was making her maiden ffight yesterday in Ohlo, officials at the Navy Department here were studying bids for the con- struction of the airship hangar, to be erected at the Naval Air Station, Sun- nyvale, Calif, which will house the new craft and rank among the greatest structures of the world. The depart- ment opefed ‘the bids yesterday, but !no low bidder has been officially de- | termined, as yet, as there are a num- ber of alternatives to be examined. ‘The three lowest bidders for the grading of the site, foundations of the hangar and the railroad track from the station boundary to the hangar site were as follows: - Raymond Con- crete Pile Co, New York, $181,181 FORMALBID TOU.S. {Action Expected Tomorrow After French Cabinet Approves Plans. By the Associated Press. A formal invitation for Premier Laval of France to visit the United States will be extended tomorrow, provided the | French. cabinet approves the trip. Secretary of State Stimson said to- day he was keenly desirous of a visit by the French premier to discuss world problems with President Hoover. He remarked there is no limit to the suo- jects which might be discussed ad- vantageousl$. Many Problems Faced. Although he did not specily, the topics to be discussed are believed to inclade disarmament, international debts and the world gold situation. It was sald the purpose of his visit will be a frank review of all the grave questions of the hour by the chiefs of the %overnments of France #nd the Unjted States, the two nations that hold the bulk cf tne world’s gold and the balance of power of Western clvilization. The meeting was belleved here to be a Jogical sequence of the recent un- favcrable developments, particularly In | the domain of economics and finance, end also to be Inevitably linked with , Germany, which j Premier Laval and Forelgn Minister the reconstruction o Aristide Briand will visit next Sat- urday. Prance believes that Germany's eco- nomic uplift s essential to European prosperity, and in the long run, Ger- man adversity would affect France. On the highest officlal authority, it was learned that Prance wishes to help put Germany on her feet by concrete meas- ures of economic_co-operation, measures which alréady have been approved by the French cabinet. Cabinet Approval Due. France wants to increise the pur- chasing power of Europe and other parts of the world, including Latin America, for the luxuries in the manufacture of | | which the French specialize. It is believed Premier Laval will dis- cuss with President Hoover not only co-opération with Germany, : other great problems of which England's s on cannot fall to be one. - Secur- ity against war, which France deems to be a condition to further reduction of armaments will also be examined, it i believed here. The cabinet at its meeting Friday expected to approve acceptance of Pres- ident Hoover's invitation to Premier Laval. Then the ter will receive United States Ambassador Edge and will convey to him his official reply. American_and Prench friends in- formed M. Laval today that there was a cordial reaction in the United States to dispatches announcing he probsbl would make the trip. The premier was greatly pleased. Berenger Praises Plans. Henri Berenger, former Ambassador to Washington, who negotiated the Franco-American debt accord, ex- pressed pleasure today at the projected visit of Premier Laval to Washington. | He described the United States and Prance as the “two resisting pillars of intercontinental economy who can safeguard the future by offering a com- men bulwark to any possible weaken- ing of universal elvijization.” FOUR GET CERTIFICATES Capital Insurance Men Complete 'Underwriters’ College Course. Four Washington life insurance men, Carl Smith Dow, Paul Sleeper, Joseph A. Marr and Earl W. Sapp, received certificates today from the American College of Life Underwriters following the successful completion of a course of study including economics, political sclence, law and six -other major subjects, yoar and were so good. again they had than a point lead over the closely ched nine_following. n “Tareptum, Pa., a severely accoutered | n white and yellow won sec- | d Greensburg, Pa., revelling in and wear- ing chapeaus with sweeping plumes, took third. Miam! won $1,000 and the reten- tlon of the two trophies. Tarentum gained $800 and Greenberg $250. All he participating teams received up- roarious applause from their support- ers who filled the seats of Navin Field, the American League b ball park het Rain set back the start of the wontest two hours and fell at intervals while the drumming was in progress. Dampneas rtly muted the rolling Qreenberg drums. ‘The final slanding, arrived at by use dding machine and a complicated markings upon marching, but the | “a is legal technicality stop them in their | Lindgren & Swinnerton, Ine, San Prancisco, $184,800, and R. E. McKee, Los Angeles, $188,000. “The three lowest bidders for the en- tire hangar superstructure, exclusive of the foundations, were: Mount Vefnon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon, Ohlo, $I, 646,000; Clinton Construction Co., San Francisco, $1,718,000; Dinwiddie Con- Co., 8am Francisco, $1,806,000. Department announced that bids also were taken on the hangar superstructure, exclusive of the founda- tions, in two projects, the first in- cluding all structural steel work, main doors and and the second, the curtain walls, roofing, siding, windows and other in- cidental work. The three low bidders on the first sec- tion of this were: Wallace Bridge & Fossils of Starfish, 200,000,000 Years Old, in Mountains By the Associated Press. v LOS . ANGELES, September 24.—Dr. John H. Bradley. jr., pro- fessor of geology at the University of Southern California, was back from an expedition into the Inyo sils cf starfish 200,000,000 y old, “perhaps the rarest of all invertebrate Jife ever revealed in a fossil state.” The Inyo Range is located on the east side of Owens Valley in Southern California. “The expedition has -ylelded rich fossil remains of marine starfish from several paleozoic systems,” he sald. - “These star- fish lived not only before man but ‘before y back-boned ani- mals, ex: g the fishes. They belonged to a fod_of which there is no re: of land animals or land plants.” W JRY 10 GET * BRUTALTY CASES | i Rover Indicates Will - Be Presented to October 6 Body. __(Continued Prom First Page) | United States or District Government?” | and “Do you get any money in any way | from either the United States or District | Government?” The jurors declared it was “perfectly rllln that he (Clerk Adkins) was ng every effort to ascertain whether |anyone might be receiving money of | any kind from the Government.” Lawyers Continue Inquiry. Investigation of the grand jury’s charges in the Staples case, being con- | ducted by a commiitee of five prominent |lawyers, 1s expected to be completed | within & week or 10 days. The com- mittee's report will be submitted to the District 'Commissioners, who will be guided in thelr action by the recom- mendations of the lawyers. 4 The disqualification of a member of the grand jury who subscribed to the charges against the Police Department has not interfered with the committee’s inquiry. Assurance has been given that the Commissioners will not allow & determination to clear up the Staples | case. - | _ The committee headed by Henry P. | Blair, continued its review of the 1,684- | page stenographic report of the Staples | trial of three years ago and prepared |to question more than a score of the | witnesses who testified in that case. A | recent check-up by District officials dis- {closed that all of these witnesses are |in_Washington, and as soon as the | committee is ready, invitations will be | sent to them to appear and testify. As | the committee lacks power to cqmpel | the attendance or testimony of wit- | nesses, it must depend upon the volun- ;:;y co-operation of those it wants to T, Schenck Principal Witness. Frederick A. Schenck, former Wash- |ington policeman, whose recent testi- mony before the grand jury inspired | the report condemning the police, is to | be the principal witness. Former Po- liceman Orville Staples, who, the grand |jury declared, was dismissed on the | basls of perjured testimony, also is ex- “?gcud to be called before the commit- | ee. Schenck 1s now confined at the Dis- trict Jail, awaiting the committee’s call. | He was brought to Washington ffom the | Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, at the request of the Commissioners, and will be returned there to complete a 20- | year sentence after the committee takes his_testimony. | 'The special civilian board gcreated by | the Commissioners to try any members ! of the police force recommended for | prosecution by the committee of lawyers 1 is awafting a call to service, but indica- tions are that it will not funetion for several weeks, if at all. Unless the law- yers suggest that charges he preferred against the officers involved in the Staples case, the trial board will not be needed. Dr. Cooper Drawn for Jury. By & coincidence, Dr. William Knowles Cooper, acting chairman of the Trial Board, it was learned, was drawn for jury duty in the District Supreme Court, but he is to be excused, it was sald, if it is found that service on the jury will interfere in any way with his activities on the Extraordinary Police Trial Board. District..officials already have taken Dr, Cooper's case up with court at- taches, who are said to have agreed to excuse him from jury service should the Trial Board be called into action, The officials are said to feel 'that Dr, r's service will be more valuable to the District at this time on the Trial Board than on a trial jury. Dr. A resi- . Cooper has been dent of District since 1008 this is sald to be the first time he has called for jury service, and the call came when the Commissioners had se- 156 Sitlatms 30 saske ub ihe pessonae] of to make up | | door operating machinery, | & Structural Steel Co., Seattle, $1.116,044; Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, $1,190,000. and Mount Vernon Bridge Co., $1,236,000. The three low bidders on the second section were: Stems-Hel- mers, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. $398,937 H. H. Robertson Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., $408,000, and Barrett & Hilp, San Francisco, $414,000. - ‘The newhangar, which will be a Paci- fic Coast base, for the Akron and prob- ly for the second dirigible contem- ed for construction by the Navy De- artment, will be 1,138 feet long, 310 eet wide and 198 feet high. The _successful contractors: will be given 16 months in which fo turn out the modern hangar, which will be ca~ pable of housing one airship of 11,000,- 000 cubic feet, The Akron !&l cas, pacity of 6,500,000 cubic . ¥ 1 | J JURY EXEMPTIONS REDUCTION ADVISED | Legislation Would Improve Quality of Talesmen, Graham Holds, | | | | “Legislation removing the large-num- ber of persons exempted from jury service rather than placing on the Jury Commission the duty of passing on the Qualifications of prospective jurors be- fore piacing their names in the box would do much to improve the quality. of jurors,” declared Edward C. Graham, chairman of the Jury Commission, when interviewed by The Star today. Mr. Graham said these limitations on the commission and" the leniency of the courts in excusing prominent per- :aom summoned for jury duty tended to i keep down the quality of our furies. Should Reduce Excuses.. | “TFhere seems to be” he continu “no reason why a person having | Covernment ' or District contract ishould not be: required to serve on Evidence cases where nelther of these govern- | for his (ments is involved. There should also | be fewer men excused for business and | personal sgns. * The .qui tion of Ime Juror 8 the function ef the court, however, and not of the Jury Comis- !slorL Questionnaires to prospective | Jurors when not required to be under .. oath might be of little aid to the com- | & mission.” The other members of the Jury Com- mission are Horace G. Smithy, real estate rator, and Mrs. Lillian S Pritchard, widow of the former justice of the District Supreme Court. Ee m":’; no provision ?t utv“!or the | examination prospective jurors | the Jury Commission before t | names are placed in the jury box |1t is not until the talesmen appear in | court that their qualifications can be | determined. The large number of Gov-~ | ernment and District employes exempt- ed from jury service as well as all physicians, lawyers, ministers, persons f hospitals or employed on vessels on the Potomac make very limited the number from which the commission may select talesmen. Per- sons over the of 65 and under the age of 21 yeard are also exempt and add to the linfitation placed on the commission. Jury Drawing Explained. Mrs. Ruth Boucher, secretary to the | commission, today explained the man- ner,of filling the jury box. She said that the names of supposedly eligible jurors are obtained from the city direc- | tory, the telephone book, a list of the | members in the Board of Trade, Cham- | ber of Commerce and various clubs; Separate slips for each name are made and folded before being deposited in the box by members of the commission. ! When the time arrives for regular drawings or when a special panel for condemnation or other cases is ordered, at least two of the members of the com- | mission attend and supervise the draw- | ing of the names. As each slip is drawn | out, it is noted on a large sheet of paper | and when the required number, usually | between 400 and 500, have been select- | ed, the list is turned over to the United | States Marshal for service by his deputies on each person selected. | heir and | | i {GEN. WILLIAM M. HASKIN DIES AT NEW LONDON Retired Officer Entered Military- Service as Lieutenant When Civil War Started. ‘The War Department today was no- tified' of the death of Brig. Gen. Wil- liam L. Haskin, retired, yesterday at New London, Conn, at the age of -90 | years. He was the son ef Gen. Joseph A. Haskin and was born at Hancock Bar- racks, Me, May 31, 1841. He is sur- vived by a son, Willlam H. Haskin of New York, and a daughter, the wife of Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Gaston, U. 8. A4 r'!:"ed, of 2205 California street, this eity. Gen. Haskin entered the military service as a first lieutenant of Infantry in August. 1861, promoted through the grades to brigadier general in‘July, 1903. He was breveted for gal- lant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Hudson, La. in July, 1863, and also for good conduct and gll:lnt services during the Civil War. ot un"" o "gtz.n:: ‘:x“oon-m of w-:':d United . pation in Cuba., He was retired at hix own request af 40 years' service in July, 1903, AUTOMOBILE IS ROBBED jewelry valued at $780 the automobile - Clothing and was stolen llam ed Portedto paice Ann': E?. -nlnh‘-y e, stolen was a 's fur valued at $300, l-qvndud at $100.. Calit., | by | cent on HINBY VAR in Recomputation in Sum of $46,843,01. Harry Wardman won a victory against the Government today when the United States Board of Tax Appeals de- cided that his income should be taxed as a corporation instead of as an indi- vidual for the year 1921. As & result of the decision, there will be a recomputation of the income tax which Wardman paid for the taxable year 1921 in th® sum of $46,843.01. This tax he paid on the basis of a net in- come of $131,323.21 as an individual. e Bureau of Internal Revenue had Attempted to collect an alleged defi- clency in his income tax of $12,074.51 and Wardman took the matter to the Board of Tax'Appeals.on the basis that he had reorganized his business as “the Wardman Construction Co., Inc.” under the State of Virginia, and therefore should be taxed as a corporation in- tead of an individual under the reve- ct of 1921, Meet. Law Requirements, The. evidence befcre the board showed, according to the decision, that Wardman was “incorporatng his busi- { ness to secure the benefits of a reduced tax rate.” It held that he had met the requirements of the law allow! him to be taxed &s a corporation, pite the contentions of the commissioner of internal revenue that he should still be taxed as Harry Wardman, an individual The board found that the correct * worth” of the petitioner’s business Jan- uvary 1, 1921, was $456,536.1% and on December 31, 1921, it was $543.202.22. ‘Total assets of the business at these same dates, the boird set forth, were $3,526,006.84 and $4,130,139.14 respec- tively. Several- fine points of interpretation of law were involved in the case, and the board in its decision -discloses & number of details in Wardman's affairs, including gifts to his wife and daughter of stock in the Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. The board held that Wardman had satisfled the three essential require- ments of the law for taxing of- indi- vidual partnership income for the year 1921 at corporate rates—‘capital must be a material income-producing factor; there must be an organization as a cor- poration within four months after th passage of the revenue act of 1921 ( proved November 23, and not ap- ply to a trade or business the met in- come of which is less than 20 per cent of its invested capital for 1921.” Says Company Met Test. There was contention over the last factor of whether Wardman had made & net incorfie of over 20 per cent of the invested capitai. ‘Wardman contended that -his com- pany met . this test, asserting that the evidence proved the net income of the bust; 5, computed on a col basis, to e $77.495.48 the invested capi- tal to bé $362,986.47. The commissioner of internal revenue contended that Wardman did not meet this test, claim- ::3 that, when enncusy computed, the income was $62,495.48 and the in- vested capital $760,437.59, The $15,000 difference was the matter of Wi 1 salary. The Government that he should be figured at ralary a year, while Wardman con- tended that $35000 was a reasonable :o:&enuuon for the services he ren- el - - As a matter of fact, it was shown that Wardman had drawn a net flnoum of $51,025.23 from the business 1941 1 account, but the board said that “obviously, f a sole propr'eter- n:'? is sufficiently fortunate as to realize needed business, the excess earnings or App: te needs ‘welfs Ira! under such circumstarices bear no relation to for services, con! 2 $50,000 necessary in the 3 ‘The board held that $35,000 was the s c-.mpu?. 's yearly business records. Therefore his comp2ny had earned more than 20 per its invested capital and was entitled to the benefits o the law. R INSTITUTE DELAYS SESSION IN CHINA Sino-Japanese Dispute Causes Post- ponement of Biennial Conference. By the Assoclated Py SHANGHALI, September 24.—The dis- pute between China and Japan over the- latter’s occupation of Southern Manchuria caused the indefinite post- ponement today of the Fourth ficnsl‘;l: Conference of the Institute of Pas Relations, which had planned to eon- ;’:ne at Hangchow, near here, Qctober Institute authorities said they felt the disturl relations between the two countries would make it impossible for Japanese and Chinese delegates to meet in a friendly spirit. s As the postponement was announced & majority of the delegates from Amer- ica, Great Britain and the latter's do- minlons already were en route to the Orient to attentl the meeting. 3 Official announcement of the post- ponement . was withheld B-ndlnl a meeting between Jerome D. Greene, chairman of the Pacific Council, the in- stitute’s governing body. and British, Canadian and Japanese members of the council at Yokohama next Saturday. rations for a formal conference were abandoned, however, in favor of having the various Occidental delega- tions trayel thro':fh Japan and China, | studying Orien problems on the ground and meeting those Chinese and Japanese delegates who would have at- tended the Hangchow meeting. All but three or four of the American, group of delegates already are in Japan or Ching or crossing the Pacific, and all other delegations except the Japanese are well on their way to China,. Besides Greene, the American dele- gation includes Willis J. Abbott of Bos. ton, Isaiah Bowman of New York, Miss Ada L. Comstock of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., and Chester H. Ro- well, Berkeley, Calif., publicist. Vincent Massey, head of the Cana~ dian delegation, also is en route. ent of the main confererice, the institute’'s Pacific Coun- cil and Research Council will meet here about 12, to discuss the future, especially & five-year research program for which the Rockefeller Foundation recently n\ée tulz:),ooo. The institute is composed of promi~ nent individuals of the various countries " bordering on the Pacific and its purposes are to the political, social and economic problems of that area. * NUN TO BE HONORED nun _of the Discalced |