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w CAPONE CASE JURY | HEARS FINAL PLEA U. S. Prosecutor Delivers| i Argument That Defense . Admits Big Income. By the Arsociated Press. CHICAGO, October 16.—A Federal jury was entreated today to convict Alphonse Capone, the “mysterious” bfldi man who “lived like an Indian prince,” but tried to “cheat his Government.” Federal prosecutors, first to present final arguments in the Capone income tax trial, told fhe jurors that the evi-| dence ‘‘shaws guilt beyond all reasonable doubt’ and afforded them the “privilege of putting your stamp of disapproval on such conduct.” Assistant United States District At- torney Jacob I. Grossman sounded the keynate of the prosecution’s plea in a review of Government evidence late | yesterday. | Points to “Mysterious” Acts. Grossman said there could be no doubt, from facts shown during the trial, that the gang leader had an “enormous, a fabulous income” and that he tried to evade payment of tax on it. “It was against the principles of this man and the gang he headed ever to deal with the Government,” Gross- man continued. “The Government was the ‘law'—something to be avoided. They were trying to make money in their own unlawful way. And when one embarks on a life of crime, one crime leads to another.” His very manner of doing business was indicative of Capone's guilt, the prosecutor said. He pointed out that the gang czar was a “mysterious per- son,” who used many different names, had no bank accounts or financial records, dealt almost exclusively in cur- rency and had his underlings handle all transactions possible. Says Defense Admits Income. ' “The evidence shows him spending |~ money like a baron, or like an Indlan prince scattering diamonds and Jewels around,” Grossman said. “We showed that he spent $116,637 in the years 1927, 1928 and 1929. He himself pro- duced evidence of additional expendi- tures, other hundreds of thousands lost on the races. All this money must have come from somewhere.” | Grossman argued that the .defense admitted defeat when it brought on the stand bookmakers to tell of Capone's betting losses, about $327,000 in six years. Anticipating that the defense would claim this amount be deducted from Capone’s income, Grossman said, “Why prove deduction, if we have proved no income?” The defense introduced the last of its evidence yesterday, but consumed several more hours in unscccessful at- tempts to have Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson order a directed verdict of acquittal and to have part of the Government testimony stricken from the record. Both sides were allotted four hours for final arguments. There was & pos- sibility that the case might be speeded up and given to the jury tonight. Capone Yawned With Relief. Defense attorneys made objections to practically every item of evidence in- troduced by the Government. They objected particularly to evidence re- ding Attorney Lawrence P. Mat- f:gxy. special tax man, who told rev- enue officials that Capone had admitted having a $266,000 income over a five- riod. Judge Wilkerson overruled each of the motions. He confined closing argu- ments to four hours each, saying. “the case should go to the jury at least by Saturday afternoon.” Capone leaned his huge bulk back in his chair, yawned prodigiously, and then | smiled in obvious relief yesterday when | Defense Attorneys Michael Ahern and Albert Fink announced resting of their case. The defense had taken a day and 2 half to present its witnesses; the Gov- ernment occupled six days. | The contempt case of Philip D'An-, drea, bodyguard who ‘“‘protected” Al Capone with a pistol in Federal Court, was continued until Monday, Judge James H. Wilkerson sald, interrupting GANDHI PRAISES U. S. FOR PROHIBITION LAW Chief of State Anti-Saloon League Receives Letter Deploring Possibility of Repeal. By ("~ Assoclated Press. BOSTON, October 16.—The Maa- | chusetts Anti-Saloon League yesterday made public a letter it said it had re- ceived from Mahatma Gandhi approv- ing the prohibition policy in the United States. The letter, addressed to | Arthur J. Davis, State superintendent of the league, is to be read tomorrow | at a meeting of temperance and pro- hibition leaders here. Gandhi's letter, written in London, #ald: “It was a brave step worthy of America, to have undertaken the most | difficult task for her of total prohibi- | tion. It wculd be a shame and a rude | shock to reformers throughout the | world, if for any cause America aban- | doned the policy and returned to the drink evil.” i — | REVOLT BRINGS NEW | REGIME IN ECUADOR| Head of Senate Takes Over Presi- dency After Attempt to Set Up Dictatorship Fails. By (e *ssociated Press. QUITO, Ecuador, October 16.—Ecua- dor had a new Presdent t~day as the aftermath of a revolutionary attempt to establish Col. Luis Larrea Alba as a dictator. Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, head of the Senate, took over the presidential office last mght, after Col. Larrea Alba had resigned with his entire ministry. ‘The latter denied that he wished to proclaim a dictatorship and said he favored continuation of constitutional | rule. Four persons were killed and many ‘wounded in what appeared to be a con- flict between civillans and troops sup- porting constitutional government and | two units from the Quito garrison, | which were attempting to elevate Col. | Larrea Alba to “supreme command of power.” RITES FOR AUTO VICTIM | i Special Dispatch to The Star. | LURAY, Va.,, October 16.—The fu-, neral of James Judd, who was struck by a truck in Washington Tuesday and killed instantly, was held from the home of his father here today. Services were conducted by Rev. A. L. Bslek, assisted by Rev. C. A. Hall. Interment was in Green Hill Cemetery. Mr. Judd was 28 years old. He had ' ‘wxen working in Washington. He was i tension office has A—2 suy’ THE EVENING STAR, YORKTOWN BEGINS Governors of Original States, French and British Notables at Celebration. ___ (Continued From First Page) - Nelson, war_governor of Virginia and Cornwallis' headquarters at Yorktown, officially opened the four-day celebra- tion of the sesquicentennial of the bat- tle that ended the revolution. aside to reveal the bronze bust, Maj. Rochambeau, great great grandson by adoption of the French officer who fought with Washington at Yorktown, whirled and came to a full salute. Ships Ride at Anchor. ©On the blue waters of the York River scores of United States battleship cruisers and destroyers rode at anchor, with two French cruisers at the head of one of the long lines which stretched both ways from the Yorktown water front, which was besieged 150 years ago Grasse. tennial Commission dedicated a Vir- ginia State memorial as a testimonial of the affection of Colonial Virginia for the mother country, the address of presentation being made by Gov. John G. Pollard of Virginia. At the same time a tablet was unveiled in honor of Barton Gaspard De Gallain, an officer of the Swiss guard who served at York- town in Rochambeau's brigade. address was by Senator Hiram Bing- ham of Connecticut; the scene, the two-century-old Yorktown customs house. At the same time, out on the battle- feld, the booming of guns saluted the arrival of "the Governors of the original States, gather from up and down the Atlantic seaboard to bring a word of welcome to the thousands gathered here witness a day of pageantry depicting important events in the history of each of the Colonies, Dedication of Monument. ‘The important event today was the dedication of Colonial National Monu- went, including the battlefield of York- town, parts of Willlamsburg, James- town Island and Gloucester Point and a connecting parkway. The monument, which became a part of the Nation's national park system, was dedicated by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Through establishment of this mon- ument, the Federal Government has undertaken to preserve for future gen- erations the scenes in which some of the country's most glorious history was created. Here, amid surroundings which tcday retain the quiet charm of early Colonial days, independence really be- gan for the United States. In the peaceful, tree-sheltered lanes and the beautiful brick-walled gardens moved the men and women who in the early days of the Colonies of the Vir- ginia Peninsula laid the basis for the Revolutionary War, for independence and for the United States of today. It is at Jamestown that American Colonial life had its beginning and less than 20 miles away, at Yorktown, that it came to a triumphant close with the surrender of Cornwallis and the begin- ning of a new American life. Both plnc:s are included in the new monu- ment. Wilbur Delivers Address. ‘The address at the dedication service ! was delivered by Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur, Secretary of the Interior, while Horace M. Albright, director of the Na- tional Park Service, presided. ‘The pageantry to be given this after- noon and tonight deals with a serles of 13 incidents taken from the history of the criginal colonies, closing with a scene depicting Thomas Jefferson read- ing the completed draft of the Decla- ration of Independence to members of the Continental Congress, while mes- sengers set out to carry the tidings to the colonies. The task of preparing Yorktown for the celebration has involved the con- struction of a veritable city of canvas on the fields over which the American and French allies pressed their drive for American liberties 150 years ago. Stands have been built to seat 22,500 spectators, flanking a court of honor designated by a series cf arches and 13 huge pylons fiying the flags of the original States, which contributed men and arms to the siege of Yorktown. Army and Natlonal Guard camps have been set up housing 4,000 troops. Several hundred soldiers moved to the celebration grounds many weeks and took over the building of ro: mootpahts and docks, erection of head quarters and exhibition tents and clear- ing of parking places for more than 24,000 cars. Exhibits in Tents. Scores or large tents, many running to lengths of more than 100 feet, house exhibitions by bureaus of the Federal Government and the various States, restaurants and other concessions. There are exhibits of Colonial homes and goods, and the pageant will show the customs of the times. Even the Post Office Department +has been drawn upon to contribute to the celebration. A large staff has been put to work in the little frame post office building at Yorktown, and an ex- been opened on the show grounds. Before the opening of the pageant a total of 17,800 pieces of mail, most of it the work of stamp col- lectors, had been handled. J. H. Collier F. Anderson were sent here by the Post Office Department to take over the vastly increased work of the office. The Natlonal Park Service has en- tered a large exhibit, the War Depart- Agriculture and Interior Department e son of Will Judd. o* Zuray, who sur- vives. ‘de is sur&sed by three broth- _ers, Wrillam “Saph and Louls, all of | ‘Washingtos, and three sisters, Mrs. Lynn Moore, Mrs. Will Vogt and Mrs. Ngnnle Price of wuhm:wm‘ also are well represented. P All available ¢orrespondence of Robert. Burns, the poet, is to be published un- censored shortly in Scotland. HISTORIE PAGEANT And as the British flag was drawn : by the Wooden French squadron of De In Yorktown the Virginia Sesquicen- | The | from all parts of the country and to | ment another, and the Department of | o WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAX, First Virginia Assembly Depicted CITIZENS OF YORK COUNTY IN COLORFUL SESQUICENTENNIAL PAGEANTRY. One of the colorful features of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial celebration was presented by citizens of York County appearing in pageantry portraying the first Virginia assembly. The scene depicted shows Gov. Yeardley handing over a charter authorizing formation of the House of Burgesses. —Star Staff Photo. Sees President SIR FRANCIS GOODENOUGH. —Star Staff Photo. | HEATH T0 DISCUSS BUILDING PROGRAM Assistant Treasury Secretary to Address Forum on $700,- 000,000 Project. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ferry K. Heath, who is in charge of the Government’s $700,000,000 public building program throughout the coun- try, will tell the American people about the progress of this stupendous pro- gram in the National Radio Forum ar- ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast net- work of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem tomorrow night at 9:30 o'clock, Eastern standard time. Maj. Heath is prepared by his ex- perience of about two years in charge of this work to explain to the people what is being done not only to provide the Federal Government with adequate housing for its post offices, Federal courts, immigration stations and other facilities, but also to help relieve the unemployment situation in these days of depression. 4 In Washington, the National Capital, and in hundreds of cities and towns construction now is under way and sites | are being selected in other cities for new Federal buildings. These and other phases of the building program of vital interest to the voter and tax- payer will be discussed by Maj. Heath. RESERVE OFFICER ENDS LIFE BY INHALING GAS Lieut. Col. Pope Leaves Sealed Let- ter for Wife Saic to Be in Bridgetown, Va. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—George U. Pope, 48, a lieutenant colonel in the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army Reserve, and an insuranee broker, committed suicide today, according to police, by inhaling gas in his epart- ment, On a table was a sealed letter ad- dressed “To my wife.” Mrs. Pope Was said by police to be in Bridgetown, Va., where her husband formerly lived. BRITISH LEADER Sir Francis Goodenough, Gas Magnate, Will Speak at Dinner. One of Great Britain's most dis- tinguished business leaders, Sir Francis Goodenough, C. B. E.,, was received to- day by President Hoover at the White House. Sir Francis prepared to be the honor guest and principal speaker today at a dinner of the English-Speaking Union in the Willard Hotel. He will remain in Washington until Sunday. He came here last night after attending a gas convention in Atlantic City. Chairman of the British Commercial Gas Association since 1911, Sir Francis long has been recognized as the out- standing public utilities figure in his country. He also is president of the | Incorporated Sales Managers' Associ- | ation, chairman of the Gas Education Committee and of the Westminster Technical Institute. Since his appointment in 1928 as chairman of the Government Com- | mittee on Education for Salesmanship, Sir Francis has conducted an active campaign for improvement of com- mercial methods as well as of com- mercial education in Great Britain, \FATHER REACHES SON 'AS PLANE TURNS BACK | s | Child's Life Probably Saved by Passengers’ Willingness to Sac- rifice Own Interests. By the Assoclated Bress. LOS ANGELES, October 16.—Two- | year-old Allen Taplin last night was given a blood transfusion from his father’s veins that probably will save his life because passengers on a trans- port airplane sacrificed their own in- terests to those of the boy. Philip Taplin received a message at Las Vegas, Nev., that his son was in the Children’s Hospital at Los Angeles, 250 mile away, desperately ill, with physicians calling for some of the father’s blood to save his life. Only blood from the father, the physicians said, was suitable. The telegram was too late. The fa- ther missed the Salt Lake City-Los An- geles airplane by 10 minutes. Las Vegas Airport officials wired the United Airport in Los Angeles. The United Alrport sent a wireless to the airplane, by that time half way to Los Angeles, asking if the passengers were willing to turn back. The passengers unanimously agreed. So Taplin arrived to hear his son’s weak call of “daddy” from the hospital bed, and the transfusion was at once performed. The doctors said Allen had every chance to recover. 'COTTON AND WHEAT SAVE TRADE BALANCE U. S. Shipments to Orient Give August Report $10,000,000 Margin. By the Associated Press. Cotton and wheat saved the United States from another unfavorable for- eign trade balance during September. The two kings of farm crops turne tAhe st.u;l.'u)s unln‘vonble bll’islnc:“t;} ugust inf & favorable u%goo.onoi " o le Orient continued an e - tionally good customer in sepu:fgfr, taking fully one-third of all the cotton shipped and almost half of the wheat, It also was shown today at the Com- merce Department that cotton ship. ments totaled 558,000 bales, valued at $23,383,000, or more than double the amount shipped during August. Grain shipments totaled 9,000,000 bushels, valued roughly at $4,500,000. Japan took 162,000 bales of cotton during September. Four million bush- els of wheat went to the Orient. Germany took 131,000 bales of cotton, while Italy took 40,000, the United Kingdom, 28,000, and France, 22,000. The Commerce Department an- nounced that preliminary figures showed exports during September were $181,- 000,000 and imports $171,000,000. Ex- ports during September, 1930, were $312,207,000 and imports $226,352,000. MAN MAY EXPECT TO LIVE TO 70 BY CARE OF HEALTH, SAYS MAYO Noted Physician Declares He Must Take Care of Himself Between Ages of 30 and 50 to Attain Longevity. By the Asscclated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—In an- other 25 years man may expect to live to 70 as an average age instead of to 58 as now, Dr. Willlam H. Mayo, head of the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., predicted yesterday in an interview at the American College of Surgecns meet- % Man,” he said, “tends to degenerate. He must take care of himself between the ages of 30 and 50 in order to live to be 70. “The idea prevails among the public that if one gets a good:doctor when one is about 58 years of age, he has a gicd chance of keeping his health and ing on li for years. Health, how- should studied and taken care of at all times. “No new method of treatment exists today which can benefit the mass of humanity, but by this care of health, the individual learning to co-cperate more intelligently with the physician, I believe that within the next 25 years man may come to the age of 70 as the average expectancy. I believe this can come through his own efforts and in- m in his health if manifested earlier TALKS TO HOOVER & ANTI-CHURCH RIOTS IBREAK OUT IN'SPAIN Disturbances Arise at Barce- lona and Valladolid—Sev- eral Are Injured. By the Associated Press. MADRID, October 16.—Anti-Catholic riots in which injuries were numerous broke out at several points today as the cabinet considered a measure which would empower provineial governors to declare martial law at their discretion. At Barcelona a group of Catholics was leaving the cathedral after a memorial service for Don Jaime de Bourbon, late pretender to the Spanish throne. Across the street a group of anti-Catholics hooted and jeered. Several Are Shot. There was shooting before police broke up the disturbance and several persons were wounded. Arrests were numerous. At Valladolid a group of women was distributing pamphlets supporting the Jesuit order. A mob of anti-Catholics surrounded them and they were roughly treated before police arrived. Eighteen persons were hurt there. Dispatches from other points in- dicated that excitement over the re- ligious issue was running high. Its state separated from the Catholic Church, Spain completed the religious section of new constitution yester- by guaranteeing religious freedom within the limits of public morality. ‘With President Manuel Azana at the helm of the new government, the As- pproved the article guaran- iberty of conscience and the to practice any religion compat- fble with public morals. Then the Assembly voted permission for the introduction of article 14, to per- mit legalized divorce in Spain, into the constitution and began consideration of amendments. Opponents Are Absent. Catholic and agrarian members re- mained away from the Assembly, pro- testing adoption of the article sepa- rating the church and state, and the Constitutional Drafting Commission said it intended to counsel moderate and diplomatic enforcement of the con- stitution. Niceto Alcala Zamora, who resigned as President, with his cabinet, Wednes- day in protest against anti-church leg- islation, and Miguel Maura, former minister of the interior, occupied seats in the Assembiy as ordinary Deputies, while President Azana sat on the bench reserved for the government. One of the first acts of Casares Quiroga, the new minister of interior, was the imposition of fines of 5,000 pesetas (about $450) each on two Bil- bao newspapers for publishing articles in support of the faction of the late pretender, Don Jaime of Bourbon. Students in Battle. tempted a demonstration which resulted in fist fights with other students and intervention by the police. No one was serfously hurt. Mgr. Prederico Tedeschini, the papal nuncio, called on the new President. He made no comment on the religious problem, except to say “that the church can be wounded, but mity toward anybod: Appointment of a cardinal primate to succeed Cardinal Pedro Segura y Saenz. who resigned after a controversy with the government, was expected. FIVE BOY ORATORS OF EUROPE ARRIVE Contenders for World Honors Come Here From New York Tomorrow. The five European contenders for the of the world landed in New York this morning, their ship, the S. S. George Washington, reaching the harbor at 8:30 o'clock. The boys are John Thomas Lumsden, England; Pierre Henri _Courtade- Cabessanis, France; Henri R. M. Van Hoof, Holland; Martin Krieger, Ger- many, and Thomas Shillington, Ireland. All of the boys will be in Washington tomorrow. They are spending this afternoon and this evening in a brief sight-seeing tour of New York City, and they will come to the Capital in & group some time tomorrow morning. Canada’s_ perticipant, Gerard Cor- noyer of Quebec, will get here next Tuesday, while the United States’ own contestant, Robert G. Rayburn of New- ton, Kans., is expected to arrive next ‘Wednesday. On Saturday, October 24, the seven boys will compete in the Sixth Inter- national Oratorical Contest in Consti- tution Hall. The contest is sponsored by the leading newspapers and scho- lastic organizations of the world. In Washington and neighboring counties of Maryland and Virginia the contest is sponsored by The Evening Star. A board of linguists will act as judges, as each boy will speak in his own language. SAVANTS HEAR CURIE EXPLAIN COSMIC RAY Dispatches from Granada sald that | Catholic University students had at-| OCTOBER 16, Co-Discoverer of Radium Tells Physici of Production From Atom. By the Associated Press. ROME, October 16.—Mme, Curle, co- discoverer of radium, and Dr. W. Bothe, a German professor, added to the ex- planation of cosmic rays before the Congress of World Physicists here yes- terday by showing how rays d produced from an atom. Their demonstration, with Mme. Curie elaborating it in algebraic formulae at a blackboard, supported the previous statements of two Americans, Dr. Robert A. Millikan and Dr. Arthur Compton, that cosmic rays come from the build- lnfi up of atoms in a fleld of hydrogen millions of miles beyond the most dis- tant star. With a piece of chalk Mme. Curie showed how she and Dr. Bothe had shot an alpha ray at an atom and produced a a ray of great penetrating Afterward she answered ques- power. her in German and tions directed at English. o HEADS TEACHERS Miss Anne C. Keliher Chosen Presi- dent of Advisory Council. Miss Anne C. Keliher, teacher at the Curtis School, was elected president of visory _Council of Teachers of Pul School 'm, treasurer, and h Stewart Smith of the Jefferson Junior High School, sec- retary. The Executive Committee includes Miss Dorothea Sherman of Central High School for the white schools and )efllsl M. E. Gibbs, 1931." An “Army of the Unemployed” Frederic A. Delano Suggests That Those Without Jobs Might Be Recruited for Peace-Time Work as the Fighters Were Drafted for War. Frederic A. Delano’s experience as chairman of the District’s Un- employment Committee and his recognized standing as a citizen in this community add extraordinary interest to the article which follows below, in which he outlines his suggestions for one method that might be followed in dealing with unemployment on a Nation-wide scale, BY FREDERIC A. DELANO. In connection with the employment question in all our large cities, T have a fecling that all the various plans which have thus far been made for taking care of the situation, are drifting more and more toward the payment of a dole with- out work. I recognize that there are men who want to work, but cannot be given work. There are also many families in distress who must be given, at least temporarily, relief by whatever name you want to call it, whether this means food or money for food, or money to buy coal and supplies, or doctor’s serv- ices or rent. . But addressing ourselves to the big problem of taking care of men between 18 and 40, who are strong, healthy and willing to work, it seems to me that none of the plans have found a true solu- tion. This does not mean that the large expendi- tures for public buildings and other public work, national, State or municipal, do.not help the situ- ation by creating work, but it still does not fill the bill if the number of unemployed is as large as I have reason to think. Like War Emergency. For the above reasons I have come to the con- clusion that something must be worked out more in the direction of the kind of thing we did in the ‘war-time emergency. During the 18 months of the World War, we mustered into the service 4,000,- 000 men between the ages of 21 and 31. these men an average of $1 a day, plus their sub- sistence and quarters. Frederic A. Delan: ‘We paid ‘The officers, commissioned #hd non-commissioned, were of course paid more than this. My suggestion is that we should form a great volunteer industrial army in this country, along the same lines, the only difference being that they will not be drafted, nor will they be compelled to join. The men that do join will be cared for in barracks or tents, as the local situation may require. They should be supplied with a neat uniform, consisting of shoes and stock- ings, underclothes, trousers, blouse, coat and caj ‘They will live under healthy conditions, have proper setting-up exercises, and a moderate amount of work, my opinion being that six hours of actual work at most, including marching in and out to work, would be all that shoula be required of them. everything be done to maintain a good morale, as w: a feeling of comradeship and good spirits. the benefit of the community, not competing with work city governments would otherwise be doing. For in- general public work for that the Federal, State or 1 should that done during the war, also Thus, a united effort directed to stance, breaking ground for public works, laying out road improvements, clearing lands which have been purchased for parks, or private lands for those citizens who will pay a fair price for the work. Work to This army should, so far as poss! learn the importance hygiene. of health, cleanliness, regular work, hours for rest, There should be the usual provisions, just as during war time in all Be Done. ible, build their own cantonments, and and our cantonments, for amusements and sports. T estimate that a million men, perhaps two million, would be glad to avail themselves of this opportunity, and that the net expense might run to 500 or 800 million dollars. Thi is action would take off the labor market a large share of the floating labor, otherwise tending to break down wages and shortening of rations for every one. experience that they get It would give a great many men the same sort of healthy by going, as some men do, to training camps for their Summer vacations. It should be conducted by men who have had experience in the ‘Army or the militia camps, and who can be expected to exercise a cheerful, yet steadying influence. MOSES DISALLOWS DRY SHIFT CHANCE New Hampshire Senator Sees No Hope for Wets After Hoover Call. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, who was one of President Hoover's numerous callers today, declared before leaving the White House that there is not the slightest possibility of any | change being made in the dry laws of this country for some time to come. The New Hampshire Senator said that he not only sees no hope for any change, but he is convinced all the talk about referendums, modification and repeal is absolutely futile. Purthermore there is no doubt in his mind but what the country would vote dry in a referen- dum on this subject. High School Oratorical Championship | s is, in my mind, an utter futility, and, rsonaliy, 1 try to indulge in few Rfmnm ‘as possible. Very recently the ‘American Federation of Labor came out for 2.15 beer. What good would that do any one? It might just as well be near-beer. t beer won't telegraph anything back to the drinker. e trouble is that, as a result of this long eriod of hard drinking of bootleg iquor, the people of this country have got their throats in such a shape that it would take a flow of ’:"“m"& l':i{le, mething ually as strong, ?1‘;15? I'm s{lr‘eqz.'li beer would fail to T d.” esé'::nof Moses said the prohibition question is of no economic importance to New England. In discussing this subject he stated that he did not dis- cuss it with the President. He ex- plained that his call at the White House was solely for the purpose of land- ing some patronage for his State. He said that he did not discuss the dry or any international subjects with the President. Senator Moses, who has always opposed American entrance to the League of Nations, said he was satisfled that the administration’s course in the Japanese-Chinese affair one. is‘ll‘l'|:.nl':tu'rn of beer, in the opinion of Representative Britten, would be a Psychological “relief” to the country at this time. Whits The Agricultuge Department, & House secretary and the Treasury, he said, are gathering data on the effect the return of beer would have on the unemployed, the farmer and the Gov- rnment income. 3 “To my mind,” the Tllinois Republic- an added, “much the greater value in the return of a wholesome glass of beer is its psychological effect upon 20,000,- 000 or more adults who would immedi- ately be made cheerful by an authentic announcement that the wishes of the American Bar Association, the American Medical Associaion, the American Fed- eration of Labor and the American Le- glon would be given the same serious governmental _consideration that is heaped upon the farmer whenever he breathes for relief.” His statement said ufl’kl;té(‘;go 'le.l;t not for the “paid_bigots p James Cannon, jpr. Dr. Clarence True Wilson and F. Scott McBride and others of their like, our present costly prohibition immediately would dic a natural death.” He has been informed, Britten said, that the Treasury Department estimates $300,000,000 would be collected the first year from.a $10-a-barrel tax on beer if modification were secured. o LEAVE FOR YORKTOWN Dr. Ballou Heads Group of District School Officials. A group of District school officials ‘headed by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- intendent, left the Capital this after- to witness the Sesquicentennial celebration. _ Beside Dr. Ballou, the party included Stephen E. Kramer, first_assistant superintend- 8t | ent in charge of high schools; Robert L. assistant su] tendent in The Washington main at Yorktown through Sunday and they are to be accorded recognition as the official representatives of the Dis- trict school system. . BRUENING CABINET - CONFIDENCE VOTED Reichstag Sustains Govern- | 'ment and Defeats Commu- nist Attack on Groener. | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 16.— Chancellor Heinrich Bruening's cabinet was sus- ! tained this evening on a vote of confi- | dence in the Reichstag. The vote was ! announced as 295 to 270. { A motion of lack of confidence in Gen. Wilhelm Groener, head of the | milifary and police as minister of de- fense and minister of the interior, was introduced by the Communists, but was defeated by a vote of 321 to 233, with 16 abstentions. A similar motion directed against Minister of Agriculture Schiele also was rejected. Repulses Hitler Threat. ‘Thus, by chancellor turned back once again the threat of Adolf Hitler's National Socialists, who had combined this time with the Nationalist party, headed by Alfred Hugenberg. ‘These two, who have been ghe gov- ernment’s most bitter enemies since it took office, combined forces after the recent overturn in the Bruening cabinet and recently at & joint meeting in Harzburg served notice of their inten- tion to turn the chancellor out of office if they could. ‘When the Reichstag convened this morning the government was sure of 243 votes, and thought it could pick up enough from the smaller parties to give it a margin of at least one ballot. Then the Economic party announced that it would swing its support to the chancellor. ‘When the vote was taken there were three abstentions. Excitement Follows Vote. ‘There was great excitement as the government received a greater majority on the vote of confidence than even its friends had hoped for. The vote followed a final appeal to the Reichstag not to change horses in midstream. ‘The Economy party, with its 20 votes, saved the day for the chancellor, who received the verdict with his usual sphinxlike calm, while Hermann Diet- rich, minister of finance, and Gen. Groener smiled. A few minutes later the Reichstag defeated a Communist motion for disso- lution by a vote of 320 to 252. Then the Assembly turned down a motion by the combined Nationalists and National Socialists demanding that the government's emergency economy decrees be rescinded. With that, both the opposition par- ties left the Reichstag in a body, assert- ing that they no longer had any inter- est in anything it might do. They did that once before, walking out last February and threatening to set up a rump Parliament. The threat came to nothing, the government issued the first of its series of stringent econ- omy measures, and when this Reichstag reconvened Hitler's men were back again. ‘The eve of the vital vote was marked by Communist demonstrations in which a policeman and five radicals were wounded by gunfire. Thirty persons were arrested in_street-corner battles with the police before order was re- stored. BIG WET FUND CHARGED Prohibition Group Says $100,000 Used in Legion Drive. By the Associated Press. A $100,000 “wet drive” was said today by the National Prohibition Board of Strategy to be largely responsible for the recent American on convention vote for a prohibition referendum. “In view of this revelation of a lavish ‘use of money to excite and exploit wet sentiment among veterans,” the board said, “the significance of the Detroit convention vote becomes questionable. “Without this expenditure and the adroit wet tactics locally before the con- vention no such resolution would have been passed at Detroit.” British Soldiers Taller. s 's import restrictions are hav- the ing a slightly favorable influence on doméstic production. = a margin of 25 votes the! FRENCH PREMIER * SAILS WITH STAFF Warns Against Expecting Too Much From Conference With President Hoover. (Continued From First Page.) bassador rode down on the train with him from Paris, but will not make the trip. Robert Pell, Mr. Edge's private secretary, is accompanying the premier as his liaison officer with the American press. His other fellow passengers in- cluded financial experts and staff aides. A great crowd was on hand to wish him farewell when he left Paris. All of his cabinet ministers, except M. Briand, were at the station as well as Andre Francois-Poncet, French Ambassador to Berlin. He declined to make & state- ment. Pressed for an explanation as sailing time drew near he replied cautiously, “T am convinced I am working for Pranco- American collaboration. I am aiming at_world peace.” Dock workers, clerks and city officials lined the streets from the railiway sta- tion to the City Hall, where he was both welcomed and wished godspeed. 'Mayor Leon Meyer of Havre told him he “was confident that France would sacrifice nothing while he was at the helm. Will Exchange Ideas. It was known from his radio address last night, however, that he hoped to consider in_his talks with President Hoover problems related to interna- tional economic conditions, but that he did not expect to achieve any ma- terial results. “The duty which I am undertaking with a view of closer co-operation be- tween the United States and France es rise to new hope.” he said then, ut let us beware of illusions. “In our days in Washington we shall not settle the affairs of the universe. We shall make known to each-other our ideas. I shall tell President Hoover what I think of my country, its hope and what it can do.” Out to Meet American Girl. ‘The premier may be going to Ameriea to see President Hoover, but his daugh- ter is out to meet the American girl. Smiling over her victory in winning her father's consent, she told the Asso- clated Press in precise English today: “This is the happlest day of my life. I am so delighted to go to Amer- ica, for 1 have wanted to go all my life. I want to see the American girls. Everybody says they are so chic and charming. I am looking forward with great pleasure to meeting them.” LAVAL SOUNDS WARNING. “We Shall Not Settle Affairs of Uni- verse,” He Says in Radio Talk. PARIS, October 16 (#).—The inter- ests of nations are so closely inter- twined that no country can be pro- tected from dangers that menace others, Premier Pierre Laval told an interna- tional radio audience last night. on the eve of his departure to talk world af- fairs with President Hoover in Wash- ington. “In our epoch it is impossible to re- gard isolation as a sufficient preventive remedy,” he asserted. M. Laval spoke with carefully meas- ured phrases as he stood before talkie machines and the microphones that started his voice across the Atlantic to American radio listeners. “A severe crisis has disrupted the world and the governments have made efforts which, up to now, have proved insufficient to put an end to the evil,” he said. Asserting that France has remained sound, he accounted for this privileged position by “work and thrift.” He re- ferred to the recent conversations among statesmen at Paris, London and Berlin and declared that, “while safeguarding our essential interests, we have taken our part in that international collabora- tion, which is more than ever neces- sary.” The premier reiterated his warning against expecting too much from the conversations between himself and Mr. Hoover. “It would be too much to ex- pect from them a final solution,” he d. said. “In our days in Washington we shall not settle the affairs of the universe.” TAXI DRIVE‘R’S SKILL WINS OIL HEIRESS Marriage to Miss Florence McAllis- ter Revealed in Purchase of $55,000 Home. By the Associated Press. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.. October 16. —A romantic taxicab driver figuratively drove his way into the heart of Miss Florence A. McAllister, 18-year-old heiress to Oklahoma oil millions. Edward Challette's expert maneuver- ing of a taxi in which Miss McAllister was a passenger so won her admiration she hired him as her chauffeur and lated married him, according to the story told by friends today. ‘The couple have been married for sev- eral weeks, but the marriage was re- vealed only when they purchased s ;55.000 home and $37,500 furnishings ere. Mrs. Challette is the daughter of the late Mrs. Florence McAllister, who died in 1930 leaving an estate of $3,000,000 to three children in valuable Indian oil lands in Oklahoma. It was reported that Mrs. Challette’s annual income from her share in the lands amounted to_$240,000. Mr. and Mrs. Challette secluded themselves in their home and would not receive interviewers. ‘FIGHTING CHAPLAIN’ DIES AT NEW YORK HOME Father Kelly of the 27th Division Decorated for Bravery, Suf- fered Tuberculosis. By the Associated Pres: CAIRO, N. Y, October llr—M" Francis. A. Kelly, “fighting chaplaln of the 27th Division during the World War, died early today. ‘The announcement of his death was made at his home here. No details of the cause were given out. Father elly for several years has been fighting tuberculosis after being gassed while going over the top with the troops during the war. After the war he was in the Adirondacks and showed improvement, so he was as- signed to a parish here. ‘The “fighting chaplain” was with the 27th Division from the day it landed in France until the end of the He played an important part in the smashing of the Hindenburg line and was decorated by Gen. J J. Pershing and also was honored by allied governments. WOMAN DIES ON STREET Miss Annle Adams, 55, 318 Seven- teenth street southeast, was stricken fatally with a heart attack in v;rac:z of . C. A, the Transient Home of the Y. 614 E street, yesterday afternoon. Miss Adams, an employe of a large downtown department store, was on 2% lunch hour when seized with the at- tack. She had under care of a &!g:chn for heart trouble for some