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WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bur probably occasional Mostly cloudy; showers tonight and ‘Temperatures—Highest, HER sorecast.) tomorrow. 73, at noon today; lowest, 59, at 1 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he bening Star. WITH SUNPAY MORNING EBITION No. 31,979, Terohee Wa Entered_as second class matter shington, D. ( WASHINGTON, “From Press every city block to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,690 : E (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. D. €, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1931—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. #%#% BERLIN REQUESTS COMMITTEE PROBE OF FINANGE STATUS World Bank Asked to Call Advisory Body Under Young Plan Agreement. SEEN AS FIRST FRUIT OF LAVAL VISIT TO U. S. Wew York Interests Communicate With Leader of Reichsbank on Changes. @7 the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, November 20.—The German | government in a memorandum to the World Bank, made public today, made epplication for the convocation of a gpecial advisory committee to examine @er ability to pay reparations as pro- wided in the “new plan of Hague agree- ments of January 20, 1930." This is the | Young plan. The memorandum said: i “As the present circumstances re- | quire that measures be taken with the | greatest urgency. the German govern- | ment proposes that a special advisory | eouncil should meet without delay and,| that it should carry out its task as quickly as possible, so that a confer-| ence of those governments which are| concerned with decisions to be reached ay take place in the very near future.” Reference to Hoover. H Reviewing developments since last | June, when Germany decided it would be unable to continue payment of a nuities, the memorandum recalled this conclusion was followed by the “far- seeing initiative” of President Hoover in his proposal for a year's postpone- ment of all payments on account of intergovernmental debts. ‘The hope the adoption of this pro- posal would bring about a decided im- provement has not been realized, the memorandum said, and the “Hoover year” by itself was not sufficient to rnl.sh the danger of Germany's col- e. ; 85:1 the London Conference was called resulting in the so-called standstill agreement evolved at Basel and in the report.of the committee of experts nom- inated by the World Bank. The memorandum emphasized the Ceningly realid the thierdependencs er real pendence of different financial problems caused by this situation and the negessity to tackle them as a whole without delay.” ‘The idea that this task would best be a) ed by convening the Special Advisory Oommittee arose recently, the note said, and since under the Young plan the initiative in such a move lies with the German government, Germany therefore decided to take the step. ‘The memorandum made it clear that of the privilege to re- a meeting of the World Bank was made conditional upon QGermany’s conclusion that her eco- momic_life ht be seriously endan- by fer wholly or in part of . le portion” of the annui- #es, the German government feels ebliged to state that “a declaration in| these terms does not do justice to the | actual position.” Resignation a Shock. Chancellor Bruening’s special eco- momic advisory council, of which Presi- dent von Hindenburg is chairman, was given a jolt today by the announcement of three agricultural members that they had decided to withdraw. It was re- ported also that the six Labor repre- sentatives also contemplated resigning. At this council's first meeting re- cently the President urged the members to forget factional interests and devote themselves entirely to the interests of the nation. The council has been in almost continuous session and its re- was to have been made at the inning of next week. In a letter to the chancellor the agricultural representatives said they| were withdrawing because the govern-| ment decided upon special relief meas- ures for Eastern Prussia without con- sulting the committee and without pro- viding similar relief for farmers in the rest of Germany. LAVAL TRIP “BEARING FRUIT.” German Action Regarded in Paris as | Result of U. S. Visit. PARIS, November 20 (#).—Germany’s request for a meeting of the World Bank Committee to consider revision of the reparations schedule is regarded here as the first fruit of Premier Laval's recént visit to Washington in an effort | C| to get at the heart of Europe’s finan- cial problems. The first reaction in official circles today was that France must be care- ful not to lose payment of that part of the German reparations which is devoted to Tepairing damages of the invasion. Grandi’s $40 Tips To Chauffeurs Set New High in Capital | | | | By the Associated Press. | Dino Grandi set a mew high | | mark for tips given chauffeurs by | | prominent " foreign visitors in | ‘Washington. | ‘The record now stands: | Grandi, $40. 1 King Prajadhipok of Siam, $30. | Premier Laval of France, $20. | Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain, $15. The Italian minister gave $40 to each of several chauffeurs who drove him, including one of the White House drivers. GRANDI" ARRIVES -~ IN PHILADELPHIA [Leaves for Quaker City After New York Recep- tion. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, November 20.—Foreign. | Minister Dino Grandi of Italy left for Philadelphia in a special train from Jersey City at 11:18 this morning, after a flying visit to New York for an official welcome by Mayor James J. Walker. He reached the Quaker City at 1:05 p.m. Before giving his parting Fascist salute and leaving for Philadelphia, Grandi said the metropolis had stirred his soul. 5 “I am moved and amazed by New York,” he declared. “The welcome touches me deeply. The city stirs my soul. Sees Symbol of Power. “I see these great buildings, these masses of people as symbols of great power—a power for good. It is a stu- pendous and a beautiful sight.” Com! from Washington, where for several ys he bad been considering Hoover, Grandi was brought to the Battery from the Jersey shore on the welcoming tug Macom as harbor craft saluted him witn screaming sirens. Dressed in formai morning attire and in high spirits, the youthful black- bearded diplomat climbed to the Ma- com’s pilot house and personally re- turned the vociferous salutes, grinning boyishly as he pulled at the lanyard of the Macom s siren. Crowds Are Friendly. The Italian visitor reached New York before 9 o'clock snd the crowds along Broadway, outside of office Wworkers hurrying to theoir tasks, were small, but friendly. Several thousand were gathered at City Hall, however, and when Grandi appeared on a balcony to fling high his sand in the Fascist sa- lute hundreds of hands rose from the throng in answering salutation, and prolonged chewrs were punctuated with c ¢ Mayor J¢ J?S er a weicoming address and pinned the Medal of the City of New York on the visitor's bre: Returning to the Batt Broadway already cleaned of the paper snowstorm which had fallen in his honor on his arrival Grandi left New York just two hours after he came here. ‘The Macom took him back across the foggy harbor to Jersey City to proceed at once to Philadelphia, where he was to be rejoined by Signora Grandi. Guarded by Police. Hundreds of police had been assigned to special duty because of warnings that there might be some demonstration by anti-Fascist groups, but the whole cere- mony of welcome, both popular and official, passed off without the slightest sign of disorder. Mayor Walker welcomed the youthful Italian minister with a series of witti~ cisms that caused him to chuckle. The mayor said, referring to the threat that along a "~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) CAPONE LIQUOR CASE MAY BE ABANDONED Government Officials Say Tax- Dodging Conviction Prevents Conspiracy Trial. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 20.—Alphonse Capone apparently has escaped trial for liquor conspiracy. Government officials said today that Capone’s conviction and 11-year sen- tence as a tax dodger would keep him from being tried on the liquor charge. Their statements followed the surren- | der yesterday of Joe Fusco, a “public | enemy,” said by police to be a Capone | agent 'in_charge of beer manufacture |and distribution. Fusco is one of more | than 60 men indicted with Capone on the conspiracy charge. Under present cirgumstances it would be futile to try ne, Samuel G. son, & Government attorney, said. ‘Any sentence he might receive | probably would be made concurrent by the judge, allowing him to serve it out along with the income tax sen- tence,” he added. | The conspiracy trial, prosecutors said, probably would be started within a few weeks. RUMOR OF HALE BEING OFFERED ADAMS’ JOB NI Chairman of Naval Affairs Been Offered Post and Page Fred Hale, Secretary of the Navy, not Senator frcm Maine. ‘Washington, city of rumors that spring up over night, awoke this morn- ing to a new one. President Hoover, the story ran, had offered the Navy portfolio to Frederick Hale, senior Sen- ator from the Pine Tree State, and Mr. Hale was considering the matter. Charles Francis Adams, the present Secretary of the Navy, it was rumored, was soon to step out of the picture. Mr. Adams, the report had i, determined he was through as per of the United States Navy and planned to retire to private life. The President, seeing an opportunity to pick a “friend of the Navy” for the post and at the same time to take away from the chair- manship of the Senate Naval Affairs tee the man who has fought the administra Navy curtailment plan. was with the Senator had | accept it. tion tooth and toenail on its bickering aing. Senator ) ter PPED BY SENATOR Committee Says He Hasn’t Blames Golfers’ Kidding. | Oddie of Nevada, ranking member of the Naval Affairs Committee, would slide into the chairmanship and might ?’em:nore satisfactory to the administra- Senator Hale at the Capitol today, however, denied any know! of an offer of the cabinet office. rmore, he suspected that the rumor grew out of the “kidding” of some of his colleagues at his golf club. Not having been of- fered the job, Senator Hale was not in a position to say he would or would not So_he said . How- ever, he pointéd out that his ideas and those of the administration in regard :fn"u Navy had never run along similar es. And so another Washington rumor blew up almost as quickly as it arose. Charles Francis Adams ‘still remains Secretary of the Navy and Senator Hale plans to work for more and better de- stroyers at the coming session, no mat- what the Y8, matters of world welfare with President (¢ |IOHNSON TO FIGHT DEBT MORATORIUM: HOOVER POLICY HIT Senator, on Return to Capi- tal, Says Foreign Step Is Wedge for Cancellation. COST U. S. $250,000,000 FOR BANKERS’ BENEFIT Fiery Californian Says When He Enters 1932 Race He Will Tell Press. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. “I am opposed to the moratorium,” said Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- fornia, who returned to the Capital today, “but I don’t care if mine is the only vote in the Senate against it. I shall vote against it.” Senator Johnson attacked vigorously the policy of the Hoover administration and declared the administration is neglecting misery at home and bending all its energies to stabilize credit abroad for the benefit of the international bankers. “It is a much easler and safer thing to yap about disarmament.” sald Sen- ator Johnson, “than to ask J. P. Mor- gan & Co. and Albert H. Wiggin how much foreign paper they hold and what they stand to gain by foreign debt can- cellation and moratoriums and the like.” Resolution Considered. Senator Johnson said he had not made up his mind whether to offer a resolution asking the international bankers these questions. He intimated he would be glad to do so if he could get support in the Senate for its adop- don. The California Senator was asked whether He planned to get into the race for the Republican presidential nomi- nation. - His reply was that if he ever entered the campaign he would an- nounce it to the press. Another question put to the Senator was whet¥-r any effort was being made in his State to take the delegation to the next Republican National Conven- tion away from President Hoover. His reply was: “I know no present effort to take the delegation away from Mr. Hcover.” Senator Johnson said the moratorijum on intergovernmental debt “was for the sole purpose of stabilizing the secur- ities geld by the international bankers and to see that they are paid full in- terest on these securities.” Senator Johnson said the morato- rium added to the tax burden of the A pertuetly " he contin. ued, “that ths Y ormoritim 15 thg. e tering wedge to the cancellation of the foreign debts owed this country. I do (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) . TRIO GET DEATH IN TAXI KILLING Colored Men Convicted of Murder- ing Maurice Solomon in Rob- bery Last July. Charles E. Washington, 23; William C. Robinson, 20, and Leonard A. Lay- ton, 18, all colored, were convicted of murder in the first degree last night ny a jury in Criminal Division 2 before Justice F. D. Letts. The men ‘were found to have purposely caused the death of Mannie Sclomon, a taxi driver, last July when attempting to rob him. The verdict carries the death penalty. ‘The jury was composed of one woman and 11 men. Two counts of an eight-count in- dictment were alluwed to go to the jury, one charging -remeditated killing and | the other the killing while perpetrating a felony. Counscl for the defendants have four days in which to file motions for a new trial. The testimony showed that the men were riding about the city in Solomon’s cab and when tney reached Union and 1O streets southwest Robinson admit- ted that he drcw his gun to frighten Solomon and that the driver suddenly started his car and caused the weapon to explode. The Government claimed that Solomon was killed when he re- sisted an attempied robbery. Assistant United States Attorney John J. Sirica -onducted the prosecu- tion, while the defendants were repre- sented by Atiorneys E. Russel Kelly, Denny Hughes, Peter P. Richardson and Charles William: BINGHAM TO SEEK DRY REFERENDUM Senator Would Have Congress Submit Question to States in New Amendment. By the Associated Press. Congress will be asked by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connécticut to provide a national referendum on prohibition. Bingham has completed a resolution calling for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He would have Congress submit the question to State conven- tions in a new amendment to the Con- stitution. By State conventions, Bing- ham sald, the issue would be voted upon by the people in sclecting delegates. “I believe there will be more support in Congress for a measure of this kind than for any other move, including who sup- port this because t?\eey believe lnpl BT e S e onnmq‘m.? v state ‘s am : “Article 18 of the améndment. to s Constitution is her repealed. povm‘:: st e prohibit the mant , sale or transportation intoxicating ‘liquors is reserved to the several States. . ¥he ess shall Wer to regulate the sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors in interstate commorce in a manner not to abridge or deny the powers herein seserved 1o the several v it Ilt I TR I \ E HE DOES NOT CHOOS LA FONTAINE TELLS OF GAMING CAREER: SENTENCE PUT OFF Judge to Announce Penalty Within Few Days in In- come Tax Case. James A. La Fontaine will be sen- tenced within a few days for income tax evasion, Judge W. Calvin Chesnut announced this afternoon in United States District Court at Baltimore after the 63-year-old Washington gambler testified in his own behalf. La Fontaine, who pleaded guilty yes- terday to the second count of an indict- ment charging failure to pay income taxes in 1926 and 1927, was called to the stand by his attorneys after they had made impessioned- pleas in his de- fense. : A quietly dressed, mild-mannered lit- tle man, with bushy gray hair, La Fon- taine explained to the court in a voice hardly above a whisper why he had not paid taxes on his gambling profits. He said he had thought such illegal income immune from taxation until, in 1927, “some one told me I was improperly making returns.” Couldn’t Remember Adviser. “Who told you that,” asked Judge Chesnut. “I couldn't tell you to save my life,” replied La Fontaine, “It might have been my attorney, Mr. Mackey (Crandall Mackey, former Commonwealth attorney for Arlington County, Va.) or it might have been some one in the department, perhaps one of the agents. “I don't know where it was, either; might have been at the race track. But I was told, that is absolutely true.” La Fontaine told the court he had “been a gambler all my life.” “I started out in 1898," “but quit in 1911, until I started up again.” He saild his income over the years from 1914 had been around $800,000 and that he always kept “several hun- dred thousand in the house to pay off my gambling debts.’ Except for what he “kept in the house,” he said, the rest was deposited in a Prince Georges County bank under an ac- count entitled, “The La Fontaine- Stamm Establishment.” Judge Chesnut asked him why he he said 1914 when e in the first place.” ‘don't know. unless it was because " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BOWMAN HAS TALK WITH EDITH RILEY West Virginian Also Interviews Dr. Edgar A. Bocock at Gal- linger Hospital. Wishing to gain first-hand informa- tion of the condition of 13-year-old Edith Riley, said to have been confined in a cupboard by her stepmother and father, Representative Frank L. Bow- man of West Virginia visited the child at Gallinger Hospital yesterday. Representative Bowman has demand- ed an {investigation of the Board of Public Welfare, which he holds partly responsible for her condition because its representative did not interfere in the alleged mistreatment of the child. Before seeing Edith, Represintative Bowman conferred with Dr. Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent of the hospital. He then was shown the girl's emaciated body and the scars on her forehead and talked with her. “ever started making returns on his in- | c Ew“Balloon” Golf Ball : | Abolished in Favor | Of Heavier Sphere| | | | | President Ramsay An- nounces Action After | U. S. G. A. Session. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—The “balloon” golf ball made its exit today | with the announcement by H. H. Ram- | say, president of the United States Golf | Association, that the Executive Com- | mittee had adopted a new and heavier ball, effective January 1, 1932. | Mr. Ramsay’s announcement follows: “Effective for play January 1, 1932, | the size of the golf ball shall be not | less than 1.68 inches in diameter, and | the weight shall be not greater than 1.62 ounces avoirdupols. “The foregoing specifications retain | the size of the present ball and change | the weight specification back to the weight of the old ball.” MORGAN OFFICES HEAVLY GUARDED | Entire Police Force in Wall| Street Augmented After Bomb Threat. By the Assoclated Press. | NEV YORK, November 20.—One of | the heaviest police guards ever assigned | | to duty of the kind today watched over | the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. at | Wall and Broad streets. The author- | | ities stationed the guard after a re- | port that an attempt might be made to bomb the place. | Members of the police bomb squad | were included in a detail of 20 detec- tives patroling the White Building op- | posite the Stock Exchange, the uni- formed force in the vicinity was trebled and it was sald other officers were as- signed to duty inside the building. Throughout the financial section the | police force was augmented, and City | | Hall and the Municipal Building were | closely watched over. Secrecy Cloaks Action. Official secrecy cloaked the police ac- tion. When Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan, in command of de- tectives, was asked about it, he said briefly: “I'll not discuss it.” One police lieutenant hazarded the guess the guard was ordered because of the seizure four days ago of a large quantity of dynamite and the arrest of five men charged with trying to blow up a barge. One of the prisoners was quoted as saying it was to have been “the opening gun” in a campaign against capitalism. Other reports linked the precautions with the threatened, but never mate- rialized, anti - Fascist demonstrations against Forelgn Minister Dino Grandi cf’l!:\:lyl\lorsnn firm has acted as-fiscal | | agent for the Italian government in| floating loans. Street Remembers 1920 Blast. Usually therais against the Morgan firm or other Wall Street concerns are considered the work of harmless cranks. Wall Street still remembers, however, the disastrous explosion of 1920 in which 34 persons were killed and 400 injured. An cia wagon, drawn by a dilapidated horse and loaded with dyn- mite, blew up in front of the assay of- fice and opposite the Morgan building, scattering death among a noon-day throng. It was believed the Morgan firm was the cbjective of the dyna- ‘miters, who were never caught. The of the FILL i . | New Washington and architectural splendor is the goal now in progress. Highlights of these developments in.the Federal triangle in BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS THAT Rotogravure Section of The ,5‘2' Next Sunday A Capital City unsurpassed in beauty Government building program and other areas are visualized for you THREE PAGES OF THE THREE POLICEMEN DENY HARKER WAS BEATENAT STATON Mostyn, Laflin and Grooms Testify Accuser Voluntarily Confessgd Robbery. ‘Three of the four policemen on trial in Criminal Division 1 for alleged | brutailty took the stand in their own | defense today and denied emphatically charges of James Henry Harker that he was given a third degree beating in the sergeant’s room at the first precinct station August 22, last. Precinct Detective James A. Mostyn, whom Harker had accused of flogging him with a_ rubber hose; Policeman William R. Laflin, whom Harker al- leged had upset bim from a chair and kicked him while he lay on the floor, and Policeman Willlam C. Grooms, charged by the Government with being an eccessory in he, with Poliee- man Willlam T. Burroughs, stood by and watched the alleged assault, made sweeping denials of the Government’s allegations. ‘The trio declared that Harker was not touched by any of the four officers who questioned him that day and that Har- ker confessed voluntarily to a lunch room burglary under persistent ques- tioning. Defense Introduces Hose. ‘The defense introduced a piece of black rubber hose, less than three feet long, which was identified as a hose used by the janitor to flush drains at the station house. All three witnesses denied that this piece of hose wasin the sergeant’s room at any time during the questioning of Harker. Both Mostyn and Laflin said they had noticed small blood spots on Harker's shirt at the alleged inquisition, but all the defendants denied that Harker shed any blood while he was being qu! The shirt was offered in evidence yesterday by the Govern- ment, after microchemists had testified that stains on the garment were human blood. Laflin, his face somewhat flushed, made his denials in a loud, clear voice. Mostyn, too, appeared unperturbed, but answered in such low tones that his attorney was prompted frequently to remind him to speak so that the jury could hear him. It was expected Burroughs would take the stand later today for ques- tioning by his own attorney, Frank J. Kelly. Mostyn denied Harker's claim that Laflin had stood behind the prisoner’s chair and had hit him, turned the chair over and kicked him. “I never touched him,” Mostyn de- clared, “and Laflin never touched him.” Mostyn recounted how, by constant questioning, Harker was shaken in his original story of his movements on the night of the lunch room robbery and how he finally, it is alleged, con- fessed that he broke into the lunch room, carried away a small cash regis- ter, broke it open with a monkey wrench, removed some bills and change and tossed the register and wrench over a fence beside a tin garage in the rear of the lunch room. The cash drawer and wrench, the court was told later were found where Harker allegedly said they would be found. Eyes Red and Swollen. Mostyn sald Harker's eyes were Ted and swollen when the questioning be- gan and under cross-examination that his left eye gradually became more dis- colored. He reiterated thaf Harker was not kicked, hit, flogged or otherwise abused and remarked that he had taken Harker a pack of cigarettes while the latter was in his cell. Mostyn said he noticed the blood spots on Harker's shirt when he went to the cell to get the prisoner’s clothing for use as evidence. He described the spots as.being about the size of peas. The witness said he asked Harker how the blood got on his shirt and that Harker said he did not know. “Did either Harker or his attorney ever complain to you that Harker had been mistreated?” Defense Attorney James A. O'Shea inquired. “No, Mostyn replied. O'Shea pointed to a blackboard on which_was pinned a photograph show- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ' ———————— JUDGE ASKS TO RETIRE Denison of Federal Bench at De- troit Notifies President. A request from Federal .mdg: Arthur C. Denison of Detroit that be re- ged was received today at the White louse. President Hoover has not yet acted upon the t, and no indication was given at the executive mansion as to wi he would do so. Usually he acquiesces. Radio Programs on Page C-10 4 ARMISTICE IS AGREED BY JAPAN AND CHINA; INQUIRY MOVE WINS Cessation of Hostilities Would Be Based on Probe of Entire Manchurian Situation. U. S. INTENDS TO PRESERVE “FULL FREEDOM OF JUDGMENT” Radio Breakdown Halts News From Tsitsihar Region—Martial Law Proclaimed By the Associated Press. in Tientsin. PARIS, November 20.—Both Japan and China agreed in principle tonight to a proposal for an armistice in Manchurian military ae- tivities. The cessation of hostilities would be based on the creation of an international commission to investigate the whole Manchurian sit- uation. Representatives of China and Japan and all the other members of the Council adopted this proposal, which is largely a Japanese suggestion. After its adoption the Council was informed that the Chinese were ready to accept it in principle. In League of Nations quarters the decision was regarded as a victory for the Japanese. Open Meeting Tomorrow. The proposal does not bind troops in Manchuria during the the Japanese to withdraw their period of the inquiry, but it was understood that the Japanese spokesman intimated that the troops might retire if conditions improved and made evacuation safe for the lives and property of Japanese. Tomorrow there will be an open meeting of the Council and it was expected that the members would adopt the decisions which were agreed upon in principle today, and would arrange conditions for an armistice and define the terms under which the investigating commission would operate. The proposed commission would examine the question of treaties, the military situation, and also curity of Japanese residents and conditions and guarantees of se- property. In the meantime, the Japanese army would hold what it already has in Manchuria, and the commission would make reports from time to time to the League Council. Group Leaving Today For Manchuria to Examine Situation ‘TOKIO, November 20 (#).—The gov- ernment announced today that a group made up of the American, French, Brit- ish and Polish military attaches would start today for Manchuria, as official guests, to investigate actual conditions there. At the same time official circles flatly denied that Japan had made accept- ance of its five-point demand on China a necessary condition for its approval of a Manchurian investigation by an official commission of the League of Nations. It was emphasized, however, that Japan considers this as a considerable concession on her part and it was in- timated that the original intention was to compromise on a twofold sugges- tion—that the. League should send a commission, but insist, at the same time, on China’s opening direct nego- tiations with J;m; o po‘i'l:g":t ‘w‘r:se said, when it became clear that China would not accept it. Approves League Proposal. Announcement that the military at- taches of the four nations in Tokio would today followed Japan's in- st.ruguogow its delegation at Paris that (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) A EXCLUSIVE GOTHAM CLUB RAIDED BY U. S. AGENTS Liquor Seized and Eight Under Ar- rest After Officer Becomes Mem- ber of Park Avenue Resort. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—Federal agents raided the exclusive Breakfast Club in the Hotel Delmonico on Park avenue early today. They arrested eight employes and seized 267 bottles of as- rted liquor. soume qln(m-mnkm abouty the club could be obtained other than that ad- mittance was through membership only. It occuples two floors of the hotel. One of the two raiding agents had joined the club. After each had pur- chased a 75-cent drink they announced the management was under arrest. The patrons departed quietly. D. C. MAN ARRESTED ‘White, 28 years old, of Wash- R es Buttolph have been *arrested in Minneapolis, Minn., in the alleged theft of an automobile in ‘Wash- ington, it was reported to local authori- ties today. The car involved was owned by Bryan K. O'Dwyer of 1101 Monroe street. It was taken September 22 from Eleventh and M streets. 1 The arrests were made by agents of the Department of Justice. Dawes States U. S. Views. ‘This action was determined upon in a private meeting of the Council this evening after United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes had made it clear that the United States intended to “preserve its full freedom of judgment as w‘em course” in the Manchurian ute. | Gen. Dawes said his Government was sympathetic with the League’s efforté to restore peace, but he left no doubt regarding his intention to remain aloof from di on As and to the the United States is ‘Tofty here in the hope that he might con- tribute to bring about a solution of the Manchurian trouble in accordance with the principles of those treaties. Gen. Da issued the following (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) SMOKING PARACHUTES ARE ONLY TEST FLARES Reports of Army Students Jumping From Burning Planes Give Re- porters Bad Quarter Hour. Department of Commerce aviators who were testing a new type of flare over Potomac Park today unconsciously gave Washington newspaper men a bad quarter hour when persons who had seen smoking parachutes float earth- ward in the vicinity of the Tidal Basin reported that a plane had crashed. Some of the telephoned ceived by The Star told of Army dents jumping out of a burning air- ship in an effort to save their lives wug parachutes. Others told how the parachutes themselves caught fire and pll;‘nled into the Potomac P:} m ewspaper reporters secu from Bolling Field, the Naval Air Sta- tion and thé Washington Hoover Air- port that a plane connected with any of these stations had crashed. Sud- denly it occurred to a Bolli Field officer that the Department of Com- merce had been unms parachute flares today. He explained. FALL’S PLEA .FOR PAROLE CONSIDERED BY BOARD Former Secretary of Interior, Serv- ing Year and Day for Bribery, Became Eligible Today. 1 By the Associated Press. ‘The Federal Parole Board is consid- erlngl the request of Albert B. Fall for parole. The former Secretary of the Interior ln’umo e pfl:&d- .1‘" 5 tm" or " accept a $100,000 bribe from Edward L. ' California oil man. Two of the three board members are BALMY INDIAN SUMMER BIDDING FOR HEAT RECORD FOR NOVEMBER Thermometer Reaches 74 at Noon, Five Degrees Below All-Time Mark for Month. o2 TS Mrm gy bty climbed through the 70s toward the all- g e e S ‘Weather Bureau is not :m.uhm— A No let up was in sight today for the iong spell of Indian Summer weather, PIEY, shest temperature_ever sve- corded Bere i December s 74 dagress.