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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, with continued mild temperature tonight and tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 74, at 3:30 p.am. yesterday; lowest, 49, at 7 am. to- day. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he Ep WITH SUNPAY MORNING EBRITION No. 31,982, post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1931—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ##% JAPAN LOYAL TO PACTS, U. S. ASSURED IN NOTE; SURVEY PLAN DRAFTED U. S. Won't Aid Boycott, Dawes Says. BRIAND FAVORS INQUIRY BY FIVE Council Waits on Attitude of Tokio and Nanking. By the Associated Press. PARI; -Novemba' 28 —Aristide Briand presented = new Man- churian proposal to the League of Nations’ Council today, but the Council was reported to have de- clined to approve it until the Chi- nese and Japanese delegates had looked it over. There was no official description of the new suggestion, but persons on the inside said it provided for an inquiry in Manchuria by & commission of three neutrals, one Chinese and one Japanese. The geographic scope of the in- quiry was not defined and the matter of Japanese evacuation was left as it was in the previous Council resolution, which request- ed withdrawal from Manchuria as soon as conditions of security per- mitted. M. Briand was reported to have asked the Council’s approval, but it was said that the British, Span- ish and Norwegian members de- murred, insisting that M. Briand present it to the Japanese and Chinese kesmen as his own plan, but not that of the Council. Delegates Oppose Force. ‘These three delegates were Tepre- sented as maintaining that the resolu- tion must not be forced . China cannot even oon: ler the z 1 unless it les for :::stkm of Mm and withdrawal of Japanese forces, Dr. Alfred Sze told | zon period unjustifiable occupation of China’s ter- it by an ai who already vmfly has attained his unlawful ob- Jec‘:‘lve Wl League were " mDr‘. Sze, it was said, received no as- surance that the American Govern- ment, upon whose attitude they believed the outcome depends, is will to take any steps to induce the withdrawal of he Japanese army. o mcum equlnzrsy it was said the extent of Ambassador Dawes’ assurance 1o the members of the Council was: “If the League to apply eco- nomic sanctions to get the Japanese to withdraw, very well; but America will not_participate.” Thp: League secretariat had com- pleted preparation of the text of & Tesolution before the Council met to- day, but the Japanese delegation had new instructions from Tokio which they predicted might make an agreement hard to reach. Round of Parleys. Yesterday was spent in a round of private con’;erencea. Ambassador Yoshi- gawa called on Chairman Briand and Ambassador Matsudaira talked with Sir John Simon, British foreign secre , who had just returned from Lo} don. Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese spokes- man, talked with Ambassador Dawes, who also received Sir Eric Drummond, League secretary, and Sir John Simon. The Chinese government continued to insist on Japanese troop withdrawals before negotiations, it was said, and re- fused to consider an inquiry into China T. P ier members of the council, espe- clally the British, were understood to maintain that the League has no busi- ness in China and must confine itself to Manchuria. RECORD RUM CRAFT SEIZED IN DRY DOCK Sixty en Arrested in Brooklyn Unloading 535-Ton Tanker With 5,000 Cases. NEW YORK, November 23 (#).—The | tanker Raritan Sun, with 5,000 cases of liquor, was seized today and 60 men were arrested at Bushey's dry dock, at the foot of Court street, Brooklyn. | Customs officials estimated the value of the liquor at $350.000 and the ves- | sel, a 533-ton tanker, at $750,000, | figures which, if authentic, would make the seizure one “of the largest of its type in the history of prohibition en- rcement. ’oThz tanker sailed from Philadelphia on Priday, arrived here yesterday and proceeded up the Hudson. It returned and anchored off Red Hook flats,| Brooklyn, and later warped into the k. flr%idn?gl boats and a Coast Guard cut- ter approached the Raritan Sun warily, while agents formed a cordon which barred all exists from the dock. No move was made until two of the trucks had been ‘Then the agents closed in. The smt lers were taken by surprise and offe: no resistance. Charles R. Innis, marine executive of the Sun Ofl Co. of Philadelphia, said the seizure was made “as a result of co- operation between the Federal Govern- ment and the Sun Oil Co.” The Raritan Sun is used in carryin gasoline from Marcus Hook, Pa., to oil terminals of the company. Yen Sails for U. §. () —W. ister to Wash- Will Act for China DR. VI-KYUIN WELLINGTON KOO, Named today as foreign minister of China as “National Disaster Committee” is formed. U.S. FREETO AGT - IF LEAGUE FAILS Policy Statement Might Lead to Enmity of Japan and Loss of Influence. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, November 23— ‘There is Manchurian crisis, glhlch '.hg‘ United &f‘t]fiim'&m for e present taking the in: eventually to see realized, "ém summed up by the following four 1. Cessation of Sino-Japanese hos- ities. 2. Withdrawal of Japanese troops within the South Manchurian Railway e. An International St A new China conference on the basis of the existing treaties and the commission’s findings to readjust in any way necessary the whole juridical basis of China’s international relations. Draft'ng Resolution Text, ‘Today the Council of the League of Nations is trying to draft the text of 8 resolution covering the third point, namely, a Study Commission. Un- fortunately, no means has yet been discovered by the League for effecting the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of Japanese troops. Ir fl"l: ;o{sh: c,:emes whthe worst, 1t seems ague’s hope, perhaps also shared by the United States, that the study commission will in some way be able to bring about these two ends before it gets through, As for the call- ing of a new China conference, tnat can wait until later. In any case, the hands of the United States are not tled. If the League methods fail, it is still possible for Washington to intensify direct diplo- matic action under the nine-power treaty and the Kellogg pact. China knows this, and is therefo] far from having lost courage. Japi also knows this, and is therefore now showing itself slightly more concilia- tory. e question is being widely asked in Europe why the United States makes no strong public statement of ‘The answer seems to be as fol- U. S. Co-Operating Actively. China appealed to the League of Na- tlons, not to Washington. The League is acting. We are giving the League not only our moral support, but also our active co-operation both through Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to London, who is now in Paris, and by our secret direct negotiations in Wash- ington ‘and Tokio with the Japanese government. ‘When the truth is known it will per- haps be found that Japan's compro- mise proposal for a study commission was_originally suggested by the United (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FESS IS OPTIMISTIC Senator Sees Hoover Re-election as Certain if Business Gains. LANCASTER, Pa., November 23 (#). —Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, here yesterday for a Y. M. C. A. mass meet- ing, sald President Hoover would be re-elected next year if there is the slightest upturn of business—“and I think there will be.” Asked if Mr. Hoover could be re- elected if the election were held now, Senator Fess said it would be “harder,” but not impossible. Mah Believed Preparing Attack. CLAIM BANDITS ARE ENLISTED Declared Sought by Chang in Region of Chinchow. By the Assoctated Press. TOKIO, November 28.—The Japanese government today for- warded a note to Ambassador Debuchi, at Washington, asking him to reassure the United States Government that the occupation of Tsitsihar and the crossing of the Chfnese Eastern Railway in Manchuria did not involve any infringement of the nine-power treaty and the Kellogg-Briand pact of the League covenant. The note was sent following re- ports here that a stir was caused in Washington by the military ac- tivities at Tsitsthar. Ambassador Debuchi cabled his government, emphasizing that the United States’ attitude apparently had changed since the Tsitsihar occupation and that public opin- ion in the Unitetd States seemed to indicate that Japan's attention should be called to her opligations under the nine-power treaty and other pacts, New Armed Clash Feared. In this connection it was reiterated in authoritative circles here that the Tsitsthar operations were made neces- sary by Gen. Mah Chan Shan's attack and that the troops would be with- drawn at the earliest possible date. It was added, however, that there are in- dications at present that Gen. Mah is reconcentrating his scattered forces for another attack. to Tokyo that the government considered formulait; a suggestion that the Le ornztbmtrywlnr- suade the Cl to withdraw inside the great wall near Shanhaikwan and northward to a point south of the Lwanho River. Japanese military authorities said Chang Hsueh-Liang, deposed Man- churian governor, was recruiting ban- dits in the Chin Chow region, and it was urged that some steps be taken to prevent a new armed clash in that sec- tor. It was suggested that the League might establish a neutral zone north of the great wall to keep the opposing forces apart. In the Northern sphere of action it was belleved that Chang Hui, the new governor of Heilungl g _province, might be able to persuade Gen. Mah Chan-Shan not to attack the Japanese. If he succeeded, it was thought, the iromm Taltinar soon, pasticalarts shsce om s00n, paj ly since they have been subjected to considerable hardship in the sub-Arctic climate. Premier Calls Leaders. At home Premier Wakatsuki moved to strengthen his position in the face of the attitude of Kenzo Adachi, minister of the interior and a leader of the Op- position party, who has been advocating & coalition et, and who asserted on Page 2, Column 1) BALLOONIST MISSING 48 HOURS IS SAFE Cleveland Man Tells of Battle Against Blizzard—Lands in Ontario. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, November 23.—Briefly mentioning an all-night struggle in & balloon against a terrific blizzard, the suffering of injuries when 1t was wrecked, and a subsequent 48 houx: of hardship, George Vanik, 25, missing Cleveland balloonist, today reported he is safe at Dean Lake, Ontario. « Vanik hid not been heard from since he ascended at Cleveland, at 830 p.m. Thursday, in a 35,000-cubic $ot_bal- loon. The word of his arrival at Dean Lake was contained in a_ tabgram to his _mother, Mrs. Jennie Vanik. The telegram said the jplloon was wrecked near Saulte Ste. Marle, Can- ada, Friday morning, and that Vanik recelved a wrenched leg and brulsed shoulders in the landing. Suffering from his injuries, he was lost for the next two days and nights, but the mes- sage sald he is “all O.K. now.” By the Assoclated Press. COOPERSTOWN, N. Y. November 23.—Nationally acclaimed as “Prince Leo, the Boy Aeranaut,” in the gay 90s, Leo Stevens hopes to climax his career as an airman with the construction of a parachute lighter than any now in use and “foolproof” in the sense that it never will fail to open. Stevens, now carrying on his experi- € | ments quietly just outside this village made famous by J. Fenimore Cooper in his “Leather Stocking Tales,” was a pioneer in parachute making. One a thority, Charles J. V. Murphy, in his book “‘Parachute,” refers to Stevens as the first man ever to revise and demon betocd “free type” of parachute. Besides opening unfallingly through olr ), if the aviator’s hands BOY AERONAUT OF THE GAY ’90S CREATES FOOLPROOF PARACHUTE Leo Stevens’ Adventure in Wild Balloon Recalled by Flis Perfection of Self-Opening Aviation Device. yank the controlling cord, Stevens' new parachute, he says, will be under con- trol at all times. It will float, too, Or bring the fiyer to the surface if he falls into water, Stevens became “Prince Leo, the Boy Aeronaut” over the objections of his parents, after a more or less accidental Journey. He released from its & balloon awalting an exhibition ascen~ sion before 75,000 persons in Cleveland, Ohio, and drifted out over Lake Erie for hours, then inland again and to Can- ton, . He was unhurt. That un- premediated air trip, Stevens says, place because of his fear that he would be cl after he o{ weapon, to wit. a piece of rubber hose; A REVERSED VERSION OF AN ening Star. wa tion is delivered to (P) Means Associated “From Press to Home hin the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 114,993 Sunday’s Circulation, 125826 TWO CENTS. Pr “CHARLIE OLD PAINTING. ROVER EXCORIATES FOUR POLICEMEN AS TRIAL NEARS END Charges Third-Degree Bru- tality Case as Sordid as Any Here in 25 Years. Declaring the picture presented by testimony in the third degree trial of four first precinct policemen is “as sordid in its aspects as has been de- veloped in the Nation's Capital during the last 25 years,” United States Attor- ney Leo A. Rover today asked a jury in Criminal Division 1 to return a ver- dict that will record its “urgent disap- proval for all time of such conduct by police officers in the District of Colum- bia.” Rover delivered & vigorous address to the jury in summarizing testimony by & parade of Government witnesses against the defendants, Precinct De- tective James A. Mostyn and Policemen William R. Laflin, William C. Grooms and Willam T. Burroughs. May Go to Jury Soon. The alleged victim was James Henry Harker, young apprentice baker, ar- rested last August for questioning in connection with a lunch room hold-up. Defense Attorney James A. O'Shea followed Rover with a strong plea for acquittal of the policemen, whom he described as honest and efficient offi- cers of the law. The jury was expected to retire for a verdict late today, following receipt of instructions from Justice James M. Proctor, presiding in the trial. Rover drew for the jury a picture of “ga mere boy at the mercy of merciless policemen—four of them against one citizen behind the closed doors of a room.” “There can be no question of the right of the police to attempt to gain admissions of guilt in an effort to solve crimes, providing the effort is made in a fair and legitimate manner,” the district attorney declared. Holds Rules Violated. “But it is unfair, cruel, illegitimate and unlawful to attempt to coerce by force and extort a confession by physi- cal blows. “This case is in no sense an indict- ment of the whole Police Department, but it is an indictment of four mem- bers of that department, who, on the basis of the evidence, have violated every rule of the department, the code of civilized nations and the instincts of humanity.” Rover said the defense, in its final arguments, would “drag back and forth things about Harker which are not issues in this case.” He said whe Gov- ernment concedes Harker's criminal record and has no apology to offer it, except that the offenses wcre commit- ted when Harker was a “mere boy of 12. ) compared with his, present age of 23.” Cites Issue in Case. “The issue is not whether Harker broke into the lunch room in connec- tion with the robbery of which he was being questioned!” the prosecutor shouted. “The sourt will tell you that even if he did break in and steal, these efficers had no right to assault him. “The issue im this case is: ‘Did the hit and beat him?'” Rever asked that the defendants be convicted on. both counts, namely, felonlous assault with a dangerous and simple #sault by hand. He de- clared the two defendants who were present while Mostyn end Lgflin alleg- edly administered the beating afe just as guilty under the law as though they adgctually yielded the hose or struck HarRer with their fists. Pictures Scene in Station. ~ “mn't this what probably happened in,that sergeant’s room?” Rover asked the jurv. “There were three detectives and offe policeman in uniform against ony suspect, in their custody, with the (Continued on Page®2, Column 3.) SUSPECT [DIES OF WOUND Man Shot in® Holdeip Tlaimed to Be EvangeRkst. FORT WAYNE, Ind, November 23 (#).—A bullet wound suffered dur an attempt to hold up a filling station here has proved fatal to Orvil G. Rutledge, who told police he was an evangelist of Van Wert, Ohio, and that formerly had be:‘n a United B&mnfil:mhter. utledge was y Detective Sergt. mrgm[l.lnmw the night of November R v T :".mg: e Joyful Maharaja Lavishes Fortune On Birth of Son By the Associated Press. NEW DELHI, India, November 23.—For a hundred years no di- rect male heir has been born in the line of the successive Maha- rajas of Jaipur, but today there 'was a magnificent durbar, for the wife of the Maharaja Sawal Kan Singhi Bahadur has presented him a son. It was an elaborate celebration and the Maharaja announced wholesale remission of fines and rents over the past five years, a gesture which involved about $1,- 200,000. RAIL WAGE PARLEY ENDS IN DEADLOCK Unions and President’s Rep- resentatives Fail to Agree on Cut Need. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 28.— The railroads and the railroad workers, after four days’ discussion of a proposed 10 per cent wage cut, were right back today where they started. The unicn railroaders, through their spokesman, D. B. Robertson, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Asso- ciation, informed the railroad presi- dents yesterday that they did not con- sider the pay cut necessary. Daniel Willard, president of the Bal- timore hairman and the special Committee of Railroad Presi- dents, insisted at the end of the dis- cussions that nothing had been pro- duced to change their opinion that a pay reduction was “imperative.” ‘Willard Denies Statement. Robertson, in a letter to Willard, said that the suggestion of a wage re- duction “means simply that the labor |be share out of every dollar of revenue shall be decreased in order that the capital share may be increased.” The letter of President Willard de- nied this, saying: “A capital investment of approxi- mately $15,000 is necessary for each man employed in the railroad indus- try. Railroad men, with their well known habits of industry and thrift, would, we are sure, be the last to advocate any policy that would result in those who invested their capital in the industry being deprived of a fair return thereon.” Will Report to Groups. There was nothing in the letters of Robertson and Willard to indicate what immediate aztion may be contemplated. Both sides are to report back to the groups they represent. Twelve hun- dred representatives of the employes are to meet in Chicago December 8. ‘The railroads may—if they so elect— take steps to put the pay reductions into effect at once, acting either in- dividually or as & group. When Wil- lard was asked today if the railroads contemplated such action, he declined to say any more than was contained in his letter to Robertson. B. & 0. CUT STUDIED. All Employes Except Big Four Members Consider Reduction, BALTIMORE, November 23 (#)— Charles W. Galloway, vice president in charge of operations of the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad, last night confirmed a report that organized employes of the road, other than those four train serv. ice brotherhoods, have taken under a visement a company proposal of volun. tm;y acceptance of a 10 per cent wage cut. The group includes the shops crafts, telegraphers, dispatchers, clerks and other organizations. The "groponl. Mr. Galloway said, was made the subject of conferences in Baltimore week before last with representatives of the organi- zations. “No answer has yet been re- ceived,” the vice president declared. DOAK BACK AT DESK Secretary of Labor Recovers and Visits Hoover on Return. Secretary of Labor Doak has recov- ered from a severe cold that kept him in bed for several days and is back at his desk again. One of the Secretary’s first acts to- day was to call on President Hoover. He was slightly pale, but smiling and jovial, as he came to the White House. ‘Bhlkln‘m ‘fluh‘lndlllllmndluuldbe Radio Programs on Page C-3 MRS. MARY NORTON WILL SEEK PROBE OF WELFARE BOARD Prospective Head of House D. C. Committee to Ask Inquiry in Riley Case. An investigation into the Board of Public Welfare's handling of the case of 12-year-old Edith Riley, allegedly im- prisoned four years in a closet, will be sought by Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Demo- cratic Representative from New Jersey, who may head the District Committee in the next House. Mrs. Norton, in announcing she would seek the inquiry, declared she be- lieved condemnation and criticism of the board should withheld ding the investigation. o i The New Jersey Congresswoman be- came the second member of the House to call for an inquiry into the Welfare Board. Representative Frank L. Bow- man of West Virginia early last week announced he would request the House That th. Doard was Ik i soring a rd was the Riley child. i The girl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newman Riley, who were indicted by the grand jury on charges of cruelty to Edith, have pleaded not guilty and have been released on $2,500 bond each ing trial, Edith, meanwhile, is under treatment at Gallinger Hospital. ' A report on her condition has been in process of com- pilation for more than a week by - chiatrists and psychologists of the hos- ital staff, xg&;;l:menud by opinions rom _outstan specialists from the outside. In a sermon yesterday from the pul- pit of the First Congregational Church, the Rev. Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor, declared “sensibilities of the city have been shocked” by the tragic case. “The massed public opinion of Wash- ington must demand that cases similar to that of little Edith Riley shall not repeated,” he asserted. “It is not a time for red tape in es- tablishing the technicalities of jurisdic- tion as between the Juvenile Court and the Board of Public Welfare. If there ? any hitch in the matter of jurisdic- hl]m;‘,!:lsuch & hitch must be at once elim- ated.” STUDY OF REPARATIONS URGED BY GERMAN GROUP Bruening Economic Council Ad- vises Hindenburg Against Infla- tionary Measures. | By the Assoctated Press. BERLIN, November 23.—President von Hindenburg thanked Chancellor® Bruening’s Economic Council for its advice today and the commission ad- Jjourned after submitting its recommen- dations. Chancellor Bruening said the mem- bers, like the government, rejected any measures of an inflationary character. The council agreed that the country could not bear the present public ex- penditure any longer and it recom- mended clarification of the reparations Eroblem, installation of new regulations affecting foreign credits, revision of the relations between the government and the banks and establishment of new :v::l: ";:h w‘g;“' prices and mt;;mut , although warni agal any blanket reductions. - e Rangers’ Chaplain Captures Suspect Between Sermons By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Novem- ber 23.—Between sermons yester- day Rev. P. B. Hill, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and chaplain of the Texas Rangers, led a posse in a successful chase of a burglar suspect. The pastor entered the chase when the suspect dashed by his house with Ernest Fellbaum in pursuit. Fellbaum later told offi- cers he had found the man in his house. After running a few blocks Rev. Mr. Hill commandered a motor car and caught the fugitive 12 blocks from where 'the chase started. He turned his captive over to a police emergency squad. ONE SLAIN, 3 SHOT AS SIX GUNMEN RAD ROADHOUSE One Bandit Suspect’ Among Wounded, Two Others Held in Philadelphia. One man was shot to death and five other persons, including a 24-year-old girl, were seriously wounded early to- day when six armed bandits held up the Old Colonial Tea House, in Bla- densburg, Md., and forced the pro- prietor to give them $325. One of the wounded men is being held as a member of the gang of rob- bers. Nine persons are being held as witnesses, while two men were arrested in_Philadelphia for quenlnnm The dead man was Grove Arnick, 28, of 1116 Monroe street, a gas station employe. 'lPhnue wounded were: Charles Levitt, 36, owner of the road house, shot through the chest. ‘Thomas Simone, 29, Baltimore, be- lieved to have been one of the gun- men, wounded in both legs. an address in the 100" block of Abbey , shot and S T ol S All ‘are at Casualty Hospital, where physicians described their condition as | serious. Simone is being guarded by four policemen. Two Held in Philadelphia. Shortly after the shooting two men were arrested in Philadelphia and held for questioning in connection with the case. They gave their names as Nich- olas Tronso, 3! had been Bladensburg Lifting the receiver in response to a ring, Dayton heard a man’s voice ask, “Is ] there?” Told there was no one pt?flxtbyt_;h: name, the man in- lDlymnrr’::gd he would find where “Doggy” was and call the other man in a half hour or so. After the man had I up, Dayton notified Philadelphia pol who went to the address from which the call had been nn;_}:u:q arrested Tronso and Renzelli. e “out found on a lapel He had boarded with the Lechlider family on Monroe street for about five years, it His_father, live in Meanwhile, the body 15 being held at 's_Sons funeral the F. parlar in Bladensburg, where an autopsy will be Cheyerly. An inquest will be held by Jusfice Altemus, but no date has been set. Bartlett, according to Lieut. Cor- nelius Roche of Baltimore, who ques- tioned him at the hospital, identified a photogra] of Felix wanted in Pennsylvania, as a likeness of . Bocchicchio, known in the under- & murder charge in New Castle, Pa., g‘oc‘;xe said. His home is in Stratford, Disable Patrons’ Cars, The shooting occurred shi before 3 o'clock thl?l‘ morning. Mflm‘y tea house, which is on a hill overlooking the Defense Highway, when the bandits drove up in a small coupe. Three of ‘them were in the front seat, while the otlxlzn occupled the mm?le J;n. aving one man a steering wheel, five of the hl.nndlta busied them- selves remot distributors from the in the rear of the ntly satisfled that 'm, the gunmen—one of me: , the of with a bandkerchief over his face (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Quebec to Vote on Suffrage. Last year the bill was to 21, and in 1330 it lost, 44 to 24. A number of changes in the personnel of a;e House followed last Summer’'s elec- ns. OF MAN HURT By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 23.—For 30 years Linus Larson, 59, has been walk- ing around with a 2%-inch blade in his brain without knowing what was e week "meou' ote at the couniy o Wi ns a - pital will af the delicate ':’lk of Temoving the ction, believed to have been lodged there in a saloon &B&:‘ long before the advent of pro- lon. It was only last week that Larson went to the hespital for treatment. He told Dr. George Scuphem of the hos- staff that for many he suffered from fits. which came ‘warning, he fell from the seat 4, BLADE TO BE TAKEN FROM BRAIN Mrs. Verne Edwards, 24, who gave| . .- thes ‘Win- | Sout world as “Man of War,” is wanted_on | tow ay. geluoed. 47| Louis DAVIS AND WATSON GOT SUGAR PROFTTS, LOBBY COMMITTEE INVESTIGATOR SAYS Senators ‘Bought Stock of Companies Without Mak- ing Cash- Payments, Wit- ness Declares on Stand. $10,000 GIFT ORDERED, BUT NEVER RECORDED Al Smith, John J. Raskob and Others of Both Parties Are Re- ported to Have Bought Securi- ties, Though All Others Paid in Cash. By the Associated Press. The Senate Lobby Committee was told today that Senators Wat- son and Davis had eacn made “paper profits” of several thou- sand dollars on stock in domestic sugar companies acquired on their personal notes without the pay- ment of any cash. The stock was sold the Senators by B. G. Dahlberg, president of the companies, who was active, testimony showed, in lobbying for n Holland, committee inves- tigator, said Watson, the Republi- :an floor leader, had a paper profit of $7,509, and Davis, a cabinet member under the three last Pres- idents, a profit of $3,437. “Sold to Everybody.” Holland l:é;iflD;hlberg told him that was “evy ly crats and nepubuumx'mm e Senator Moses of New Hampshire, for- mer Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York and John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, were stockholders in the companies, the in- vestigator said, but paid in cash for their holdings. ing ot o e ston al lers, “did I find an; — Davis bought $94,775 worth of Celotex stock between June, 1926, and April, d said, 1927, mlng by checks, Hollan ) and had ol more liberal terms Sivania O'Htlg‘llngml:u E. V. Roberts, that while Davis not exactly s case of the being a philanthropist.” While ‘the paper profit of the trans- action mentioned was $16,875, Davis and the company each got $8,437. Davis now holds 274 shares of com- mon stock in the Southern Sugar Co. record showed “re- Holland testified the peated activities of spect to & sugar tariff as 15, i B i S ¢ " in ol a Dahlberg, he added, m‘mm 3 , was ins ental in getting Skipper to attend tariff conferences at the expense of the thern Sugar Co. ‘The witness said the money spent by the sugar tariff advocates was as con- tributions to associations, attorney fees, advertising and travel expenses. Sanders Named Counsel. Everett Sanders, 1 President Coolidge, z’n_.:rmm:w = g:regol the attorneys employed by Dahl- ‘Bocchicchio, | 181 high sugar tariff, to_the American (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ALFONSO DECLARES HIS LOVE FOR SPAIN Banished Former King, Charged With High Treason, Says That ° Is His Only Thought. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 23.—Former King Alfonso of Spain, outlawed and ban- ished by the Spanisn Natfonal Asseme bly last week on a charge of high trea- son, has “only one thought—Ilove for the Spanish fatherland,” he told & re- of France, was baptized. E “8ir,” Alfonso, “since I left my native land I am, and intend to remain, a plain citizen. Not even an event af- fecting me personally will thhr;’:leo(y lead me to IN SALOON DAYS | ihe ‘Gueen Falling Unconscious in Dangerous Places Had Become TARI Frequent for Chicagoan Who Didn’t Understand Why. of his ice wagon. fell into e bt another bonfire. Then 1 558 g5 e il FF BOOST PLANNED