Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1931, Page 2

e A- D. C. YOUTH KILLED, ONE HURT IN WRECK W. H. Sparks, 20, Dead and C. H. Waring, 19, Badly Injured in Maryland. 2 %% Bpecial Dispatch 1o The Btar. ROCKVILLE, Md. December 4 Willam Hammcnd Sparks, 20, of 1436 Fairmont street, Washington, was killed and Calvin Harry. Waring, 19, 3717 Warren surect, Washington, was critically injured early today ‘when their automobile left the road and over- turned about ¢ half mile north of Olarksburg, this county The two youths were found lying be- side their wrecked machine by J Shaver of Smitnburg, Md., who was on his way to Washington with a load of roduce. He immcdiately notified po- fice headquarters at Rockville, and Po- liceman John Buits was dispatched to| the scene Upon _determnining uries of the two youths, Butts sum- moned an swbulance from Ernest Gartner, Galthersburg undertaker, and had them remecv-d to the Montgomery County General Hospital at Sandy Spring. Sparks died en route, a par- ently of internal injuries. An exami- nation revealed Waring to be suffering from a fractured skull and other in- jurles of an undetermined nature Butts said therc wes no way to de- termine how long the youths had laid on the skie of the road before Shaver | discovered them, but thought it could | not have been a great length of time. | since the road is Leavily traveled at ali| hours the serious in- Survived by Mother. William Howard Sparks, s graduate of Central High School in the class of | 1929, had been employed in the central office of the Western Union Telegraph Co. since leaving school. He was a na- tive of Connelisville, Pa., moving here with his family about five years ago. | The young man is survived by his mother, Mrs. Luzetta Sparks; four sis- ters, Mrs. Charles H. Keefer and Mrs. | E. A. Enus of Somerset, Pa.; Miss Dor- | ~othy and Miss June Sparks, both of | Washington Waring is @ soda fountain manager | for a People'’s Drug Store on Georgia avenue. His parents are dead and he | rooms at the Warren street mddress. | Sparks and Waring went to the for- | mer's home shortly after he got off | from work, st 1 o'clock this morning, | for a light lunch. When they left in Waring's automobile they did not an- nounce their destination and Sparks' * family supposed the two had gone out to take a ride before retiring. BRIDGE FANS AWAIT CLASH OF EXPERTS IN GOTHAM MONDAY (Continued From First Page) another one “played Work,” o and & a third “Whitehead"” ‘ulbertson.” Henceforth there would 'be one sys- tem. All teachers would use it. All - experts would advocate it All bridge books would explain it 7 But Culbertson refused to “join up.’ He called the “official system” 80 per| cent Culbertson, 8 per cent Lens and 12 per cent rubbish and challenged Lenz to defend the method. He de- ted $10,000 in & bank and said e would wager that much on his system. Second Challenge Accepted. After several weeks Lenz announced his acceptance of the challenge. Cul- bertzon two months later said he * not heard from his rival. " Bridge Headguarters held a conven- tion of their achers. From shi) board on his way back from a Eur: pean cruise Culbertson cabled a strong | eriticism of the convention. | Lenz promptly said he regarded the statement as another challenge and would accept it. Culbertson replied that the $10,000 check still was on| deposit Then came & pericd of long nego-| tiations. Complicated contracts were | drawn and torn up. Finally one was signed bution to charity from Culbertscn he lost, or $1,000 from Lenz if he was| defeated. CONTRACT | PERTS CLASH. } Philadelphia Tournament Enters Third Day of Competition. PHILADELPHIA, December 4 l[’w#l\ Contract bridge experts from all over the country, competing in the national | tournament, entered their third day of | play today with indications that Rich- | ard Fry and David Burnstine of New York held the lead in the pair cham- plonship. Leaders in the team com- Ppetition could not be ascertained | The scoring is complicated by & new system, which provides for the keeping | of both Howell and Mitchell counts and computation of the actusl score from the combination. Today's session will be the last for the 36 pairs battling for the Cavendish Club trophy now held by Mrs. Bright and P. 8. Germaine of Detroit. | The teams contending for the cup pre- | sented by the Auction Bridge Club of | Ohicago have another day to go. In addition to the final session of the | team tournament Saturday the win- | ning pairs and teams will compete in | special games i Players yesterday elected Baron | ‘Waldemar Von Zedtwitz of New York president of the American Bridge League. Other new officers are Sir | Derrick J. Wernher of Deal, N. J.. vice president, and R. E. Needham of Green. ville, Pa, treasurer. Willlam E. Mc- Kenney of Cleveland was re-elected | secretary i The Women's Association elected Mrs. | Needham president, and Mrs. P. H. 8ims of Deal, vice president Levis R. Ayres of Philadelphia was #8dded to the directorate. | “PIANO BOX” GIRL'S | CASE LEFT T0 STATE, Michigan Welfare Department to| Determine Care of Child | Reported Abused. By the Associnted Press. BSCANABA, Mich, December 4—| Decision as to the future of an 8-year- old girl who, neighbors said, had been kept in a plano box In her back yard "in all sorts of weather rested last| night with the Michigan State Welfare | Department. | In the meanwhile the girl, Elaine| Plucker, remained in the home of her . father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Plucker, who were accused of the mistreatment. There is no piano box there, though, for last night Plucker smashed it into kindling wood with an ax in the presence of Probate Judge Judd Yelland, before whom he and his wife had been accused of | eruelty and neglect The Pluckers denied neighbors and of Mrs. Cora Plucker, Elaine’s grandmother, that the giri had been kept in the box almost all . of every day. They sald she never had been & prisoner Judge Yelland left it to the State ‘welfare investigators to determine whether the girl shall remain with the Pluckers, be given to the grandmother, s the latter asked in bringing the case to wun‘m be sent to an institution. charges of It called for a $5000 contri-| oo | cisco, oW THE Vi STAR. WASIHINGTON, 1 G S HRT D AN D¢ Killed in Crash WILLIAM HOWARD SPARKS, | Twenty years old, who died en route to the Montgomery County General Hos- pital today from injurles sustained when his automobile was wrecked near Clarksburg, Md POLICE MAY GIVE VIEWS ON MOONEY |Captain Who Headed Probe! of Bombing Asks Rolph to Hear Prosecution. By the Associated Press BAN FRANCISCO, December 4.— Capt. Charles Goff of ths San Francisco Police Department has asked Gov. James Rolph, r. to grant a hearing to the prosecution in the case of Thomas Mooney, serving a life term at San Quentin Prison for allegedly bomb- ing a preparcdness parade here in 1916, Capt. Goff, who had charge of the police investigation of the case st the time of the bombing, sald yesterday he had asked for the hcaring before Mooney's three rttorneys recently made s plea before Gov. Rolph here for a pardon for thelr client Expects Granting of Plea. That such a hearing would b> granted was intimated by Lewis F. Byington. San Francisco attorney, who is one of Gov. Rolph's advisers in the case. At the recent hesring here Mooney was represented by Mayor Jam:s J. Wal of New York, Frank P. Walsh and Asron Sapiro, each of whom asked for an unconditional pardon for the alleged bomber. It was stated in Sacramento by the Governor today that it would require some time to digest the record in the case and that a decision would be made as soon as possible after this was done. Captain Silent on Attitude. “I consider it the duty of the pardon- ing power, if any person desires to lay any facts before the Governor bearing on the gullt or innocence of the pris- oner involved, to give such person or persons & hearing,” Byington said. “l do not know definitely whether such persons will present any facts, but in my opinjom it 15 not entirely uniikely.” Capt. ‘Goff declined to disclose any lans in connection with the proposed sring or say who would make the arguments, WALKER SUNS SELF. Gotham Mayor Tries to Alleviate His Cold at Santa Barbara. 5 By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., December 4—Without any set program to follow or any engagements to fulfill, Mayor James J. Walker of New York City was Testing here today, endeavoring to ab- sorb some sunshine which he believed | would help him rid himself of a bed ld. “Don’t turn off the sun,” Mayor Walker requested of Santa Barbara’s mayor, Harvey T. Nielson, when the latter welcomed him to the city. Walk- er arrived yesterday from San Fran- where he had appeared before Gov.' James Rolph, Jr., as “a private citizen” in behalf of Tom Mooney, coti- victed bomber Shortly after his arrival here Mayor Walker took the first of & series of sun baths and later in the afternoon st- tended & polo game. He intimated he would remain here several days. SALVADOREAN VOTE EXPECTED AT ONCE TO NAME PRESIDENT (Continued From Pirst Page) and the occupation of the government by a military junta, reports received here said He was surrounded by loyal troops &nd the national guard under Gen. Armando Liancs. The rebels were understood to have been aided in their attack by the Ist Regiment of Salva- doran infantry. SAN SALVADOR REPORTED QUIET. Radie Dispatch Says City Qulet Fol- lowing Successful Revolution. MEXICO CITY, December 4 (#).— The situation in San Salvador was re- ported calm in s radio dispatch re- celved here by the Mexican Aviation Co. The message said the minister of the ‘treasury (presumably Finance Minister Prancisco Jose Espinos) was killed when he refused to accept the rebels’ terms. SAYS REVOLUTION FAILED. Minister Tells State Department There Were No Serious Consequences. By the Associated Press. The El Salvador legation was ad- erday that the revolt against President Araujo had failed and that peace had been restored in | the country. Immediately after receiving word from San Salvador of the revolution, | Minister Leiva went to the State De- partment to assure officials that there Were no serious consequences as & re- sult of the fighting His advices said the revolt was lim- ited to “a small and unimp:rtant ele- ment of the population.” PAIR FREED OF BLAME IN FATAL CAR CRASH: A verdict of accidental death was re- turned today by a coroner’s jury in the case of Charles S. Fendrich, 81,; of Evansville, Ind, who was Kkilled early yesterday wien sn automobile in which he was riding overturned and pinned him beneath it after colliding with snother car at Bellevue terrace and Garfield street. ‘The decision absolved from blame the drivers of the two cars, Mrs. Louise T. Turner, 45, of Jacksonville, Fla. Fendrich's daughter, and Prank Ra- bach, 50, Agriculture Department chemist, who lives at 2826 Thirty-ninth street. The jury's report sald the operators of both automobiles exerted every ef- fort to avoid l2"001119\0\:. 1.0.0.F. TO HONOR D.C. GRAND MASTER {High Officials and Guests to Join in McConnell Tribute Tonight. More than 400 members of the order in the District of Columbia, in addition to many distinguished members and officials from outside the city, will pay tribute to Willlam H. McConnell, grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the District, tonight, when he makes his last official visitation of the lodge. year—to his own subordinate Federal City, No. 20. Hosor Guests Invited. Senator M. M. Logan, Kentucky, past grand sire of the Soverelgn Grand Lodge, will be guest of honor, intro- duced by Past Grand Sire Ernest W. Bradford, Washington. Representative George Huddleston, Alabama, past grand master and past grand representative of that_State, and Representative William A. Pittenger, Minnesota, also a past grand master and grand representative, will be present Other distinguished members present will Brown of Maryland and his entire staff, Grand Master Frederick L. Flynn of Virginia and his staff, Grand Secretary J. Edw. Kroh and Assistant Grand Secretary Edgar B. Polman of the Sov- ereign_Grand Lodge, from Baltimore; Past Grand Master and Grand Reprs sentative H. Dorsey Etchinson of Mary- land, Past Grand Masters Charles B. Schone, Arthur C. Tiemeyer and Thomas Jefferson of Baltimore, Md., and Past Grand Master and Grand Representa- tive Edmund H. Allen of Virginia. Delegations to Attend. Large delegations also are attending the visitation from the following lodges Loyalty Lodge, No. 165, of Capitol Heights, Md.; Mount Rainier Lodge, No. 156, of Mount Rainier, Md.: Harding Lodge, No. 174, of Bowle, Md.; Preder- ick City Lodge, No. 100, of Frederick Md; King David Lodge, No. 34, | Prederick, Md.; Oriole Lodge, No.' 47, of Hyattsville, Md.; Sarepta Lodge, No. 46, and Potomac Lodge, No, 38, of Al- exandria, Va.; Accotink Lodge, No. 175, of Accotink, Va.; R. E. Lee Lodge, No. 221, of Dumfries, Va: Falls Church Lodge, No. 11, of Falls Church, Va. Arlington Lodge, No. 193, of Clarendon, Va.; Myrtle Lodge, No. 50, of Freder- icksburg, Vi, and Washington Grove Lodge. No. 45, of Washington Grove, Md. The mother lodge of the whole order— Washington Lodge, No. 1, of Baltimore, Md.—also will be represented. The ceremonies will begin at 8 o'clock, in charge of Federal City Lodge. Fol- lowing the official part of the ceremony held. THREE DEAD TAKEN FROM COAL MINE | Victims, Crushed Beneath Heavy | Rocks While Working in Tunnel, Removed at Scranton. | | By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa. December 4 —The bodies of thrce min: workers, killed by a fall of rock, were removed early today | from the Capouse Colllery of the Penn | Anthracite Coal Co. here. Two others were injured and a sixth had & narrow escape. The victims were | crushed to death when s slab of roof | | fell late last night in the big vein of the Briggs slops in the mine. The dead were: Arthur Jones, 37, & miner; Andrew Galaids, 20, and Henry Skeec, 19, laborers, all of ‘Scranton. Stephen Patrick, 42, and Watson Dayden, also of this citv, were brought out alive, but physicians h=1d little hope | for the recovery of Patrick, a miner. 1 JAPANESE PLACE BAN ON INTERVENTION IN CHINCHOW AREA! (Continued From First Page.) chow, and hope was ex; conflict will be «vuided. In the meantime. it was learned at headquarters that the Japanese 2d Di- | vision has besn re-established at its| normal peace-cime station at Lisoyang This was being in‘erpreted in two ways, either as a welcome sign becauss it would be a withdrawal within the treaty 7one or as an ominous move, because Liaoyang is neaier Chinchow. Disquieting reports reached here from several troubled quarters in Manchuria during the day. The chief inicrest was focused on an unconfirmed dispatch that Chinese troops from the Chinchow area hed been discovered moving up their posi- tions in the direction of Mukden Gen. Minam reported to the cabinet his latest official advices from Chin- chow, as well as fron. Heilungkiang province and local newspapers said the general considered the situaticn near Tsitsihar anything but reassuring. Press reports from Mukden sald com- manders at Chinchow held & confer- ence, voted against the establishment of the proposed neutral zone there and “resolved to fight it out with the Jap- anese.” This repcrt could not be con- firmed at the war office,or otherwise officially. The war office ordered a detachment of the Railway Regiment of the Im- | perial Guards Division to prcceed to | Manchuria, explaining that the addi- tional force would assist in repair work made necessary by increasing bandit raids. pressed that a | HARBIN REPORT TRACED. Japanese “Activity” Proves to Be Boy Scouts in Big Overcoats. PARIS, December 4 (#).—The Japa- nese delegation to the League of Na- tions' Council reported to the Council today that reports of Japanese military activity at Harbin, Manchuria, were erroneously based upon a visit by Japa- nese Boy Scouts wrapped in Big Winter military overcoats. The ‘report, which agitated interna- tional quarters several days ago, said 40 Japanese soldiers in uniform arrived at Harbin November 27 and proceeded to_the Japanese consulate. The Council was inactive this morn- ing but it expected new notes from Nanking and Tokio this afternoon regarding the proposed compromise settlement. Pertinax, political writer for the newspaper Echo de Paris, gave an ac- count cf the most recent appearance by Dr. Alfred Sze, the Chinese mem- ber, before the League Council. Lord Cecil, he said, suggested that China should accept the Japanese pro- posal for a neutral zone organized by Chinese and Japanese military com- manders, with the Japanese promise to the Council nct to violate the zone and to leave the Chinese police frec to maintain order, provided that if i they proved unequal to the task the i Japanese Army should take necessary police measures. | " Dr. Sre asked, sald Pertinax, who | would call upon Japan t> respect the promise if it were violated. Lord Cecfl, Pertinax sald, replied that it always would be possible for observers to go into the Chinese camp. Cuban Beb;h Freed. HAVANA, Cuba, December 4 (#).— Dispatches from Santa Clara {ulerdl)’ sald 70 persons arrested for taking part in the August insurrection“had been liberated under bomd of $1,000 each. include Grard Master S. Elmer | of | an entertainment and banquet will be | Feted Tonight WILLIAM H. McCONNELL. PESSINISH GROWS Dispute in Asia Regarded as Supporting French Thesis of Security. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 4.—On the frozen Manchurian plain, over which many weeks of effort by the League of Na- tions Council have been spent to bring peace, international observers here fear the world’s dream of disarmament in 1932 may die. Even the news that the heads of three of Europe’s most powerful governments { will attend the opening of the disarma- ment conference in Geneva in February has not dispelled the clouds of pes- simism. In spite of what Prime Minister Ram- say MacDonald of Great Britain, Chan- cellor_Heinrich Bruening of Germany |and Premier Plerre Laval of France | may do to lend the conference high au- thority, it is felt here that the per- sistence of strained conditions in Man- | churia creates an atmosphere hostile to | arms reduction. | Believe Parley Will Be Held. The M u:..: an delevopments also | are looked upon as providing strong support for the French contention that further guarantees of security are es- sentlal before armament reduction may properly begin. League officials, however, are almost unanimous in the belief that the con- {ference will be held in spite of these considerations. No government, they said, is likely to take the responsibility of calling for a postponement for fear of being criticized as an opponent of disarmament. MacDonald’s Plans Uncertain, Diplomatic quarters consider the pro- cedure of the French and German min- isters fairly clear. It is accepted as certain that M. Laval again will set OVER ARMS SLASH D.C. SEEKS HOUSING] FOR JOBLESS ARMY | 1 ‘ LT ‘ i Glassford Studies U. S. Build- ings as Comfortable Quar- ters for Marchers. iContinued From First Page.) Tourist Camp, barracks at the National | Guard rifie range at Camp Simms, Congress Heights; the Salvation Army and Central Unfon Mission, the Navy Yard, Fort Myer, the old Government- owned St. James Hotel, the National! Guard Armory at the old National Hotel, ships at docks on Water street | and the National Guard and Coast Ar- tillery Building on Water street. | In Gen. Glassford's opinion, the most | practicable existing facilities are in the | tourist camp, which has accommoda- tions for 675 in cabins and tents. As the camp is now occupied by a large number of tourists, he said, only 550 more can be accommodated at this time. The accommodations at the camp could be increased. he pointed out, by erection of tents which can be procured at Fort Myer. The Central Union Mission and other welfare organizations, Gen. Glassford | «aid, are crowded and will be unable to accommodate but a few if any of the marchers. Food Problem Not Serious. The food problem is not as serious as that of providing housing accommoda- tions. A coffee dealer, it was said, has donated coffee, and the Bakers' Asso- | | ciation has promised to furnish bread. | The Salvation Army and the Red Cross also have been requested to help in the feeding. Gen. Glassford plans to take personal | command of the police in the Capitol | grounds when the marchers reach there | with & petition for Congress. General supervision of the policemen on Capitol | | Hill, however, will be under Inspector | Albert J. Headley, commander of the | third inspection district. Each officer, the superintendent explained, has fixed | ordlers, and will be held responsible for | carrying them out Admission was made at police head- | quarters that some of the officers would be equipped with tear gas bombs, but each man so armed has been instructed not to use them unless given specific crders. Precautions Outlined. The general plan of police officials to prevent possible disorder will be to keep the marchers and the public sepa- rated as far as possible Latest bulletins issued by the Wash- ington Arrangements Committee of the | marchers indicate the delegations are nearing their objective. One column has passed through Cincinnati, another through Cleveland, a third thrcugh Scranton and a fourth through New Haven. Columns from the west are due to | meet in Hagerstown Saturday night and proceed to Washington early Sunday morning, arriving about 11:30 o'clock | over the Rockville plke. Those from | the north will come via the Washington- Baltimore Boulevard, and are due to| | arrive about the same time. The North- | | ern delegation is scheduled to spend! Saturday night in Baltimore, the _marchers A Glassford Joins Legion POLICE HEAD BECOMES MEMBER OF POST 29. il superintendent of police. GETS 2-YEAR TERM IN COUNTERFEITING Frank R. White of D. C. Sen- tenced in Baltimore. Woman Gets Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 4. —FPrank Russell White, Washington architect, was cautenced to two years in the At- | anla Penetentiary in United States District Court here today by Judge William C Coleman on charges of al- tering 21 $1 bills Implicated with him was Miss Caro- lyn I Wildman, indicted on a charge of passing counterfeit money. She was sentenced to a year and a day in the DJT. ALLAN B. BAKER, Washington Police Post, No. 29, is pictured above presenting a membership card to Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, new —Star Staff Photo. l Woman'’s Reformatory at Alderson, W. | Va. Both defendants pleaded guilty. White, according to his attorney, William Gray, was connected at one time with a Washington eccnstruction company, and was engaged in designing & hotel. He explained that after leav- ing the construction firm he entered into partnership with another archi- tect which proved fruitless. He stated hat White was in such pecuniary straits that he was unable to support his mother and he asked mercy of the court. Several Washington and Baltimo business men weregcalled witnesses re as character TOR CONNALLY. SENATORCONNALLY - ON AR TOMORROW forth France's insistence that security | With SEpIotas agl | further reductions. | must be developed to a much greater degree by further mutual guarantees against an agressor before the French can think of reducing their military machine. Chancellor Bruening is expected to press for “equality of security” and to point out that the terms of the cove- mant and the Versallles treaty call for Mr. MacDonald's role, it was sald, is more difficult to forecast. In some quarters he was being advanced for the presidency of the con- ference. The recent announcement at Tokio that Japan would be unable to agree to arms reduction under present cir- cumstances is considered in diplomatic circles to be a check on American de- sires for reducing defense forces. NICHOLAS’ WEDDING T0 BE VOIDED TODAY Rumanian Supreme Court to An- nul Marriage on King Carol’s Petition. By the Associated Press. | Washington. Representative Hamilton | Fish of New York announced he would g0 before the microphone of WISV to- morrow night at 7:30 to expose the | purpose of the demonstration. Mr. Pish | was chairman of the special congres- sional committee which investigated | Communist activities in the United States. | Senators Favor Help. Senator Thomas, Democrat, OKla- homa, said today the rights of the marchers should be protected. “They have a right to come to Wash- ington the same as any one” he s- serted, “and should be treated with every consideration.” “Unless they do something unlawful,” Senator Thomas said, they should be |given “as much consideration as & group of bank presiddats.” He said a similar view was held by Senators Wheeler, Montana: Costigan. | Colorado, and Black, Alabama, all | Democrats, who have discussed the | matter at length smong themselves. | Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, | said today he would receive Benjamin | at_his office this afternoon | 'The appolntment was requested by Benjamin. The Idaho Senator with- | held an expression of his attitude on the demonstrators until after his talk with Benjamin. “MARCHING” GROUPS MEET. Miss Wildman said she tried to pass | % the counterfeit money without thinking Texan Will what she was doing. For over five years she was a friend of the family. 1t | was more an act of mercy, she in- formed the court, that she issued the | notes in Baltimore. | In sentencing the defendants, the | court. pointed out the seriousness of tampering with Government money. Discuss Tariff in Radio Forum Speech Over Columbia System. On the eve of the opening of Con- gress Senator Cunnally of Texas will discuss the constantly growing prcblem of what the Democrats should do about DELEGATES VIEW | Star and broadeast over the const-to- | coast network of the Columbla Broad- ; imen. | casting System. address will bt Home Builders Get Tdea of Dimen- | Q8 ST | O e o iighe Senator_Connally is on the Senate Finance Committee, which handles all | tarifr legislation before it goes to the | Senate for consideration. He has been | close student cf the fariff for years, |a question in which h The mammoth new Department of | intorested. is State is very Commerce Building, used for the first| As there is a strong movement in time this week, is being found by dele- | Congress to change ezgsting schedules gates to the President's Conference on | the Senate Demacratic viewpoint may Home Building and Home Ownership to | have vital bearing on eventual success, be not only a structure of immense di- | as the Democrats may be aided by the mensiogs, but also of beautiful work- | progressive group ‘n the Senate in fur- manship and design. | thering tariff changes initiated by the One of the most useful and orna- | Democratic House. mental public places in the building is | being occupied by some of the session: sions of Commerce Building. | BUCHAREST, Rumania, December 4 | —Formal annulment of the marriage of | to Capital. Prince Nicholas and Mme. Jana Lucia | ! TTSBURGH, December 4 (P)— Delet] will be declared today by the Ru- | 1.0 groups of unemployed marchers, manian Bupreme Court, it is understood. | traveling in trucks, converged on Pitts- This action will be based on the burgh today on their way to Washing- e ton. theary that the marriage was not con-| 0%\ coiion including two women, tracted in accordance with the dynastic | was en route from Wheeling, W. Va. statute of the Hohenzollerns and that | the other from Youngstown, Ohio. The crowd from Wheeling is composed of marchers from Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City and points west, while the others banded together at Detroit and Cleveland. MARCHERS LEAVE NEW YORK. Pittsburgh Reached by Trucks on Way | it occurred without the consent of King | | Carol. As ‘a_consequence of the formal an- nulment Nicholas will not have the status of Mme. Delet]'s lawful husband The court’s decree will result, it was | understood from a personal petition by | King Carol and the King will not con- sider it necessary any longer to exclude | his brother from the royal family, Nicholas will be allowed to quit Ru- mania as he sces fit and no banish- ment will be pronounced King Carol has summoned all the generals of the Rumanian army to be present at the royal palace today, when | he will define his attitude toward his | brother. 88 RESCUED ON SHIP French Steamer Found Helpless in 390 in Trucks Depart—Warned Not to Stop in Jersey City. NEW YORK, December 4 (#)—Fif- teen covered motor trucks, carrying 390 persons from New York State and New England to Washington, left Union uare this morning. They were es- corted as far as the Holland Tunnel by several automobiles containing de- tectives. There was no disorder. PHILADELPHIA, December 4 (#).— Philadelphia_police were under orders |today to halt any march through the | city of unemployed men en route to ashington. St O Bnssex Caast. | ™Evanic Flscher, secretary of the Un- NEW_ HAVEN, England, December 3 | employed Council, sponsoring the march, (®).—The Prench cross-Channel steamer | declared the men would go through Versailles, with 28 passengers and 60 | With their plans to parade to a boxing members of the crew aboard, was towed | Arena for a mass meeting, despite the Into this port last night by a tug after | fact no permit for the parade or the having tossed helplessly for hours in a | mass meeting had been issued. | tumultuous sea 5 miles off the Sussex| Mayor Mackey telegraphed Gov. Pin- J cons chot that he would not give official as- The tug picked up the steamer, | sistance to the men whom he termed ®hich had a brocen rudder, by shooting | “politically inspired and financed to rockets carrying a hauser, which was|embarrass the President and law secured to the cisabled boat | makert and Lens | | 3 | Culbertson | WILL WRITE FOR THE STAR . .. THEY WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS OF THEIR | Contract Bridge Match | Which begins December 7 . . . Read their Tele- graphic Reviews which will appear exclusively in The Evening Star Every bridge lover will learn the whys and wherefores of every move made by tiBse famous players. | of the conference, the so-called large “conference room” on the first floor, designed to seat about 1,000 people. Entrance to this conference room is through the Fourteenth street main en- ,t;(mce to the building, by way of the ain lobby, and then through a special lobby. The main lobby, of two stories in height, Is deccrated with six different kinds of marble in the floors, columns and walls, and has a highly ornamental cefling. Leaving the main lobby, delegates go through the special entrance lobby to the conference rocm. From the marble of the main lobby the visitors come into & wood-finished special lobby and con- ference rocm, where the colors are all soft, brown and woodlike, with even a plank floor” underfoot. The paneling both in the entrance lobby and the con- ference room is American walnut, which is used extensively throughout the or- namental parts of the big building. The ceiling of the conference room is done in a heavy beam effect by plaster, paint- ed to represent wood. . There is a gal- lery across the east end, facing the stage at the west, and on the wall be- hind the stage is painted a huge map of the world, showing the trade routes of commerce. Small balconies give access to the side of the conference room at | the second-floor level. The floor of the entire conference room is in wide planks of fumed oak. | Many special offices of the home con- | ference are scattered about nearby parts | of the huge building, but the visitors | get more comprehensive views of the extent of the structure by glancing down | the long corridors, which extend the full length of the building on the uppsr floors. BOYS' BAND TO GIVE CONCERT FOR RELIEF Theater Talent Will Join Juvenile Musicians in Entertainment January 19, Conducted by 17-year-old Clinton J Brown, jr, the Washington Boys' In- dependent Band will perform for char- ity in the Eastern High School Audi- torlum, January 19, assisted by talent from the local theaters. | ‘The proceeds from the entertainment will be contributed to the District Com- mittee on Employment. The Washington Boys’ Band is a| voluntary organization. It is supported | by its members through money obtained | huy:o‘nn-:h:.! lnddep:us won in con- s 0 one derives gain from the band, £ Jmahchl Under the leadership of Brown the | h;nd has won many competitions. 3 IR =t “Making hay while the sun shines” is no longer a slogan for the farmer since an electrically driven machine is now manufactured for curing the hay ' crop regardless of weather conditions. : SYMPATHY IS GIVEN | WOMAN WHO KILLED | MOTHER TO END PAIN | (Continued From First Page.) that her case constituted something be- | tween herself, her mother and God. | She_would not listen to this advice. |, “Should I meet the man I chose | | for my husband,” she said, “I would | have to tell him and he would shrink | from me. Nor could I beget children | who one day might ask me whether rumors were true that I slew my \lmotrher. 'I;t]ne]onlydway for me is to confess publicly and regain my peac | of mind and scul.” . Sy | "I gave to mother eternsl life,” Mrs. | Bang declared in Police Court. The public prosecutor asked if her | mother had known that a lethal dose | was being given to her. ‘ “I €an’t know what mother thought —perhaps she kne Mrs. Bang re- plied. “She sald, ‘Else, you must give me this again Christmas eve.’ | “Perhaps she said this because she wanted to appear without knowledge of what I was doing. Mcther and I mdkmuch in common, but she was weak. “Once she tried suicide a V! afraid she would make lnclhel;dltrtel:l;sl and lose eternal life. Therefore I had to do it. “By my strength I secured eternal life for momer.d ]1 don't regret it. Let the parsons and lawyers say an, they like to me.” y o b Mrs. Bang, a highly-strun, , who had left her husband Agu:ms?vlerl"l menths of unhappy marriage, studied singing_in Paris, but never succeeded as a singer. Jailed by Ninth Wife. CHICAGO, December 4 () —Possibly it is of interest to know that Paul Ellis was sentenced to jail yesterday for fail- ure to pay alimony to his ninth wife, [GOAL MEN 70 SEEK HIGH TARIFF ON OIL Committee Maps Program for Reviving Industry and Sales Mergers. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 4—A four- point program designed to stabilize and revive the bituminous coal industry was adopted yesterday by the General Bitu- minous Committee, an organization of prominent operators, It calls for: 1. Regional consolidation of the sales agencies of coal producers. 2. Actual physical merger of coal- producing properties wherever possible. 3. embargo on the importation of all petroleum products, which have been giving the coal industry serious- competition, 4. Reduction of freight rates for the un_rn;pogtlhon of coal. e first two points were approved b; Col. William J. Donovan, for:xgr AA.LI.!!z ant United States Attorney General, Who had been retained to give an opin- fon whether the plan violated the anti- trust laws. To speed action on the consolidation of sales agencies, 20 regional commit- tees were appggnted. Thes> groups, In every section of the country, will be charged with the task of creating sen- timent in favor of the first point in the program. The embargo plan calls for a tariff of $1 a barrel on crude petroleum and 50 cents a barrel on refined petroleum. Such an embargo, it was pointed out, would strike principally at competition from Venezuela, Colombia and the In- dies owned bv the Netherlands. The reduction in freight rates Will be urged on the rallroads. The conferees were told 60 per cent of the present de- livered price of coal goes for freight and only 25 per cent for labor. The General Committee was con- vened at the call of the National Coal Association. ._The savings in overhead that would e effected by the consolidation of sales agencies was stressed. At the meeting plans were made for a gathering of Kentucky and Southern West Virginia coal operators in Cin- cinnati Wednesday to discuss the pro- gram. Another committee meeting will be held in New York within a few ‘weeks. J. G. Bradley of Dundon, W. Va, i§ chairman of the General Committee. COAL INDUSTRY PLAN FAVORED. Retail Merchants’ Association Glad Government Aid Is Not Asked. CHICAGO, December 4 (#).--The National Retail Coal Merchan!: Asso- clation last night indorsed the plan of consolidating coal sales agencies in the producing flelds to promote orderly mrketing and stabilization of the coal indusy, as proposed by the General Bituminous Coal Committee. The association said in a statement by its president, Milton E. Robinson, jr.. “We are giad deliberations have taken the turn they have—in the direc- tion of the proposed sales agency plan and opposed to the governmental reliet route. Our association has repeatedly and forcefully voiced its opposition to :1“ form of governmental interven- on.” DETECTIVE Am HE MAY HAVE HIT BABER IN TUSSLE __(Continued Prom First Page.) three officers struggling with Baber on the davenport. I joined the scuffe for a minute, but there were no blows struck.” Barrett said he left the apartment & moment later to get Baber's boss (Willlam Sheets), who was waiting in & car parked in front of the apartment house. He said he was out front with Sheets when Baber was led frcm the building and that Sheets was never in the room with Baber. The detective said he noticed an abrasicn on Baber's lip the following morning, but did not know how it got there. Photograph Identified. Detective Sergt. Frank Sandberg, in charge of the .Police Department's Identification Bureau, identified a pho- tograph cf Baber taken at headquer- ters on the morning after his arrest. The defense has announced 4t will base its case to a large extent on this photo, claiming it does not show the injuries Baber said he received. Detective Sergt. James E. Kenney, who had been identified by other wit- nesses as the man said to have asked Barrett to stop beating Baber, denied making such a request. He testified that he did say: “This is no place to question him. I'm going to take him out.” He said he saw no blows struck and that he did not smell any liquor on Barrett. Hughes Grabbed Youth. Detective Sergt. Van D. Hughes identified himrelf as the man who grabbed Baber and pulled him into the apartment. There was a scuffie, he said, but no blows were struck. Hughes sald he noticed a cut on Baber's | lip immediately after the scuffle. The defense called & nummr wl character witnesses who testifiea ror Barrett. Policeman Sorber was cleared yester« day. He was charged with striking 14- year-old Arthur T. Paul, colored, Au- gust 1, when he found him leaning into his automcbile parked in an alley in rear of the O Street Market. The verdict came after Justice F. D. Letts, before whom the case was tried, instructed the jury that Sorber had a right to use such force as was necessary to eject the boy from his automobile, arrest him and maintain the arrest. Thought Boy Was Thief. Sorber testified that he thought Paul was bent on robbery. The boy, however, sald from the witness stand that he went to the automobile to get a light for his_cigarette. He later was acquitted in Juvenile Court of & charge of taking property without right. Defense Counsel James A. O'Shea sought to discredit Paul, in his argu- ment to the jury, by emphasizing tes- timony of defense witnesses that the slleged assault occurred in the evening and not in the afternoon as Paul had declared. He also called attention “to statements of two witnesses that Paul had told them he received the cut over his right eye and bruise to his right cheek, alleged to have been infiicted by Sorber, by falling against the wall of the market. Mental State Considered. Considerable play also was given t» Sorber’s mental state at the time caused by receiving word of his father’s death a few minutes before the alles beating took place. O'Shea urged that a man oppressed with grief would not be likely to beat a l4-year-old bo; Assistant United States Attorney John J. Sirica, who prosecuted the case, stressed testimony of market employes that they saw the officer strike Paul. Sorber, the last major witness of the trial, contended in court that the boy hurt his head by striking it against the market wall as he muim to_escape ars rest. He denied knocking Paul down, but would not say definitely thet no blows were struck in the struggle to maintain the arrest. London Has Warm Spell. Shoppingdays till Christmas LONDON, December 4 (#)—This city is experimenting the warmest weather for December since 1848, and today the temperature was 60.5 degrees at noon, 20 degrees warmer than normal.