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i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, Dl HOOVER SUBMITS APPOINTMENTS List Sent to Senate Does Not Include Those Named to Federal Bench. President Hoover sent to the Senate today for approval a lst of several hun d recess appointments, including that # Representative Russell Leech of Penn- s7ivenia to be a member of the Fed- eral Board of Tax Appeals. Leech is ex- | Ppected to resign soon from Congress. The list, however, did not include { the recess appointments made by the President to the Pederal benches and elsewhere throughout the country. | Castle on List, More prominent among these nomi- netions for the recess appointees are William R. Castle, jr., to be Under- secretary of State; Harvey H. Bundy, tc be an Assistant Secretary of State: Maj. Gen. George E. Leach, to be chie: of the Army Militia Bureau, and Maj Gei. Benjamin D. Foulols, to be chief ¢ thegArmy Air Corps e nominations intluded also thosc of Sam H. Thompson of Ilinols, Wil- lism F. Schilling of Minnesota anc Frank Evans of Utah to be members of the_Federal Farm Board; former Rep- resentative Richard Klliott of Indiana 1o be assistant controller general of the United States; Robert Lincoln O'Brien | ©of Massachusetts and Lincoln Dixon of Indiana for appointment to the United States Tarifl Commission; Edgar J Goodrich of West Virginia to be a ! member of the Board of Tax Appeals | and George R. James of Tennessce and Wayland W. McGee of Nebraska to be members of the Federal Reserve Board Other Neminations. ! Other nominations in the list were: | Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard to | be commandant of the Coast Guard,| Walter C. Mendenhall of Ohio to be director of the Geological Survey, H. F Arthur Schoenfeld of this city to be| Minister to the. Dominican_Republic, | Charles B. Curtis of New York to be| Minister to El Salvadore, Frederick W of Minnesota to be Minister to | Denmark, Robert P. Skinner of Ohio to | be Minister to Esthonia, Latvia and| Lithuania, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ELECTS MATTHES HEAD Meinzer Nominated to Be Vice President of Washington Acad- emy of Sciences. Officers for the year were chosen by | the Geological Society of Washington &t its thirty-ninth annual meeting, last night at the Cosmos Club. F. E. Matthes, 3900 Cathedral ave- was elected president to succeed O..§ Meinzer, who was nominated by the society for the office of vice presi- dent of the Washington Academy of Sciences. The organization heard an address by Mr. Meinzer on the hisf and de- velopment of ground water hydrology. ?h" officers elected :& F. !.Eiflass end H. G. PFerguson, presidents: €. W. Cooke, treasurer, and W. H. Bradley and J. F. Schairer, secretaries. ‘The following were chosen members &t large of the council: E. P. Hender- gon. T. B. Nolan, F. Reeves, C. E. Resser and F. G. Wells. FOUND UNCONSCIOUS Emmett George Andrews, 25, of the 900 block of Sixth street was treated at Emergency Hospital early today afler being found unconscious in the hallway of the Stanhcpe Apartments, near Seventh street and New Jersey ‘avenue. Andrews, who was cut about the face, tcld police he had been robbed of be- tween $125 and $130. Police are seek- ing 2 man, of whom they have a de- scription, who is said to have called the ambulance. DUKE ALUMNI TO DINE Duke University alumni of Washing- ton will hear J. Walter Lambeth, Rep- resentative from the sixth district of North Carolina, speak on “Duke Uni- versity: Its Problems and Progress” at the annual Duke University day din- ner o be held here tomorrow night at the University Club. D. C. Roper, former commissioner of internal revenue, will preside at the banguet, which is one of 50 being held throughout the country by Duke alumni on December 11. L S $41,484,963 for Pensions. OTTAWA, December 10 (#)—Can- 8da announced yesterday that its an- nual pension liability at the end of No- vember, apart from provision for re- troactive awards, was $41,484963. The annual liabllity on March 31, 1930, was $37,802,510. The figures were made public by Hon. Murray MacLaren, Min- ister of pensions and national health. e % | SPECIAL NOTICES. IWitL Not nthronsfiu FOR ANY CO.—THE _ANN meeting of the stockholders for the election of the directors of this company will be held at the company’s office, Wisconsin ave. and O st nw., on Wednesday, January 13th, 1932, Poils open from 1 to 7 p.m. Books for the’ transfer of stock closed from December 10th, 1931, to January 13th, 1932, inclusive. B. BEHREND, President. _ISAAC BEHREND, Becretary. CHAIRS FOR _REN1. SUITABLE FOR BRIDGE PARTIES. banquets, weddings and sgones, 10 up per day each: vew "Zao ipvalid rolling_chairs for rent _NITED STATES STORAGE CO.. t_n.w. _Metropolitan_ 1844 GOING? WHERE? 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AVE. 3rd and N NE Linc. 6060 n-dollar Uar printing plant L you k into the The text of President Hoover's mes- sage to Congress on foreign affairs fol- lows: To the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives: In my message of the 8th instant I stated that I should address the Congress at greater length upon our foreign affairs. ‘World War Debt Postponement, With the support of a large ma- jority of the individual mem! of the Senate and House, I informed the governments concerned last June that— ‘"IT\eu‘Amarlcln OOVGI’ndeY‘;‘t pro- poses the postponement during one year of uf“?.ymem on intergov- ernmental debts, reparations and re- lief debts, both principal and inter- est, of course not including obliga- tions of governments held by private parties. Subject to confirmation by Congress, the American Government will postpone all payments upon the debts of foreign governments to the American Government payable dur- ing the fiscal year beginning July 1 next, conditional on a like post- ponement for one year of all pay- ments on intergovernmental debts owing the important creditor powers.” In making this proposal, I also publicly stated: The pu of this action is to give the forthcoming year to the economic recovery of the world and to help free the recuperative forces Qll’elfly in motion in the United tates from retarding influences from abroad. The world-wide depression has af- fected the countries of Europe more severely than our own, Some of thesz countries are feeling to a se- rious extent the drain of this de- pression on national economy. the fabric of intergovernmental debts, Supportable in normal times, weighs hxgavlly in the midst of this depres- sion Abnormal Gold Movement. From a variety of causes arising out of the depression, such as the fall in the price of foreign com- modities and the lack of confidence in economic and political stability abroad, there is an abnormal move- ment of gold into the United States which is lowering the credit sta- bility of many foreign countries. These and the other difficulties abroad diminish buying power for our exports and in a measure are the cause of our continued unem- ployment and continued lower prices to our farmers. . Wise and timely action should centribute to relieve the pressure of these adverse forces in forelgn countries and should assist in the re-establishment of confidence, thus forwarding political peace and eco- nomic stability in the world. Authority of the President to deal with this problem is limited, as this action must be supported by the Congress. It has been assured the cordial support of les members of both parties in the te and the House. The essence of this proposition is to give time to permit de:‘mr ?flvmafll to recover their national prosperity. I am ing to the American people be wise creditors in their terest and be good meighbors. I wish to take this occasion also to frankly state my views upon our relations to German reparations and the debts owed to us by suggest- that they own in- ropean problem with which we have no relation. Cancellstion Opposed. 1 do not approve in any remote sense of the cancellation of the debts under normal conditions of debtor to pay, we should be consistent with our own policies and principles if we take into account the abnormal situation now existing in the world. I am sure the Ameri- can people have no desire to attempt to extract any sum beyond the ca- nlm" of any debtor to pay, and it our view that broad vision re- quires that our Government shoud Tecognize the situation as it exists. This course of action is entirely consistent with the pol vhich we have hitherto jursued. ‘e are not involved in the discussion of strictly European problems, of which the payment of German reparations is one. It represents our willingness to make a contribution to the early restoration of world . prosperity in which our own people have so deep an interest. I wish further to add that while this action has no bearing on the conference for limitation of land armaments to be held next Febru- ary, inasmuch as the burden of com- petitive armaments has contributed to bring about this depression, we trust that by this evidence of our de- sire to assist we shall have contrib- uted to the good will which is so necessary in the solution of this major question. All the important creditor govern- ments accepted this proposal. The necessary agreements among them have been executed, and creditor governments have foregone the re- ceipt of payment due them since July 1, 1931. Effect Instantaneous. The effect of this agreement was instantaneous in reversing the drift toward genefal economic panic and has served to give time to the peo- pies of those countries to readjust their economic life. The action taken was necessary. 1 am confident it commends itself to the judgment of the American people. Payments due to the United States Government from many countries, both on account of principal and in- terest, fall due on Deccmber 15. It is highly desirable that a law should be enacted before that date authoriz- the Becretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, to postpone all payments due us on account of debts owed by foreign governments to the United States Government during the year ending June 30, 1932, and to provide for their payment over a 10-year period, beginning July 1, 1933, As we approach the new year it is slear that a number of the govern- ments indebted to us will be unable to meet further payments to us in full pending recovery in their eco- nomic life. Tt is useless to blind our- selves to an obvious fact. Therefore it will be necessary in some cases to make still further temporary ad- Justments, The Congress has shared with the Executive in the past the consider- ation of questions from these debts. I am sure that it will com- mend itself to the Congress, that the legislative branch of the Gov- ernment should continue to share this responsibility. In order that we should be n position to deal wth the situaton, T recommend the re- creation of the World War Debt Commission, with authority to examire such problems as may. :n connection wth these ng present economic _emergency, and to repcrt to the Congress its conclusiors and recommendations. Disarmament. The Untted States has accepted an invitation to take part in the World Disarmament Conference which con- venes on February 2 at Geneva. The efforts of this conference will :‘ n line with the endeavors in i LHBER 10, 1931 the American Government has taken s lem.ngnym beginn! with The Hague Conference in 1899. Up to the present time the record of achieve- Ment has been almost entirely in the field of naval disarmament. It is to be hoped that further progress can be made in reduction of naval arms and that limitation and reduction 80 urgently needed can be extended to_land arms, The burden of taxes to support armament is greater tocay than before the CGireat War, and the eco- nomic instability of the world is definitely due in part to this cause reasonable limitation of arms. With a view to establishing an atmosphere of confidence for the opening of this World Disarmament Conterence, more than 40 govern- ments, including all the principal military and naval powers, have Jolned 1n accepting the principle of one-year armaments truce, ~This truce, which is the outgrowth of a proposal advanced last September by the foreign minister of Ttaly, is de- signed to prevent the expansion of armaments rogram during the coming months in the hope of re- movirg the threat of a sudden revi- val of competition in arms before and during “the conference. These steps were fully approved by our War and Navy Departments. Manchuria. We have been deeply concerned over the situation in Manehuria. As parties to the Kellogg-Briand pact and to the nine-power treaty, we have a responsibility in main- talning the integrity of China and A direct interest with other nations mvs}:mtaml‘;ng pince here. en this controversy originated in September the League of Nations was in session and China appealed to the Ccuncil of that body, which at once undertook measures of con- clliation between China and Japan. Both China and Japan have par- ticipated in these proceedirfgs be- fore the Council ever since. Under the Kellogg-Briand pact all of the signatcries, including China and Japan, have covenanted to seek none but pacific means in the set- tlement of their disputes. Thus the ultimate purpose of proceedings under this section of the Kellogg- Briand pact and <f conciliation pro- ceedings by the League covenant coincide. It seemed, therefor:, both wise and appropriate rather to aid and advise with the League and thus have unity of world effort to maintain peace than to take inde- ndent action. In all negotiaticns, wever. the Department of State has maintained complete freedom of judgment and action as to par- ticipation in any measures which the League might finally be deter- mined u&:n. Immediately after the outbreak of the trcuble this Government ad- both Japan and China of its serlous interest. Subsequently it communicated its views to both governments regarding their obliga- ti'ns under the Kellogg-Briand pact. In this action we were joined by other nations signatory .of the pact. This Government has consistently and repeatedly by diplomatic rep- resentations indicated_its unremit- ting solicitude that thise treaty o ligations be respected. In the re- curring eff:rts of the nations to bring about a peaceful settlement this Government has realized that the exercise of the utmost patience was desirable, cnd it is believed that public opinion in this country has eppreciated the wisdom of this re- straint. At present a resolution is pending before the meeting at Paris, with hopes cf-passage, under which Ja- pan and China will agree to take no initiative which might lead to re- newed conflict; in which Japan has reiterated its intention to withdraw the Japanese troops to the railway zone as soon as lives and property of Japanese nationals in Manchuria can be idequately protected, and under which both nations agree to & neutral commission to meet on the grcund, to which commission all matters in dispute can be referred for investigation and report. St. Lawrence Waterway. Conversations were begun. between the Secretary of State and the Canadian Minister at Washington on November 14 looking to the framing of a treaty fcr the develop- ment of the St. Lawrence seaway. ‘The negotiations are continuing. I am hopeful that an agreement may result within a reasonable time en- abling us to begin work on this great project, which will be of much importance ec-nomically to Canada and to the United States. Visits of M. Laval and Signor Grandi. The President of the council of ministers of Prance, M. Laval, visited Washington in October in order to discuss problems of out- standing world interest, in the so- luticn of which it was felt that the two countries could be of assistance, The informal and cordial conversa- tlons served to bring into relief the Tespective positions of the two nations. The visit in November of the royal Italian minister for foreign affairs also afforded an opportunity for a cordial exchange of views re- specting the many world problems in which this Government and the .o}/:mrnem of Italy are interested, Was not the purpose of these meetings to engage in any commit- ments or to conclude agreements, Hcwever, the visits of M. Laval and Signor Grandi, together with the various meetings of statesmen in Europe and the visit of the Secre- tary of State to European countries, have brought about valuable under- standing of the nature cf the prob- lems confronting different govern= m:gls which should aid in their 50~ n. Nicaragua. In compliance with the agreement made in May, 1927, the Nalg:rxgu!n government requested supervision by an_electoral commission from the United States of the congressional elections held in 1930, This year a member of the commissions of 1928 and 1930 was sent to Nicaragua as an observer during the election of municipal authorities in order that, on the basis of his observations, it might be possible to arrange the many n?isnrlysglelmls of the super- vision of the 1932 presidenti - tion in Nlcflrnmn.p e Armed forces of the m&nufllneg) thxcamg uce the minmum necessary to the training g;en:;«: Nicaraguan Constabulary and the rendering of appropriate support for such instruction, It js Proposed to Withdraw completely American armed forces from Nicaragua after their pr;s‘ldenlhl election in 1932, caragua suffered a t, - aster in the destruction of ’fi:ifaé’éi the capital, by earthquake and ‘e in March last. with their usual generosity the American people, through the Red Cross, went whele y to the assistance of the stricken country. Uniteq States Ma- rines and engineers of the War De- partment, who were in the country making a survey of tne p canal route, joined m rendering service. The ~ Amer:can legation bullding was destroved with all jts contents, but the Minister and his United States ua have been Haig, Substantial progress made In carrying o for the withdraval of o daotiam recommend; mission, which, with {he? 5ot COm C(m‘l‘ul. of Haitian lflllr:ldin hlfl:!:l. l‘l"ldn:z its good offices laid the founda for the present popularly elected government of that republic. After protracted negotiations an accord was reached with the Haitian government on August 5 providing for the return to Haltian control of important government services here- tofore carried on under American supervision by virtue of general ob- ligations arising through the pro- visions of our treaty w..in Haiti In acccrdance with this agreement the Haitlan government on October 1 assumed definitely the administra- tion and control of the department of public works, the sanitary service and the technical service of agri- culture, which includes the indus- trial education system. All American personnel was withdrawn from these services. To minimize the possibility of epidemics, and in order that the health of the American troops and officials still stationed in Haiti might be adequately protected, the accord provided that an Amer:can scientific mission, consisting of three Ameri- can naval officers and six Hospital Corps men, should be charged with control of sanitation in the ciffes of Port au Prince and Cape Haitien The accord makes appropriate provision for the continuance of adequate financlal control and as- sistance on the part of our Govern- ment. The liberty of action, both of the Government of the United States and the government of Haiti with respect to questions of financial ad- ministration, is, of course, limited. In this connection it must be borne in mind that investors have supplied capital desired by Haiti and that securities have been issued to them on the faith and credit of the pro- visions of that treaty and the Ameri- can financial control which it pro- vided during the life of the bonds. Bolivia and Paraguay. In 1929 the Government of the United States, together with the government of Cuba, Colombia, Mex- ico and Uruguay, formed the Com- mission on Inquiry and Conciliation, Bolivia-Paraguay, which had the good fortune of being able to termi- nate an international incident which for a time threatened to cause war between the countries involved. The five neutral governments then offer- ed their good offices to Bolivia and Paraguay, with a view to furthering a settlement of their difficulties. This offer was accepted in principle. I am happy to state that represent- atives of both countries are now meeting in Washington, with the hope of concluding a pact of non- aggression between them. Arbitration of the Boundary Dispute Between Guatemala and Honduras. It has been the privilege of this Government to lend its good -offices on several occasions in the past to the settlement of boundary disputes between the American republics. One of the most recent occasions upon which the disinterested services of this Government were requested was in connection with the settle- ment of the dispute which for almost a century has been outstanding be- tween the Republic of Guatemala and Honduras with respect to their common boundary. Conferences ex- tending over a period of some months were held in 1930, in the Department of State, and eventually on July 16, 1930, a treaty was signed submitting the question to arbitra- tion, and there was also signed a supplementary convention providing for the delimitation of the boundary after the arbitral tribunal hands down its award. Ratifications were exchanged on October 15, 1931. The tribunal, which will meet in Wash- ington, will be presided over by the Chief Justice of the United States, who has set December 15, 1931, as the date for the first meeting. Mexico. ‘The period for hearings before the General and Special Claims Com- missions between this country and Mexico expired in August, 1931. Pur- suant to a resolution of the Senate under date of February 28, 1931, and under instructions from the De- partment “of State, the American Ambassador at Mexico City is carry- ing on negotiations with the Mexi- can Government looking to the re- newal of the activities of the com- missions, in order that the claims of American citizens still pending may be heard and adjudicated. The Governments of the United States and Mexico have approved in principle certain engineering plans submitted by the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, for the rectification of the Rio Grande in the vicinity of El Paso, Tex., to prevent periodical floods in that region. Negotiations are being carried on between the two Governments in an effort to reach an agreement by which this import- ant international project may be undertaken. Treaties and Conventions Before the Senate. There have been transmitted to the Senate, from time to time, treat- ies and conventions which have fajled during recent sessions to obtain that body’s consideration or final decision. Inasmuch as these treaties effect numerous phases of private and public endeavor, I earnestly com- mend their early conclusion to the attention of the Congress. In the past session of the Con- gress I transmitted to the Senate protocqls providing for adherence by the United States to the Per- manent Court of International Just- ice. Upon that occasion I express- ed my views fully not only of the wisdom of such action, but that the safeguards against European entan- glements stipulated for by the -Sen- ate had been in effect secured and the interests of the United States protected. I need not repeat that for over 12 years every President and every Secretary of State has urged this action as a material con- tribution to the pacific settlement of controversies among Nations and & _further assurance against war. By consideration of legislation dur- ing its last session, the Congress in- formed itself thoroughly regarding the merits of the copyright con- vention signed at Berlin on Novem- ber 13, 1908. I hope that necessary legislation will be enacted during this Congress which will make it possible for further consideration to be given to the copyright conven- tion, The Sockeye salmon fisheries treaties, entered into with Canada to afford protection to the industry, which was signed on May 26, 1930, merits the attention of the Senate during the present session. The United States sent a delega- tion to the Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, which was held in Lon- don in 1929. The convention, which was signed by the more important maritime nations of the world on May 31, 1929, has unified the stand- ards of safety in accordance with modern developments of engineering science and in compliance with the governments’ obligation to their citi- zens to reduce the perils of travel to & minimum by requiring high efii- clency in seamanship. ‘The convention for the supervision of the international trade in arms and ammunition and in implements of war, signed et Geneva June 17, 1925, represents another of the steps taken in the general fleld of re- striction of armament. It has been ratified unconditionally by some na- tions, conditionally by others. With the added impetus which ratifica- tion by the United States would lend to such a move, it is quite possible that the 14 ratifications necessary by treaty stipulation would be re- ceived to bring the convention into force. Am the other treaties and con- mtm which remain before the Benate for its consideration, and of no less imporiance i ibelr respective ¢ 1ds, are a treaty regarding consular ! ‘l’:enu of American States (Sixth International Conference of Ameri- can States, Havana, 1928); a tretg relating to maritime neutrality wi American States (Sixth Interna- tional Conference of American States, Havana, 1928); the general treaty of inter-American arbitration, signed in Washington January 5, 1929 the convention relating to pris- oners of war, signed at Geneva on July 27, 1929; a convention, signed on the same day, for the ameliora- tion of the condition of wounded and sick of armies in the field (the Red Cross convention), and the con- vention for the unification of cer- tain rules relating to bills of lading for the carriage of goods at sea, signed at Brussels on behalf of the United States on June 23, 1925. New Treaties and Conventions. Since by message to the Seventy- second Congress and by virtue of the power vested in the office of the Chief Executive, I have continued to commission representatives of this Government to negotiate treaties with the representatives of other countries which affezt the amicable, political, commercial and juridical relations of this country, as well as treaties dealing with humanitarian matters. Important treaties and conventions which have been signed recently by representatives of this Government are as follows: 1. Treaty of arbitration and con- ciliation with Switzerland, signed February 16, 1931 2. Treaty modifying the concilia- tion convention with Italy (Bryan peace treaty), signed September 23, 1931 3. Extradition treaty with Greece, signed May 6, 1931. 4. Protocol relating to military ob- ligations in certain cases of double nationality, multilateral, signed De- cember 31, 1930. 5. Treaty of friendship, commerce and consular rights, with Poland, signed June 15, 1931 6. Treaty with reference to estab- lishment and sojourn, with Turkey, signed October 28, 1931. These treaties and conventions will be transmitted to the Senate in due course, with a view to obtaining its advice and consent to ratification. HERBERT HOOVER. The White House, December 10, 1931. GROUP 1S FORMED T0 WAR ON ARMS Anti-Weapon Sale to Seek Legislation to Control Sale of Guns. Organization of the National Anti- Weapon Association, formed to carry on a campaign of education and sup- port State and National legislation to control the indiscriminate sale, pos- session and use of firearms was an- nounced today. E. R. Grant is president of the as- soctation, which has offices in the In- vestment Building. U. S. Leads World in Crime. The association points out that the United States leads the world in crime and murder by a wide statistical mar- gin. Shooting, banditry, robbery and murder, it says, seem to have become & well organized business. The organization deplores the prac- tice of giving toy weapons to small | boys. “From the cradle up these children become familiar with the handling of deadly weapons—first, as harmless toys, then as less harmful cap pistols or air rifles, and as they grow older of target weapons, which could and too often do cause death. ' Turn Into Gangsters. “Is it surprising that so inany chil- dren thus irained wurn in lacer years io deadly weapons as the moans with which to gain their wants by violence, thus giving us the gangster and killer?" the association asks. Calling attension to Census Bureau figures showing the sale of 224,768 pls- tols and revolvers in 1929, the organiza- tlon contends most of ihese weapons were bought by criminals. The only way to cut off the supply, it contnds, is | the enactmentof legislation more rigid- ly controlling the sale of lethal weapons, The association’s advisory committee consists of Senator Cappcr of Kansas, Representative Yates of Illinols, San- ford Bates, director of the United States Bureau of Prisons; Dr. William C. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; Judge Katherine Sellers of the Jusenile Court, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House, and Assistant United States Attorney M. Pear] McCall. J0B INSURANCE FUND IS HELD IMPERATIVE Spokesman of Joint Unemployment Committee Describes Present Charity as Dole. By the Assoclated Press, Establishment of a national unem- ployment insurance fund was described today before a Senate committee as “imperative if we are to abolish the present inadequate and demoralizing dole of charitable relief.” Dr. Harry W. Laidler of Brooklyn, representing the Joint Unemployment Committeee, told a special Senate group studying unemployment insurance Sys- t‘emn that private charitable rellef is “one of the worst forms of doles.” “Furthermore, almost all systems of unemployment insurance thus far in- stituted by companies have been most inadequate,” he said. “Under the average company scheme, furthermore, there no guarantee that the fund or even the company it- self will not go bankrupt at a time When benefits are most needed, leaving | the workers entirely unprotected.” Laidler said the constitution ml[ht‘ be construed as barring the creation of a national insurance system and advo- cated amending the Constitution, if necessary, in the meantime making unemployment insurance compulsory upon industry. He sald each unmarried Pperson should recelve 50 per cent of his normal wages and a married man with chil- dren up to 70 per cent. INJURIES TO ATTORNEY MAY HALT RILEY TRIAL The possibility that the trial of Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Riley, charged with cruelty to Riley’s 12-year-old daughter Edith, may not begin Monday, as sched- R A T T s suffered last nig] their af Bertrand Emecson, Jr. R Emerson vas injured in a scuffie. His jaw was revorted to have 'l'nenu:rgku;) in tlwlo places. He was real y Dr. Stirling v, Sixteenth sireet. S m H. Collins, assistant United States attorney in charge of the prosecu- tion of the Rileys, said H. R. Stephen- son, an associate of Emerson, may con- duct the defense alone. Collins added in any event Government counsel will oppose any delay, MONEY ... %= L. W. Groomes. 1719 Eve St. friendly | trend of turning drug stores into “giftte RAIL HEADS DUE HERE TOMORROW| - BONDS 1S ASKED Executives to Open Session on Proposed Pooling of Surcharges. The Association of Railway Exec- utives, comprising the heads of systems throughout the United States, will meet here “tomorrow to shape plans for launching the Raflroad Credit Corpora- tion, which is designed to handle the surcharge pool authorized by the In- terstate Commerce Commission for ad- vances to those carriers unable to meet their fixed charges. More than 200 rail men are expected for the conference on this plan, which already has been accepted in principle fiy the chief executives of most of the nes, ! Details to Be Completed. The railroads as a whole have not had an opportunity to pass on. it and the meeting here is intended to iron out any further details that may be considered necessary. Before any contracts are executed it is expected they will be reviewed by the boards of the individual lines. It has been sald in railroad circles that practically unanimous adherence to the plan would be nec: to its suc- cess and there is a feeling this will be forthcoming inasmuch as the Interstate Commerce Commission has gone along with the view of the carriers and has given permission for the pool to be ad- ministered as a loan fund, instead of being distributed as gratuities to the weaker lines as originally contempiated, The Advisory Committee, hoaded by R. H. Aishton, chairman of the Asso« clation of Railway Executives, which de- | vised the set-up for the corporation, will meet tomorrow morning in the head- quarters in the Transportation Building and tomorrow afternoon in the May- flower Hotel. Funds to Be Provided The funds which the corporation will have at its disposal will bz created by the imposition of additional freight charges on certain commodities, these tariffs to remain in effect until March 31, 1933. It is expected to amount Lo between $100,000,000 and $125,000,000 annually. The corporation will be conducted by a board of 12 directors, one of whom will be the president. It will be char- tered under the laws of Delaware and have offices here, 'The governing ooard will serve without pay, DRUGGISTS RE-ELECT CAPITAL MAN HEAD Dr. Carson P. Frailey Named Presi- dent Again of Trade Conference, | sage to | Dr. Carson P. Frailey, 3704 Livingston street, was re-elected president of lh‘:; National Drug Trade Conference at its annual meeting in the Washington Ho- tel yesterday. Other officers choser were Ambrose Hensberger of Philadel- phia, vice president, and E. F. Kelly of Baltimcre, *secretary-treasurer, i A report deploring the present-day shoppes” was submitted by the Com- mittee on the Status of Pharmacy. The conference urged that the “phar« maceutical wealth” of the country he used to create a fund to endow phar- maceutical lerks. It was decided to prepare a table of poisonous and toxic drugs to be used as a basis of regulatory national and State legislation. The conference adopted a resolution approving the international narcotics treaty, proposed by the 1931 Geneva Conference and now awaiting ratifica- tion by the Senate, Dis: ing the pro uniform its ffth State ‘narcotic law, now iu drafting, it was urgsd that all narcotic Jrugnngr preparations included in the law correspond with those covered by the Federal narcotic laws, leaving the individual States free to augment the list to meet specific local problems. Alfred Tennyson, counsel for the Bu- reau of Narcotics, pointed out the need of State operated institutions where any drug addict could be treated. The pres- ent national drug farms, he said, are for the treatment of only convicted addicts. DRUG ASSOCIATION IN CONVENTION HERE Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Report on Contact With Federal Government. The semi-annual meeting of the Na- tional Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association opened at the Mayflower Hotel today with a report of the com- mittee on contact between the manu- facturers and the Federal Government, The report was given by Dr. Charles E. Vanderkleed of Philadelphia. Dr. E. Fullerton Cook, &lso of Phila- delphia, was the principal speaker. He discussed revisions of the various Fed- erzl and State drug laws, During the convention, which will last through tomorrow, four pharma- ceutical students will receive awards for originality in their work in contribut- ing to the advancement of pharmaceu- tical science. i Dr. Willlam Gerry Morgin, dean of the Georgetown Medical School and former president of the American Medical Association, will speak at a dinner at the Mayflower tonight. C.' Wesley Dunn, general counsel of the association, also will make an address. Food is being used by farmers in schools for education of | McMinn County, Tenn., to pay dues for Red Cross membership. The Heat Spendthrift Perhaps you know him— the man who puts a watch. dog on his fuel bin but fails to keep his heat in- doors where it belongs. He doesn’t know, of course, how much less it costs to save heat than to save fuel, when protected by METAL WEATHERSTRIPS Let us show you how to stop heat leaks, add to liv- ing comfort and actuslly save money. Send for folder Telephone NAtional 4311 ‘ Accurate Metal Weather Strip Ca. 931 New.Xgrk Ave. N.W,, Wash,, D. C. PROBE OF FOREIGN Johnson Would Like to KnowI Terms of Sale and Bank- ers Involved. —_— By the Associated Press. An investigation into the amount and °r of purchase of foreign bonds this country was are due. President Hoover worked late yester- day, putting final touches to ih> mes- Congress on Iorelin affairs, in which the one-year debt holiday takes most important place. — 0 LODGES TO MERGE Modern Brotherhood of America to Join Order of Foresters. TORONTO, December 10 (#).—A tele- gram received here yesterday from Prank E. Hand in Chicago, Supreme chief ranger of the Independent Order f. Foresters, stated that the Modern Brotherhood of America, with head- quarters at Mason City, Towa, had voted unanimously to merge with the Forest- ers. The Foresters recently effected a merger with the Royal Templars of Temperance. The Modern Brotherhood numbers 35,000 and has 805 lodges, mostly in the Middle States, and a Jjuvenile department. RELATIVES SOUGHT Police Try to Identify Man Found Dead in House. | Police today were seeking relatives of an unidentified colored man, about 35 years old, found dead in a’vacant house the 300 block of Thirteenth street yesterday. > The body was discovered by Leo Red- man, 306 Thirteenth street, who sum- moned an. ambulance, and the man was pronounced dead by a physician of the Emergency Hospital staff. The body was taken to the morgue. Police believe the man had gone into the building to sleep. Ls_ Liniment UNITED*STATES TORAG OMPANY! . lt may be a problem to you to move, but it’s no problem to wus! 2 We’ve been at it for nearly 30 years and to the complete satisfac- tion of each and every customer. X¥Call Metropolitan 1843 for an estimate. A€UTE (when drug stores are closed.) Why not be safe with Bell-ans on hand . , , Now! BELL-ANS \;=2 FOR INDIGESTION Special Xnas Sabings LM OMAT] Immediate installation—no inconvenience—no muss. L #8395 ”' $25_Down—24 months BURNER ' to pay. 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