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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1932. e A7 ARNES PARLEY AINS DECLARED DEFINITE America Going to Conference | “Thinking Peace,” Says Mary Emma Woolley. By the Associated Press Delegate Mary Emma Woolley main- tains the American representatives are going to the General Disarmament Con- ference in Geneva “thinking peace,” and expecting to accomplish something definite ‘The first woman member of a major world conference today smiling accepted —for herself and her masculine col- Jeagues—Secretary Stimson's tion of “practical pacifist defined the phrase. That _term ligned,” she said n another's terms, pacifist must be on tute peaceful for belligerent means of settling disputes. A practical pacifist would be one of eminent common sense. One who could adhere to_an ideal, yet yleld a point rather than Jose something already gained.” Pausing amid receiving instructions nd pondering disarmament techni- calities, the impressive president of Mount Holyoke College remarked with satisfaction that thus far she has been treated “as » human being instead of as a woman.” So'an inquiry whether she would be & working delegate drew a quiet assurance. She cve pacifist' has been “I hesitate to cx- but I suppose a Certain of Success. “Absolutely,” she said. “Anything else would be foolish. It is clear, in view of the importance of this confer- ence to the world, there will be no place for self-consciousness.” There was no misunderstanding this woman's homespun words. - She held high her broad face with big dark eves. Her imposing figure was straight, but her dignity had the grace of ease. Her frock was homespun, too—purple wool. She used a simple, . declsive gesture. “I cannot see why any difficulty, such as budgetary limitation may raise, cannot be solved at Geneva. ally, I am not opposed to it. Of course, it would be futile to suggest that the United States and China could main- tain the same standards of defense on the same economic limits, but the diffi-; culties certainly are no greater than| mechanical obstacles actually | overcomg in the past 20 years by the | human fhind.” | Whether Dr. Woolley talks publicly in Geneva will depend upon “the regu- lations for all of us” She sees her appointment as a recognition of “in- creasing tangible political power” of women those Puts Reason First. As to whether they are constitu- tionally more strongly opposed to war than are men, she offered “I don't like to institute a compari- | League for Peace and Freedom, the |late son, but because of women's very re- lationship. to tre giving of life (Iw\i probably feel the waste in its destruc- | versal disarmament. The purpose of the tion more poignantly than do men For th! she sugge d, there are | women “in every country” who would | employ a substitute for war immedi- | ately if they co “There's a large group in this coun- try who are just as patriotic as it is | possible for a human being to be, but | feel the time has come when reason must be substituted for armed force. “I realize perfectly well there are | many difficulties. I have heard the | complaint that the Kellogg pact has | ‘no teeth. But we come to the fact| that, finally, diarmament is a social | and moral question If we concede in the begipning that force is nec- essary to' enforce the Nation's words for peace, we admit defeat before we begin DAWES SEES BANKERS| BUT WON'T TELL WHY Ambassador Calls Upon Owen D. Young, Among Others, on Wall Street Tour. By the Associated Press NEW_YORK, January sador Charles G. Wall Street yesterday The former explanation for his but called on several friends, among them Owen D Young, who collaborated with him in working out the first Dawes plan for reparation payments, which later was succeeded by the present Young plan Dawes visited the National City Bank, where he conferred with Mitchell, chairman of the board. He also shook hands with other officers of the bank Dawes also called on friends at the Chase National Bank, among them Winthrop W. Aldrich, president of Chase. It was understood he would remain Tere for a short time only before again visiting Washington prior to his return to London DOUBTS IF DEMOCRATS WILL 0.K. RASKOB PLAN 8.—Ambas- | Carnegie Institute Head Says Fear- ful Politicians Will Be in Majority at Convention. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 8 Harden Church, President Carnegie Institute wk nounced p for for tional liberal v, said ¥ he did not beliey 1 J. Raskob's Home Rule” liquor plan will be adopted by the Democratic party “T have discussed the whole | situation with Mr. Raskob on s occasions,” Mr. Church said, * while I believe that his proposals cc cerning prohibition are and wise, I do not believe th will be adopted by the Democratic National Convention for the that the fearful politicians wr in the majority there will be un dictation of the organized fc bigotry and fanaticism, as th four years ago. The liberal party in America is not g to wait upon the action either of c or the Republic - is now in procre : coun Samuel men and wor into the liberal natio: om every state in the NEW HEADS INSTALLED W. L. King, President-Elect, Re- ceives Cosmopolitan Club Gavel. Formal transfer of the presidency of | Cosmopolitian Club was effected at the regular meeting of that organization at the Carlton Hotel yesterday, when the gavel passed into the hands of William L. King. Gordon W. Bonnette, retiring president, officiated, assisted by Judge | M. M. Doyle, international president of Cosmopolitian Club. Robert W. McChesney, new vice president; Michael Sc and E. E. Downham serve with Mr. King also inducted into office. Edmohd O. Carl and Arthur William Defenderfer meere installed &s new members of the Executive Committee, and Gordon W. designa- | wio would substi- | Person- | Dawes appeared in | ident offered no Charles E. | Arms Delegate HEFLIN WITNESSES | DESCRIBE POLLING Election Clerk Says He Saw Ballots Burned and Men Hailing “Right” Voters. IN A BRITISH GROUP. AMED AS A SUBSTITUTE [ | By the Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala, January 8.— | Destruction of ballots marked for J. "I’hflmns Heflin was described and new | i charges of coercion by employers and offers of money for votes were made | yesterday as Heflin's witnesses con- inued testimony in hearings on his ontest against the election of John H. | Bankhead *as his successor in the | Senate Bankhead was triumphant by a ma- | jority of 50,000 in the general election | of 1930 after Heflin had been barred | from the Democratic primary because | of his opposition to the Democratic | ticket in 1928. The former Senator MRS. MARJERY CORBETT ASHBY, | charged wholesale ballot thefts. An outstanding figure among women's | Tells of Ballot Burning. organizations for peace, who Was ap- 3 : pointed January 6 in London as & sub- | b‘,“‘A“‘;Y F?lf”:’,a”;" 193“}{;‘%““25'0‘:3:‘; stitute delegate in the British delega-| by o ™ jork, who said he saw 21 tion to next month’s disarmament con- | fiSEUeR (T ved’ ference at which Dr. Mary Emma | “He* [0 said that as supporters of Woolley will be one of the American| e straight Democratic _ticket ap- representatives. _Mrs. Ashby, 50, iS|progched the polling places the elec- president of #he British Commonwealth | Ho ™ ofcials would shout, “There's & | League, chairman of the National Union | yman who will vote right.” The usual | of Bocieties for Equal Citizenship, and | answer, he said, was that the voter president of the Women's National|yoyld mark his ballot for “the white | Liberal Federation —A. P. Photo. | man's ticket.” not on the poll lists, were allowed to vote in his district. He said the elec- k. = Denies Third Party Aims. \WUMEN 'I'U PI-EAB R. D. Duncan of Hamilton testified tion manager was drunk. | Former Senator Heflin said yester- day that he had “no interest” in any movement to organize a third party from elements of the Republican and | tions. numierous persons, whose names were Democratic organizatio Dr. Woolley and Ruth Nichols jsACKrsi IN 7$T7|070,7000 Will Speak at Mass Meet- " MAIL THEFT FOUND ing Sunday. _ = —— Farm Laborer Makes Discovery in Bushes Along Highway Near Lowell, Mass. Dr. Mary E. Woolley, only woman appointed by President Hoover as a | member of the United States delegation to the World Disarmament Conference |and Miss Ruth Nichols, prominent | 3:«.wnr will be among th: speakers at the national disar nt mass meet- |ing in the Belasco Theater at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon Called by the Women's International By the Associated Press. LOWELL, Mass., January 8.—Two mail sacks, believed by police to be two which had contained $100,000 in registered mail and currency, and which disappeared December 31 while in trans- it from Lowell to Boston, were found yesterday in bushes beside the meeting will be marked by the pleas of | Dighway between Lowell and Tewks- man: y_known w - | bury 3 adely known women for uni- | ™ Bostoffice officials said the locks had | been cut from the sacks and the con- | tents removed. The sacks were dry sentiment of disarmament and indicated they had been thrown | Mrs, Gerard Swope of New York, |into the bushes not more than two | chairman of the Honorary Committee |hours previously. S | in charge of arrangements, will open | The mail pouch when it disappeared | the meeting. Miss Lillian Wald of New | contalned two sacks, one containing | York, head of the Henry Street Settle- currency. and the other registered ment, will preside. ji mail. The money was the property of The speakers will include Silas| the Union-Old Lowell National Bank Strawn, president of the Unit>d States | and Wwas_being sent to the Fedaral Chamber of Commerce; Mrs, Ben |Reserve Bank in Boston Hooper of Oshkosh, Wis., chairman of | _The pouch was receipted for by a the International Relations Committee | truck driver at the postoffice, but it | of the General Federation of Women's|had not been customary for him to | Clubs: Mrs. Geline MacDonald Bowman | 8¢t a receipt at the railroad station, of Richmond, Va. president of the|&nd he left all his mail, including the | National Federation Business and | pouch, —there without further ac- Professio: Women'’s Clubs, and John | knowledgment A. Simpson of Oklahoma City, president | The truck driver, Albert Skaff, was of the National Farmers' Union. absolved from blame by police and | The churches will b> represented by Postal officials rgymen of various denominations A farm laborer These include Rev. Francis J. Haas of | sacks Washington, head of the National . holic School of Social Servicz: Rev. Russell 3. Clinehv. pastor of the nount | FLYER SAVED IN BAY Pleasant Congregational Church: Rabbi = &, Sidney L. Goldstein of New York and Rabb{ Edward Israel of Baltimore. the United public mesting is to express to States delegation to Gen>va a found the empty Plunges Into Hampton Roads . When Plane Goes Into Spin. MEXICAN CONSUL FREED NORFOLK, Va., January 8 () —Lieut L L. Hunt, attached to Squadron 5, IN BORDER DEATH PROBE ' rescued from the waters of Hamp- ton Roads yesterday after he made a CariE parachute jump from a seaplane he was - piloting. Salazar Ab Hunt apparently suffered no other Charges After Slaying of Two |injuries than those resulting from ex- posure, shock and exhaustion. He had been fiying one of the planes of his squadron near Fort Wool at an altitude of about 3,000 feet when the | plane went into a tailspin. 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