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T A—4 3. ARMS CUT APPEAL IS MADE AT RALLY Few Dissenting Voices Heard to Plea That U. S. Take Lead at Geneva. inging appeals for effective action on world disarmament, marked only by a small chorus of disse dressed to the U terday call at & Pacifists by League for the Women's International Peace and Freedom A To the peace-cheering that packed the Belasco Theater, opposite the White House, America’s only woman delegate to the C Arms Confer- Mary L “responsibility as indivi happens there. When she concluded her brief appeal, :dience, which consisted mostly of with applause, vet not out dissenting voices, a resolution asking President Hoover to instruct the American delegation to “take the lead- ership. This action followed a proposal by Oswald Garris Villard, editor of the Nation and a leading Pacifist, that seek a straight 50 per cent re- e He was one of peakers include Silas of the United States Ruth Nichols, resentatives of business and professional women, farm- ers. the American Legion and church leaders Mrs. Potts Voices Dissent. The rising vote on the resolution came after two hours of bristling speeches. Before it happened, however, a woman's voice from a balcony box was heard to say that the talk represented “only one side” of this question. ; “The woman who goes to Geneva'— the speaker rose and faced Mrs Woolley across the crowded audience—"does not Tepresent the American women, Who never will consent to disarmament be- fore the rest of the world does it.” Later the impromptu speaker identi- fied herself as Mrs. Thomas Potts, pres dent of the tional Patriotic Council. As Mrs, Potts resumed her seat another arose, giving her name as Mrs. Fred- eric Farrington, and as “representing no zation.” She announced her op- osition to the resolution “I do not think it is up to the dele- gation to tell the President what he should do,” Mrs, Farrington said. Mrs. Woolley, who was appointed to the delegation by Pr Hoover, told the assemblage * i carry on, not only for our delegation but for the others of the other nations.” Hughes' Example Cited. villard asserted he could “not under- stand” why the United States should not start the ball rolling at Geneva with “an immediate leap” such as former Secretary of State Hughes made at the outset of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922. Away from the disarmament meeting, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, announced that if opposition to appro- priating $450.000 to pay expenses of the Geneva_delegation arises on the floor or the House, she would speak for the expenditure. “Down underneath all the present economic questions is the fact that the great preponderance of money paid in taxation goes to pay for past wars or to prepare for future wars,” Mrs. Owen saia “In lightening that burden by agree- ment between nations as to curtailment of the armament program, a definite step is being taken toward the solution of the economic problems, and toward the prevention of international cata- cylisms which mean poverty and war.” Maimed Veteran Appears. For a brief moment human sympa- thies were swayed at the rally by the appearance on the stage of a war- maimed veteran, Frank A. Schrepfer of Philadelphia, commander of the Harold D. Speakman Post of the American Legion (Narberth, Pa.), and a member of the faculty of the University of | Pennsylvania. Blind and with one sleeve dangling at his side, the veteran told of how he was maimed and his five closest friends fillled as they stood together on the side of a hill in Flanders, one sunny October day in 1918 “There is no profit in war,” he said. “There is no glory in war. In war, men die in v Mrs. Gerard Swope of New York, chairman of the Committee on Ar- rangements, opened the meeting and in- troduced M Mildred Scott Olmsted Iphia, who presided in the Lilliam Wald, head of the reet Settlement, New York. A cross-section of public opinion fa- | voring disarmament was voiced by | speakers. Members of the Honorary | Committee sponsoring the meeting - | cluded Jane Add Dr. Nicholas | Murray Butler, winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1931; Dean Helen Taft | Manning of Bryn Mawr College and others eq r John A. Ry: Welfare C 1 of the National Ca Dr Estimates Armaments Costs. Mr. Strawn assured the audience that for moral and humanitarian reasons toe business men of the world have alwa insisted on the reduction of ar and the settlement of internation troversies by peaceful means. He esti ated the total world expenditures on | | contest Inspect National Park Work NING with ‘the park project. tional parks, TRUSTEES OF SMOKY MOUNTAIN PROJECT MEET. HESE three men make up the Trustee Committee of the Laura Spellman- Rockefeller Foundation Fund for the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which met January 7 in Asheville, N. C., to survey progress made They are, left to right: Mark Squires of Lenoir, N. C,, chairman; Col. Davis B. Champan of Knoxville, Tenn., chairman of the Tennessee Park Commission, and Arno B. Cammer, assistant director of na- —A. P. Photo. FOREIGN GARS RULE DAY ATAUTO SHOW Hundreds Visit New York Ex- hibits and Large American Crowds Attend. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—Today was companies and motor organizations in attendance. Great crowds of American visitors also Ten extra trairs arrived at Grand Cen- tral Station this morning, bringing au- tomobile men from Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit. In addition, there were extra sleeping cars on all through trains. Among the events, in addition to the show itself and meetings of dealers and was the convention of the National Au- tomobile Dealers' Association, opening today at the Hotel Commodore. The metropolitan_section of the Society of Automotive Engineers will hold its an- nual dinner at the Commodore tonight. Of interest to visitors at the show is the increase of speed and power in the new models, particularly in the medium and lower priced makes. Thirty-four models are equipped with power plants developing 100 horsepower or_more. ‘The increase in power is due gen- erally to improvements in manifolding and carburation, valve construction and timing. For the first time, some of the com: panies are offering engines with op- tional compression ratios. Eleven man- ufacturers, with 28 models, supply this feature. e U. S. FILM ENGINEERS TO MEET HERE IN MAY Motion Picture Society, Establish- ed by C. F. Jenkins of Capital, Will Open Session May 9. The Society of Motion Picture Engi- neers, founded by C. Francis Jenkins, Washington inventor, will hold its an- it was announced today by the Greater Netional Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade. Approximately 300 delegates are ex- pected end the convention. An exposition, including displays of newly developed equipment in the motion pic- ire industry and up-to-date advances with the meeting. nging the convention here, a between New York and the at the recent Fall meeting of b Capital the able vote for this city, according to Curtis Hodges, director of the Greater National Capital Committee Soldier Killed in Plane. ALVESTON, Tex, January 11 (#) Claude E. Pack, 22, Army private of armaments today as $4,500,000,000 Business women al ar est in world peace Geline Mac- | Donald of Richmond, Va president of the Natfonal Federation of | iness and Professional Wom d Goldsteir director of the Natio of Social Service, co with a staten k ference puts question squarel | crashed one an plane he was piloting just west of the city limits here vesterday. Scores of people, many of them playing golf on nearby courses, saw the 1e pilunge to_earth when of the wings came off. a small civ Food Rioters Battle Police. DUNEDIN, New Zealand, January 11 (#).—Police fought a crowd of unem- | ployed rioters last night who demanded nd attempted to attack one of largest grocery stores in town. A food truck was wrecked before the police inally got the situation under control. food the an people—namel it wi ¢ stage orderl; Other sp: 3.0l man of the Int ommittee of the Gen- of Women's Clubs, and Devereux e of New nation: d of ional Leag GROUP TO HEAR AUTHOR Bherwood Anderson to Talk to Jew- Miss Kathe York, membe the Women's Internat ish Community Center. Sherwood And, dress the Nat will ad- ish rson, author al Forum of the Je s a recent study ry on the life of the In conjunction with the &ppearar of Mr. Anderson, Dr. Lew.s L. Lorwir of Brookings Institution, will lead a gen- eral discussion rof. N. B. Fagin of Johns Hopkins University, author of 8 Tecently published biography of Mr. An- derson, will act as chairmau. In the' last -few months Australian shipments of* produce o ‘England -have i 0 per cent. 1 | Parnsborough, England. international day at the National Au- | tomobile Show, with hundreds of for- | eign representatives of manufacturing | were arriving in New York for the show. | There were flve yesterday. | manufacturers of the various companies, | nual convention here May 9, 10 and 11, | will be conducted in con- nization resulted in a favor-| the 3d Attack Group, was killed when | WALKER'S CHARGES DENIED BY LAMONT | Disputes Excessive Bank In- terest and Attempts to Dictate Terms. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—Apparent- Iy speaking for bankers generally, Thomas W. Lamont of the J. P. Mor- gan Co. last night denied New York bankers have attempted to dictate terms upon which city securities would be floeted, or that they have exacted ex- cessive interest rates. Intimation to this effect was made by Mayor Walker in a telegram Friday night to United States Senator Royal S. Copeland, in which le urged that the Federal Government extend finan- cial aid to citles. ‘The mayor said the banks were hold- ing municipalities in a “financial straitjacket.” Though he did not name New York City, the inference was drawn that he had reference to his own city. Lamont said, however, that it was “hardly possible” the mayor had New York banks in mind “in his declara- tion that the country's banks have been non-co-operative.” City Finances Studied. He added that New York banks have undertaken a study of the city’s finances at the specific suggestion of the con- troller and with the indorsement of the mayor. He denied emphatically that any ‘“concrete suggestions have been made by bankers as to possible measures of economy or curtailment that might be undertaken by the city.” “Any public report,” said Lamont, “to the effect that members of the banking group have stipulated a change in the city’s subway fare or in the city's social and charitable services is wholly with- out foundation.” He added that if retrenchment is found to be necessary “it will be for the city administration to determine what retrenchments can best be made.” Needs Called Great. Pointing out thaf the city has $140.- 000,000 in short-term indebtedness outstanding, Lamont said the Ccity's additional Tequirements for capital ex- penditures and budget were great “Mayor Walker and his associates undoubtedly realize,” he said, “that New York City, like the national and other large governmental bodies and private corporations, must undertake measures of strict economy and, espe- cially in these times, must proceed on a more restrained and orderly develop- ment of its construction programs.” S o) OFFICE AGAIN ROBBED Duplicate Key Used to Get Small Sum From Ice Company Branch. For the third time in recent months a branch office of the American Ice Co., Seventeenth street and Rhode Island evenue northeast, was entered with a duplicate key over the week end |and & sum of money taken from the |safe after the combination had been worked Police report, the robber obtained $21.76 in cask. and checks totaling $11.05 in value. The theft was report- |ed by Jack B. Murphee, manager of |the branch office. Only small sums were obtained in each of the earlier Tobberies, police say. Woman Educator Dies. PROVIDENCE, R. I, January 11 (/) | —Miss Lida Shaw King, dean of the | Women's College in Brown University | from 1905 to 1922, died here yesterday. | She was 64 years old. While serving as | dean she was a professor of classical | literature and archeology. Latest in Aircraft ODDLY-DESIGNED PLANE PLIES IN E EMINDS one of a hugh nocturnal bat in swift flight does this oddly-de- signed plane as it passes overhead at the Farnsborough Air Station. A‘dh STAR, WASHINGTON, TOILLINOISE. 0.P. Resigning Ambassador Hope for Leading Party, Possibly for Presidency. BY OWEN L. SCOTT. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, January 11.— Despite cryptic denials of any present political ambition, Illinois Republican leaders continued today to draw a picture of Gen. Charles Gates Dawes, former Vice President and resigning Ambassador to Great Britain, as a political “Moses™ who can lead his party from the wilderness. The general now finds himself sought out as a possible candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in thig State to bring order out of political chaos. "It is suggested that he might be the man to run for the United States Senate, and some of his friends are suggesting that the Republican party should again place the Chicago banker on its ticket as a vice presidential candi- date. Presidential Discussion. But most of the clamor, aroused right after his announcement on last Friday of his resignation as Ambassador, con- tinues to be for Dawes as a seeker after the Republican presidential nomina- tion. Many party leaders would like permission to enter his name in the Tllinois presidential primary next April, but the general's respcnse still is: “That's all damn nonsense. There's nothing to it and I won't even dis- cuss it.” . still, the politicians point out that if he were wholly unreceptive Gen. Dawes would have made a ringing dec- laration asking Illinois Republicans to get behind Herbert Hoover for renomi- nation. Instead, he has maintained si- lence on that phase of the situation. There is no doubt that the Chicago bank leader resigned his ambassador- ship_in_order to re-enter active busi- ness. His bank, the Central Trust Co., last Summer took over the National Bark of the Republic, creating the Central Republic Bank & Trust Co, a $250,000,000 institution. Business. As a consequence, the Dawes leader ship has been sought, and now he sa “I am coming home to take care of my business, as every good American should do.” Ruth Hanna McCormick, former Con- gresswoman at large from Illinois and & political factor in Republican coun- clls of the State, is leading the unoffi cial boom for Dawes. Her Rockford papers, which last week said that re- nomination should be denied President Hoover, Saturday declared editorialiy: “Dawes is enough, unselfish enough, imaginative enough, expe- rienced enough. By his resignation he becomes no more the servant of Presi- dent Hoover than any other good Re- publican or any other good American. He becomes a free agent, and as such he is subject to call. And that call is not from Chicago or Illinois or the Re- pubican party—it is the voice of Amer- ica’s need.” After 10 days in Chicago Gen. Dawes will return to Washington and then will sail for Europe to head the American dclegation to the Disarma- ment Conference. He will come ba¢k to Chicago in March to re-enter the hanking field. (Copyright, 1932 GOVERNOR TO RETIRE. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, January 11 (#) —Gov. Louis L. Emmerson announced this morning that he would not run for re-election. Expressing his gratitude to a group of Chicago Republicans that had come to urge him to run for re-election, Gov. Emmerson briefly reviewed his admin- istration and then declared his hope “that in the campaign just ahead Re- publicans will lay aside their factional differences and nominate a ticket made up of men highly qualified for the vari- ous offices. “At the end of my present term 1 shall have completed 16 consecutive years in State office. Throughout my terms as Secretary of State and during the three years since I have been Gov- ernor 1 bave devoted all of my time and energy toward giving the people of Illinois the best administration of which I was capable. It has fallen to my lot to be head of the State goernment dur- ing unhappy times, times of financial distress, unemployment, hardship and suffering, and it is a source of satisfac- tion to know that I have labored cease- lessly and conscientiously to meet the many unusual and difficult problems presented.” Emmerson defeated the incumbent Gov. Len Small in the Republican pri- mary in 1929. He then beat the Demo- cratic nominee, Floyd E. Thompson, with the count 1,709,818 to 1,284,897, The Governor's retirement had been expected for some time, and speculation for several weeks has been centered on which of several potential candidates he would support. Among the Repub- licans who have announced their candi- dacy or have been mentioned as pros- pects are former Gov. Small, Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstzom, former State Treasurer Omer M. Custer and ‘William H. Malone, former ciairman of the State Tux Commission. BOMBS ARE TAKEN OFF SHIP IN ITALY Police Stand by as Parcels Be- lieved Sent to King and Duce Are Unloaded. By the Associated Press. NAPLES, Italy, January packages, believed t, con intended for King Vi:tor Emmanuel and Premier Mussolini. were taken off the steamer Excalibur hers today some- where in 125 sags of parcel mail the steamer brought from the United 11.—Three in bombs s_were believed to King and one to the premier. The sacks were unloaded after ail the sengers had disem- barked. A lacge force of police super- intended the unloading and the- sacks were immediately taken in small boa‘s to an 1solated spot a mile and a hals from the port for e¢xamination 1y ex- | plosives «xperts. The passe:.zers on the steamer did not learn of the supposed presence of the bombs nntil the ship reached Mar- seflle, where they read about it in the newspapers. The notice sent by radio to ‘he ship from New York after it had sailed. W York officials lesrned of the vombs too late to in- tercept them the Hundreds of Cairibinier] took possession of the soon as it doc: and superintended the disembarkation of the passengers with their baggags and 1,000 bags of letter mail. As soon as this was done the explosives experts directed the re- moval of the 125 bags of packages. ‘Troops gcuarded a large open space on the shore to which the bags were taken for examinatic One of the packages addressed to the King weighed two pounds and was post- ll'rénr ed in North New Je De~ember and one for the premier, according to the postal sheet on which the writing was indistinct, was maii:d Docember 14 or 18. The address looked like “Betterany,” Calif, but is was belteved to_be Betteravia, near Santa Barbara. The registered packags was listed in be addressed to and police Excalibur as The craft, given the peculiar name of!sack No. 150, but the v Pterodactyi IL has been recently mqu\rad' by the Ray‘:f!ux Force AL Xas Jout b0 being used for further experimental purposes in tailless way of knowing in which the- thres. packages. vcn o The second package for the King ' i | | | | ernment this year will surpass those of | ordinance promulgated by the govern- D. C., MONDAY, IDAWES 15 “MOSES” |GANDHIS WIFE PUT IN AL BY BRI Daughter of Nationalist Con- gress President and Third Woman Also Arrested. By the Assoclated Press. SURAT, India, January 11.—Mrs. Kasturbai Gandhi, 60-year-old wife of Mahatma Gandhi, was arrested today with two other prominent Indian wom- en leaders within a week after her hus- band entered Yeroda jail as the gov- ernment’s first move against the re- newal of the civil disobedience cam- paign. With Mrs Gandhi, who pleaded to be taken with her husband when he was arrested, the government took into custody Maniben Patel, daughter of Vallabhai Patel, president of the Na- tionalist Congress, who is now in Yeroda jail with the mahatma. A third woman, member of & wealthy Parsee family, also was held. The arrests took lace at the village of Sayadia, near ere. All three were charged with inciting India’s women to raise the standard of non-violent revolt against Great Britain. Like her husband, Mrs. Gandhi took the arrest serenely, smiling pleasantly at the officers. Although she was en- gaged in active Nationalist work last year when the mahatma fell into the British toils she was not arrested then, and as & result today's action was taken to mean that the measures of the gov- last year in sternness and thorough- ness. Twenty-eight persons were injured at Karachi yesterday when police charged with staves on a crowd which had at- tended a public meeting. At Srinigar a crowd estimated at 12,000 persons at- tacked the police station and liberated three prisoners who were held on charges of attempted arson. BOMBAY MEETINGS BANNED. Nationalist Gatherings Outlawed as Re- sult of Decree. BOMBAY, January 11 ().—All meet- ings of groups of more than five persons were prohibited today by a new special ment and directed against the civil dis- obediance campaign. The new ordinance automatically outlaws all Nationalist gatherings. Their activities in other directions paralyzed by the government ordi- nances, the Nationalists today estab- lished what they call a “nucleus paral- lel government” by inaugurating an independent postal service between Bombay and outlying points. If this is successful, they said, the service will be extended all over India and letters will be carried at half gov- ernment rates. ‘Will Withdraw Deposits. At the same time the Nationalist “War Council” announced it would en- gage in an intensive countrywide cam- paign to persuade Indians to withdraw their postal savings and bank deposits from government institutions, trans- ferring them to Indian banks. This, if successful, undoubtedly would divert from government use millions of rupees. More than 100 prominent business men of Bombay were invited by Sir Frederick Sykes, the Governor, to meet with him “to discuss the present po- litical situation.” It was assumed this discussion would have particular ref- erence to the campaign of the Na- tionalists for a boycott agalnst British goods. The League of Nations established a branch here today to strengthen rela- tions between India and the League. The Indian bureau will be in charge of A. C. Chatterjee, former Indian jour- nalist, who will keep the Indian public acvised about the League's progress, policles and aims. Protest Gandhi's Arrest. " The Cotton Brokers’ Association unan- imously adopted & resolution protesting against Mahatma Gandhi’s arrest, which | they described as “an insult to the whole of India.” Members of the asso- ciation were urged to discourage the use end trade in foreign goods and to ex- clude completely all_goods from such countries as oppose Indian aspirations. They were asked to jnvest their money in India for the benefit of local industries and to discourage the export of gold and hold their money in that metal as the best way of preserving the country'’s wealth. The resolution called Gandhi “the idol of the whole nation’s devotion and ove.” WOMAN “DICTATOR” HELD. Five Other Leaders Jailed as Police | Disperse Crowd. KARACHI, India, January 11 (#).— A woman named Parbatigidwani, known as the “Woman Dictator,” was among six Nationalist leaders arrested here yesterday after a huge crowd refused to disperse and was charged by police, resulting in injuries to 28 persons. The women in the crowd previously had been shepherded by police to a safe distance. But when the thousands who had shouted “Long live the revolu- tion” were cleared out in 10 minutes, 50 women remained sitting near a flag- staff from which the police hauled down the Nationalist flag. The police withdrew later, upon which the crowds surged back into the park and hoisted the flag again with much shouting. DRAMA CLUBS T0 JOIN TOURNAMENT Series of One-Act Plays to Start Februzry 27 and Continue Until March 12, INVITED, All regularly organized drama clubs | in the District are eligible to make application to enter the sixth annual one-act play tournament to be con- ducted February 27 to March 12, in- clusive, under the auspices of the Community Center Department in co- operation with the Drama Guild of Washington, it was announced today. The organizations sponsoring the tourney said only the first 24 applicents would be accepted, as six nights have been decided upon for the presentation of the preliminary series, with four plays to be given each night. From the pre- liminary plays the two outstanding se- rious works and the two most promi- nent lighter plays will be chosen for presentation March 16 at McKinley Auditorium in the 1s. As in the past years, judges will rep- resent Capitel drama authorjties, in- cluding the dramatic critics of the five daily newspapers. Registration blanks and . complete reguistions for the ‘tournament may be obtained from the Community Center Department, Franklin Administration Building, along with a reference list of plays Dates for preliminary plays, to be held at Wilson Teachers' College and the East Washington Community Cen- ! ter, Eastern High School, are February 27, March 1, 3, 5, 10 and 12. The ap- plication deadline is February 1. One flead. 20 Hurt in Crash. ITZEHOE, Holstein, Germany, Janu- ary 11 (#)—One National Socialist was JANUARY stabbed to death and 20 injured, four of them seriously, in a three-cornered fight between Hitlerites, Communists and Reichsbannermen at Rendsburg, near here. 11, 1932, Faces Big Library Task WOMAN TO TRANSFER BY GRETCHEN SMITH. The responsibility of transferring the 225,000 or so volumes, comprising one of the largest agricultural libraries in the world, from the old Bieber Bullding on B street to the spacious new home of the Department of Agriculture will Test upon the frail shoulders of a slen- der, gray-haired woman, Miss Claribel Ruth Barnett. For nearly 25 years Miss Barnett has been the librarian of the department’s valuable scientific books. Since taking her first position with the library as cataloguer, which brought her to Washington in 1895, she has seen the unit which she now heads expand from a reference library of 45,000 vol- umes, to its present standing as one of the most important scientific libraries in the country. The books are read not only by members of Government institutions in Washington, but are cir- culated among approximately 2,400 col- | leges, experiment stations, universities, | scientific institutions and business | firms throughout the United States. Studied by Europeans. In fact, the library has attained such important proportions that agricultural | students have traveled from France, Germany and Italy to consult its works on botany, chemistry, physics, bacteri- ology, geology, biology, zoology, ento- mology, plant and animal industry, veterinary science, forestry, meteorology, economics, sociology and - engineering. The library’s collections in all of these subjects are rich and in several are un- | surpassed. | The task of moving this collection with a minimum of confusion and inter- ruption in the normal activities of the library will confront Miss Barnett some- time in the late Spring, when the books probably will be transferred directly to the new library. It is a big job which will be super- vised by the slender, quiet librarian, but one that she says she is rather looking forward to. Graduated at Michigan. “Before studying library work,” she explained, “I was deeply interested in architecture. The only reason I did not specialize in architecture at the University of Michigan, from which I was graduated before attending the New York State Library School, was be- cause they did not offer a course in that subject.” “I always have been interested in architecture and interior design, and will enjoy arranging the library to make it as attractive as possible.” The value of a college education for women who wish to take up library work is proven by the fact Miss Bar- nett and her three assistants are all graduates of leading colleges. Miss Emma B. Hawks, associate li- brarian, who is in charge of the read- | ers’ division of the library, is a grad- | uate of Smith College; Miss Helen | Thompson, in charge of the catalogue | division, is a graduate of Goucher Col- lege, and Miss Lydia Wilkins, in charge | AGRICULTURE BOOKS. | MISS CLARIBEL RUTH BARNETT. WIGGIN ADVOCATES NEW TRADE POLICY Banker Declares Change in Emotional Attitude Would Lead to Upturns. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—“A mere change in emotional attitude” and radi- | cal revamping of world economic pol- icies will go a long way to restore in- | ternational prosperity, Albert H. Wig gin believes. He emphasized their need in his an- nual report as chairman of the govern- ing board of the Chase National Bank, distributed to stockholders today. He CHET RECORDS NEFUTE CRITGISH Charge Martin Family Re- ceived Only $1.49 Untrue, Declares Miss Bell. Branding as “absolutely untrue” pub- lished statements that the Associated Charities had contributed only $1.49 to the support of a destitute family over a two-month period, Miss Louise Bell, as- sistant director of the charity organiza- tion, today cited records to prove greater contributions. In addition, she said contact with the family, that of Mrs, Elizabeth Martin, 36, now a.patient at Gallinger Hospital, had been dropped only when relatives had arrived in the city to care for the Martin children after their mother had been taken to the hospital. She also cited statements of relatives that they were financially able to assume respon- sibility for the youngsters, Miss Bell blamed publicity given the family's alleged condition to a sepa- rated home and an effort on the part of relatives to “make trouble” for the head of the Martin household. Mother Appeals for Aid. According to Miss Bell, the Martins first came to the attention of the charity body last May, shortly after | their arrival in Washington, when Mrs. | Martin appealed to the charitles for ;ioold.t This was given, and in .June | assistance in paying rent was furnishe | together with additional food cracr = | . In September, Miss Bell said, Mrs. | Martin told social workers her husband had deserted her and announced her intention of going back to her home in Virginia. Then the family again drop- pcg rr?kr:x s)ghl until December 16. n that date, according to Miss Bell, Mrs. Martin again appeared at the offices of the Associated Charities and said she had obtained an order from the Juvenile Court, under which her husband was to pay her $15 weekly for the support of herself and her four children—Wallace, 8; Doris, 6; Evelyn, 4, and Glenn, 18 months. Martin at that time, she st#ted, was serving a 10-day sentence in the District jail on a charge of drunkenness. Food Given That Day. A supply of food was furnished on that date, Miss Bell said, and a similar action was taken on December 19. On December 24 a worker called at the’ Martin home and gave the mother $4, | after ascertaining that a well filled bas- - | ket of food and toys for the children had been furnished by the Eastern Presbyterian Church. In the meantime, the worker learned, Mr. Martin had been released from jail and had given his wife $4 as part pay- of the periodical division, is a graduate | cabled his message from Berlin, where | ment on the amount ordered by the of Wellesley. Miss Barnett, a native of Ohio, has traveled extensively abroad, where she | visited most of the leading libraries, | and she declares American methods | are far ahead of those in Europe. “They may have the volumes,” she said, “but our library systems are far| superior to those I have seen in other | countries and are of greater value and assistance to ordinary readers.” EIGHT HELD IN HUGE FAKE STOCK PROBE Accused of Flooding U. S. With Bogus Certificates Valued at $5,000,000. NEW YORK, January 11 (#)—Eight men appeared in the police iine-up to- cay, accused of being members of a counterfelt ring that put about $5,- 000,000 worth of bogus stock certificates into circulation. The ring, described as an off- shoot of “Lupo the Worf’s” notorious counterfeiting gang of a decade ago, is said by police to have obtained about one-fourth of the face value of the | stock in most cases. About $1,500,000 of | the counterfeit stock was said to have | been unloaded in the Wall Street dis- | trict. The men were rounded up after a de- ; tective who had opened an office and posed as a broker for a month bought some of the stock. The specific charge placed against the men was the obtain- ing a loan of $50,000 on a block of | counterfeit General Motors Corporation common stock from the brokerage firm | of Cusick, Kent & Co. In the line-up, police said, all of the prisoners excepting Salvatore Amello, a | | he heads a committee representing 100 American banks supervising the debt moratorium. “The level of values and the volume of business are both depressed by fear of the unknown far below the level justi- fied by the facts, and both are capable of substantial revival with a mere change in emotional attitude,” Mr. Wig- | gin said. Tarift Barriers Cited. World trade, he added, has™ been | “badly paralyzed” by the effect on tariff regulations erected by one nation after | another on a theory of self-protection. They increased credit difficulties very | sharply and gave rise-to need for gold far beyond ordinary requirements for | international trade. | After pointing out that the United States had withstood an international | run on gold so successfully that it had | established the American dollar as “the | first credit of the world,” Mr. Wiggin went on: “International payments are normally made primarily by goods, with gold used only to settle small balances and | with credit used primarily to bridge | over seasonal periods between the time of maximum imports and the time of maximum exports, “The gold of the world is abundantly adequate for normal purposes of this | kind, and if exports and imports csuld pay for one anothér the demand for credit could be easily supplied.” Lauds German Efforts. At the same time, unwillingness on | the part of the chief creditor nations of the world to buy German marks has | left that country unable to meet its| debts, Mr. Wiggin said. He lauded the | German people and German bankers for their efforts to meet their debts, pointing out that they had paid off no llessssl than $257,040,000 since July 31, German industries, he added, are do- | ing an increasingly greater amount of business with Russia, and have taken over the greater part of the business formerly done by the United States with | that country. Prussia Strikes Oil. EDDESSE, Germany, January 11 (#). | Mrs. court. Martin is a soap salesman, workers were told, and Juvenile Court records, according to Miss Bell, show he gave his wife money each week for sev- eral weeks following. A worker from the Instructive Visit- ing Nurse Society, who had been call- ing on the family, had been asked to report any need for help to the charity body, Miss Bell said, and no visits were made by charity workers until January 4, when a telegram from the sister of Mrs. Martin to charity workers brought another check-up. This revealed that Martin _had been taken to the hospital on the previous day, and her relatives were advised to come to Wash- ington from Virginia at once to look after the Martin children. They arrived in Washington promptly and representatives of the charity or- ganization were assured that relatives were able to look after the Martins and that no ald from charity sources would be required. The visiting nurse on January 8 asked that.money be left to purchase milk and oranges for the youngsters, which was done, according to Miss Bell. $11.96 in Food and Cash. From December 16 to January 10, according to records, food and money to the value of $11.96, in addition to the amounts paid by Martin, reached the family. According to Miss Bell, the Associated Charities had no reason to suppose the family was in need, since assurance had been given by relatives that they could look after the Martin children and since prior to their ar- rival all requests that had come from the Martins had been met. “The real situation,” Miss Bell said today, “seems to be that the Associated Charities has been made the scapegcat in a family feud. “This, however, doesn't alter the fact that the Associated Charities has given help whenever and so far as it was needed and that they discontinued doing so only when relatives offered to carry the load. Government Leads Hai Voting4 PART AU PRINCE, Haiti, January 11 (/P).—Early returns from yesterday's election for Deputies to the Parliament Queens taxicab driver, admitted know- —Prospectors have struck oil at a dej BXICA 'S pth | and local magistrates indicated toda; ing the stock certificates were forged. of 3,000 feet on land owned by the | that the government candidates werg Amello said he drove the men to vari- ! ous places, but did not know what took place and had no knowledge of the activities of the gang. The others arrestsd were Arthur | Plummer, publisher; Charles T. Morgan, | a salesman; Carlo Peloggo, a head | waiter; Phillipo Margullo, a laborer Salvatore Rinaldi, 54, a laborer; Car. mine Ucci, a salesman, and Salviore Giordno, a carpenter. The prisoners were held in police | headquarters while de‘ecti.es who di- rected the round-up presented the case to the grand jury. CHURCH DEDICATION EXERCISES CONTINUE Second Group of Services on Four-‘ Day Program to Be Held at Western Presbyterian. The second group of dedication exer- cises on the four-day program celebrat- ing completion of the new Western Presbyterian Church, H street between Nineteenth and Twentieth, will be held tonight at the church, with Dr. Godfrey Chobot, moderator of Washington Pres- | bytery, presiding. A double program of dedicatory serv- ices was held yesterday. communion, pre: over by Rev. J. Harvey Dunham, pastor, opened the exercises in the new $300,000 English | Gothic structure. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor emeritus of the Church of the Covenant, delivered the sermon. At the | afternoon services the sermon was given | by Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, head of Princeton Theological Seminary. | Howard Clements, chairman of the | Building Committee, presented the keys of the edifice to Edwin C. Brandenburg, president of the board of trustees, and | the formal dedication was made by | Rev. Mr. Dunham. | At the Presbytery night exercises this | evening the sermon will be delivered by | Dr. J. R. 8izoo, pastor New York Ave- | nue Church. Dr. Henry W. Tolson, | pastor of Westminster Church, will give | t?e benediction. A reception will follow | the i Subscribe Today It costs only about 1}> cents per day and 5 cents Sundays to have Wash{ngton's best newspa- per deliverdd to you regularly every evening and Sunday morn- ing Telephone Natlonal 5000 and the delivery will start immediate- ly. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month. Prussian State. The gusher has ylelded 17,000 gallons in the last 48 hours, IS elected. The voting was carried on without disorder. Postponed! On account of the death of Mrs. August Wise, the “Booster’s Sale” adver- tised for today by Harry Kaufman, Inc., 1316 Seventh Street N.W., has been postponed till to- morrow (Tuesday).