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T A—2 ¥x3 AID FOR CATHEDRAL URGED BY PERSHING Choir and Sanctuary on Main Floor Will Be Opened May 5. (Continued From First struction force. He pointed out that many of these workers had been at the Cathedral for a number of years and were especially trained i unusual craft- | manship which is necessary in four- teenth century Gothic buildings. Tribute was paid to the leadership of Gen. Pershing, both in the World War | and in such peace activities as the Ca- | thedral by Mrs. Brown. She said that she pledged her committee’s support to his program for Mount Saint Alban At the conclusion of the luncheon recognition -was made of the service of Mr. Mellon as Secretary of the Treas- ury for 11 years and as treasurer of the Washington Cathedral Executive | Committee since 1 in a resolution signed by Gen. Pershing and Bishop Freeman. It extended the wishes of the Cathedral Chapter “that his further service to America and the world in the sphere of international affairs will be followed with our prayers to Almighty God for his personal welfare and the | success of his important mission.’ Out-of-town Visitors. Those attending the luncheon and; meeting from other cities were: Mrs. Robert C. Alston of Atlanta, Ga.. Mrs Robert Barton of Winchsster, Va.: Mrs. Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau of Green- wich, Conn.; Mrs. William Adams Brown of New York, former Senator William Cabell Bruce and Mrs. Bruce of Ruxton and Baltimore, Md.: Miss Emily Buch of New York, Mrs. George C. Christian of Minneapolis, Mrs. Fred- erick S. Converse of Westwood, Mass.; James R. Garfield, former Secretary of the Interior. of Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrett of Baltimore, Mrs. Alvin T, Hert of Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart of Milford, Ohio, the president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution: Dean War- ren P. Laird of the school of fine arts of the University .of -Pennsylvania. Mrs. Charles M. Lea and Mrs. John Markoe, both of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Lisle of Providence, R. 1. Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose of Kansas City and Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest N. May of Wilmington, Del. former Senator and Mrs. George Whar- ton Pepper of Philadelphia; Mrs. Wil- liam H. Schofield of Peterboro, N. H.; Mrs. Wallace Mcl. Scudder of Newark, N. J; James Sheldon and Mr. and Mrs. John Sloane, all of New York; Charles Beecher Warren, former Ambassador to Japan and Mexico, of Detroit, Mrs. John D. Sherman of Estes Park, Colo., and Washington. Mrs. George Burnett, Wakefield, Va.; Mrs. Frederic W. Rhine- lander, N. Y., and Dr. and Mrs. Wil- liam C. Sturgis. Gloucester, Mass. Those_from Washington were: Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Andrew W. Mellon, Under- secretary William R. Castle jr, Gen. John J. Pershing, the Right Rev. James E. Freeman and Mrs. Freeman, the Assistant Secretary F. Trubee Davison of the War Department and Mrs. Davison, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, the Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of ‘Washington, and Mrs. Bratenahl, Miss Mabel Board- man, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brookings, the Rev. Dr. W. L. De Vries, precentor of the Ca- thedral; Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fleming, Philip H. Frohman. resident architect of ne Cathedral: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin N Lewis. Miss B ssie J. Kibbey, Mrs. B. H. Buckingaam, the Rev. Albert H. Lucas and Mrs. Lucas, Miss Gertrude Myer, Miss Bertha Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. R. Ogilby. the Rev. Dr. G. Free- lang Peter. chancellor of the Cathe- | dral; the Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips and Mrs. Phillips, Col. Campbell B. Hodges, the White House military ide; Miss Elisabeth Ellicott Poe, H. L. Rust, the Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of the Cathedral, and Mrs. Stokes, Miss Mabel Turner, and the Rev. Raymond L. Wolven and Mrs. Wolven. In viewing the choir and sanctuary on the pilgrimage to the main floor fol- lowing the luncheon, the Cathedral Committee members were able to visu- alize the spiritual dignity and inspira- tion of the setting for the services to . commence on Ascension day. The choir is the third major section of the cathedral to be structurally com- pleted. One of the striking phases of the, main floor to the group were the tre- mendous soaring ribs of molded stone in the vaulting, which were gathered togther at harmonious intersections by beautifully carved bosses. 200 Bosses Completed. Up to the present more than 200 | bosses have been completed on the main | floor and in the crypts. Skilled Ameri- | can artisans, in curving the bosses of the choir, worked on stagings 90 feet in the air. The beautiful stained-glass windows, with their jewel-like ultramine dnd red and yellow colors, which have been in- | stalled in the cholr aisles and typify the miracles and parables of Christ, were greatly admired by the group, while the new window 65 feet high, lo- cated on the south side of the sanctuary and symbolizing the first verse of the “Te Deum,” elicited much praise, The newly finished north transept, the first arm of the cross which the | Cathedral will eventually form. was a center of interest, and in particular the delicately carved tracery and stone- work of its rose window. The chapels on the main floor. which have been finished structurally, includ- ing the Chapel of St. Mary, the| Chapel of the Holy Spirit, the Children’s | Chapel and the Chapel of St. John, | ‘were leading attractions for the group. | Following- the pilgrimage the distin- | guished group will ‘attend the evensong service in the Bethlehem Chapel. After | the service the members of the Wom- en’s Committee will confer with Mrs. | Brown at a tea in the Cathedral Li- brary, while the other guests will be taken on a pilgrimage through the | Bishop's garden, the crypt chapels and the curator's office and book room. GETS OHIO PARDON New Jersey School Board Member Cleared by Gov. White. COLUMBUS, Ohio, ®zbruary 9 (#).— Lamont Signor, Pine Hill, N. J., sehool board member whose aet of kindness led. to his arrest and discovery ‘that he ‘was an escaped Ohio convict, today was granted a full pardon by Gov. George | White. | Gov. White took only a few minutes to write off the books the State of Ohio’s case against Signor. He announced his decision at the elose of a statement by C. Lawrence Gregoria, attorney for Signor, who said | the former Ohio prisoner was a re-| spected 1°sident of Auburn Terrace, N.| J., and presented petitions bearing the | names of virtually every citizen of Au-| burn Terrace, the Pine Hill School Board and the Mayor and City Council of Pine Hill. WILL SING AT FORT MYER' Miss Hazel Arth will sing at me- morial exercises at Fort Myer Monday afternoon under the auspices of the United Spanish War Veterans on the thirty-fourth anniversary of the sink- ing of the battleship Malne, it is an- nounced. The services are to begin at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon and an elab- orate program for the occasion is to be announced later. The program is to be broadcast over the radio. » WOMEN PAST 30 TO BECOME Their Mature Judgment and Tolerance Called Beneficial to Girls. Principles, but Not Prejudics, Termed Essential to Leadership. ‘Women 30 years old and over should assume a more active role in Girl Scout leadership, according to Miss Alice Philipson, a member of the national field training staff, who is a visitor in ‘Washington this week. Younger age groups now constitute the majority of the 10,000 Girl Scout troop captains in the United States, Miss Philipsor: pointed out. “It is a pity,” she said, “that more womeg over 30 do not take up Scout leadership as an avocation. They have by that time their families or careers well started and the young people would profit by their matured experience | “A Girl Scout leader must have principles, but no prejudices,” she con- | tinued. “At 30 or thereabouts most women have got rid of the prejudices | of youth and have not yet assumed the | prejudices of age. They are more or less open-minded. An open and well | | informed mind is the greatest attribute | THE E ARE URGED - SCOUT LEADERS lSS ALICE PHILIPSON a Scout leader can have. The young leaders are fine in their enthustasm. The older woman who has this enthu- siasm and also the tolerance that comes comes with living gets, not nec- essarily better results, but deeper re- sults. “The way the Scout program is in- terpreted to the girls in the troop makes all the difference in the world. That is the reason it is important to have the right sort of leader.” SUT OPENS TOEND SUGAR INSTITUTE Attorney for Spreckles Inter- ests Moves to Dismiss Court Action. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 9.—Trial of the Government’s suit to dissolve the Sugar Institute, Inc., of which practi- cally all the sugar refineries in the country are members, was begun today before Federal Judge Julian W. Mack. At the opening, Cornelius W. Wicker- sham moved for dismissal of the ac-| tion as to the Spreckels Sugar Corpora: tion, Rudolph Spreckels, its president W. W. Harper, vice president, and Ed- | gar Stone, former vice president of the| Federal Sugar Refining Co. and a direc- | tor of the Spreckels Sugar Corporation. ‘Wickersham's motion, based on the fact that the Spreckels Sugar Corpora- | tion ceased refining sugar on August | 29, 1930, after losing some $7,000.000 | and is now in the hands of a receiver, was opposed by James Lawrence Fly, special assistant to the United States Attorney General. | Spreckels Leading Spirit. | “Rudolph Spreckles.” said Fly, “is too big a man to haul down the flag in any industry. The Spreckles family has been in the sugar refining business for generations. It controlled the Fed- eral Sugar Refining Co., which was re- | organized as the Spreckles Sugar Cor- poration, and no doubt at present there | is a possibility of reorganization under | another form.” . Fly said Rudolph Spreckles had been the “leading spirit in the organization of the Sugar Institute and one of the chief factofs In its operation.” “Nevertheless.” said Judge “this is an equity proceeding in which you seek to dissolve the institute and to enjoin the defendants. attempt to punish made here and if| the defendants named by their counsel are no longer members of the institute, as he claims, and no longer conducting a sugar refining business, I am inclined | to believe the motion will have to be granted.” Fly asserted he did not believe the| Spreckles interests would ever with- draw from the sugar refining industry, whereupon Judge Mack gave him the opportunity to cross-examine Spreckles. | Still Heads Corporation. | “You have no occupation, Mr.| Spreckles?” asked Fly. Spreckles nodded slightly as he am- swered: “At the moment I am still president of the Spreckles Corporation without salary.” Asked by the court -how large a pro- portion of ‘the corporate stock he held, the witness said he believed he held all but 17 shares. The present indebted- ness of the cerporation, he said, in- cluded $3,045.000 in gold notes and $1.800,000 in bank obligations. Judge Mack reserved decision on the | motion, telling Fly to submit briefs within two days and advising counsel for Spreckles that if Government coun- | sel should raise a doubt in the court’s ind as to the disposition of the mo- n he would invite the filing of an- ering briefs. mi + SEA MYSTERY CLEARED | Message in Bottle Reveals Fate of Auxiliary Schooner. MARSHFIELD, Oreg., February 9 (#). —Mystery surrounding the disappear- ance last September of the auxiliary schooner the South Coast is cleared, | the Coos Bay Times said yesterday in | a copyrighted article, by discovery of a sealed message dropped into the sea by | one of the crew of 19. The paper, said the message scrawled on a scrap of wrapping paper and in- closed in a catsup bottle, read: “S. S. South Coast going down after explosion when boiler blew up. Rough seas. 9:10 pm. Good-by." The Times said the bottle was picked up by Mrs. Goldie Nagle of Charleston near the south jetty of the Coos Bay Bar. | R. Mack, | ‘There is no | | “No, it was purely social. RULE OR RUIN TALK ANGERS AL SMITH Trying to Do “Manly Thing,” He Says, in Denying He's a Candidate. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 9.—Alfred E. Smith pounded his desk yesterday and said he was “not a candidate” for the Democratic presidential nomination “Nothing in the statement I gave out can be interpreted as an announcement that I am a candidate,” he told 20 newspaper men in his skyscraper office. “All T said was that I would accept the nomination if the convention should choose me. “Now, a candidate is a man who seeks the support of delegates and makes a campaign before the conven- tion. I'm not going to do either. I have no headquarters and I'm not spending any money. “I don't believe any one was ever nominated who didn't make a pre-con- vention campaign.’ Cites Editorial View. The former Governor took a cigar from his mouth and pointed it toward a pile of newspapers on his mahogany desk. “They all interpret the thing in a g:fle nt way, but this is the one I like He referred to an editorial, which concluded: “Alfred E. Smith stands out as the manliest figure in the Demo- cratic lists.” “That,” said the titular head of De- mocracy, “is what I'm trying to do— the manly thing.” ‘The former Governor wore a high | silk hat and formal morning dress. He had just come from the funeral of John Voorhis, Tammany's 102-vear-old grand sachem, where he met Gov. Pranklin D. Roosevelt. As Smith passed | Roosevelt, he bent over and whispered | | in Roosevelt's ear | “He said. "How do you do? just as any one would.” the Governor explained | 1ater. Called on Roosevelt, When Smith appeared at his office, | 45 minutes late for his appointment | with newspaper men, he was asked what the Governor had said to him. “Invited me to his town house” Smith replied, and looked at the ceiling. “Did you go?” Yes. T did.” “Did you talk politics?” We didn’t have time to talk politics. He was leav- ing early and ¥ was in a hurry.” “Are you likely to stick to your dec- laration that you will accept the nomi- | nation?" he was asked. “I can only speak as of today,” he replied. He was told his statement had been | interpreted in some quarters as a_ dec- laration that he wished to “rule or ruin” his party. “That's senseless,” Smith replied in- dignantly. “Any one who knows my record of 30 years square dealing won't believe that.” He was reminded that in some States men pledged to vote for him in the convention were seeking election as delegates. “I can’t help it.” Smith said, “if men, to gain leadership for themselves, say they will support me. “You remember what happened in 1920. I was not a candidate, but the best speech at the convention was the one Bourke Cockran made nominating me. ?'wmz would you have done had you been nominated then?” he was asked. “I'd have gone and got the brown derby and got busy.” Commenting on reports he was at- tempting to “line up the field against Roosevelt,” Smith said: “I'm not for or against any one. That stands until the convention.” He was asked if he thought the atti- tude toward him in the South had | changed in the last four years and re- plied: “I have no opinion on that. I've been down there only once in the two years and that wasn't a political trip.” “I'm going to work and tend to bus- iness now,” he said in closing. “All you'll get from me after this is a ‘good afternoon.’” Gov. Roosevelt left for Albany with- out commenting. “I'm trying to run the State government,” he said, “and that's enough of a jol 'AR, WASHINGTON TOKID EXAINSER OF FIVANCE SLAN Inouye, Leader of Minseito, Is Assassinated at Po- litical Mecting. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February 9.—Junnosuke In- ouye, one of Japan’s outstanding finan- clers and a leader of the Minseito party, was killed tonight by a 23-year-old as- sassin who fired on him as he arrived at a political meeting. The pssailant, whose name is Tadashi Konuma, was arrested immediately. The | motive for the crime was not known. Next to Yuko Hamaguchi, who died | 1ast August of an assassin's bullet, Mr. | Inouye, who twice served as finance | minister, was regarded as the strongest |man in the Minseito party. i Reijiro Wakatsuki succeeded Hamag- | uchi as premier and head of the party, | but his elevation was considered a temporary expedient and Inouye was expected to become the party chief and premier whenever the Minseito faction returned to power, probably in he general election, which is to be held on February 20. During his last term as minister of finance he fought hard to keep Japan on the gold standard, and that stand- ard was not abandoned until the Min- seitos went out with the recent cabinet reorganization. Konuma's identity was not known to tke police He wore a shabby Japa- nese kimono when they arrested him | and it could not be determined imme- diately whether he was politically a militarist. Visited United States. Inouye was long a staunch advocate of Japanese-American amity, and as vice president of the America-Japan Soclety he made several journeys to the United States. He numbered scores of noted American financiers among his friends. as well as leaders {in other fields in the United States. Close associates said Inouye had opposed the Manchurian campaign from its start and reports had been frequentlv current that his life was in danger from plots It was recalled that a bomb had ex- ploded inside of Inouye's Tokio resi- dence on February 5. 1931, while he was away. Five men were arrested and identified as members of the Reac- tionary Patriotic Society. Hamaguchi himself was shot by a member of the Reactionary Society.| | Inouye's opposition to the Manchurian | campaign was not generally known to! the public. His financial policy. in-| cluding national economy and deflation. was among the principal reasons for the fall of the Minseito cabinet late last year. His financial policy also made | him the target of abuse from political opponents who declared he was re- sponsible for Japan's hard times. His Wife Dry-Eved The wife of the noted politician| arrived at the hospital soon after her | husband’s body. Dignified and dry- ‘ eyed she received condolences. She sald | she had feared and prepared herself | to bear such a tragedy while her hus- band was finance minster, but had hoped the danger was past. Three bullets struck Inouye in the | left breast and two of them were be- lieved to have pierced his heart. He exdplred before friends could reach his side. The weapon used by the assassin wes not found on Konuma and police said they believed he had passed it to an accomplice who escaped The former finance minister was 63 vears old. His term as finance minister lasted from July, 1929, to December, 1931. He formerly was president of the Yokohama Specie Bank and governor of the Bank of Japan. INOUYE WELL KNOWN HERE. Assassinated Ex-Minister Had Visited U. S. On Two Occasions. | BY the Associated Press. The assassination of Junnosuke | | Inouye, former Finance Minister in the late Wakatusuki Cabinet in Tokio, created a deep impression in Washing- ton as Mr. Inouye was well known personally to many officials of the State Department and of the Diplo- matic_Corps. He had visited the United States on two occasions and his home in Tokio | was always open to American bankers | and diplomats visiting Japan. In 1908, he went to New York as manager of the Bank of Japan and remained there for about two years. |In 1926 he visited the United States | | again and went to Europe, where h participated unofficially in the con. sideration of the Young plan The Japanese embassy is without any direct advice concerning the assassi- nation. Mr. Inouye was looked upon by for- eign bankers as the great apostle of a balanced budget in Japan. He was responsible for having Japan return to the gold standard. and the fact that he was eager to reduce military and | naval expenditures at the time of the opening of the Manchurian trouble has led to much speculation in Washington as to whether he was the victim of an cpponent of the conservative policy which he advocated. DEBATE D. C. DRY BILL District Committee Takes Up Howell Measure. The Senate District Committee is in | session this afternoon to hear argu- | ments for and against the Howell dry | enforcement measure to supplement the national prohibition law in Washing- |ton. The bill was debated in the Sen- | ate at the last session. | ~“senator Howell, Republican. of Ne- Jbraska. will explain the provisions of | the biil, after which various organiza- tions will be. heard Senate At the End of a Long Pull FIRST TO FINISH IN OLYMPIC DOGSLED RACE. MILE ST. GODDARD, the musher from the Pas, Manitoba, drivin HEaG - % his te: am of huskies across the finish line-at Lake Placid, N. Y., to take first place in the 25-mile Olympic dogsled race. He beat his rival, Leonard Seppala, by just a litle more than a minute, «—Wide World Photo. D, Q- T SDAY BOVE are shown Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd (center) and her two slain companions, Agnes LeRoi (left) and Hedvig At lower left is Mrs. Judd's home in Phoenix and at lower right officials are shown ex- Samuelson (right) amining trunks in which bodies FEBRUARY 9, 1932 were found. —A. P. Photos. ECONOMY ADOPTED N DITRGT BUDGE |, % Legislators Tell City Heads| They Oppose Projects | Costing Large Sums. Adherence to a strict economy pro- gram in drafting the District appropria- tion bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was determined upon in an executive conference today between the subcommittee on District appropriations and District officials, preliminary to starting hearing on the $45,000,000 Dis- trict budget The District officials were advised the subcommittee does not believe time or conditions opportune for considering any new building projects or other im- provements which would call for a con- siderable outlay of funds. | Representative Robert G. Simmons of | Nebraska. former chairman of the sub- committee, promptly raised the question of applying to the District budget the rule laid down by Chairman Byrns on the other appropriation bills, which in effect would not allow the subcommit- tee to increase any of the budget items or to put in new projects or to trans- fer items from one bureau or division to another. It was emphasized that this rule allows a subcommittee merely | to approve budget figures or to make reductions from them, but does not permit any judgment on the part of the subcommittee regarding relative value | of varicus activities or the desirability of introducing new projects. | Would Block Civic Groups. Representative Simmons served no- tice he would insist upon this rule being applied in the District bills, and there was apparently general acquies- cence that this would be done. This would obviate the opportunity usually afforded to representatives of citizens' associations or other civic groups to appear before the subcommittee in an effort to have projects in which they are particularly interested incorporated in the bill Quite a little discussion developed regarding the fact that the District bill rests on a different basis from other appropriation bills, but it was | determined that the District of Colum- bia. viewed as a State or as a munici- pality, should ride along in the same way as other States and municipali- ties, on a strict economy and retrench- ment program. The question of promotion, salary increases and the filling of vacancies | prohibited in appropriation bills al- ready before the House, by a special | rule, which makes such prokibition ap- plicable also on the District bill, was | indirectly touched upon at today's con- ference. The District officials advised the members of the Subcommittee that in the preparation of the District bud- get, the President’s wishes had been obeyed, and the bill does not carry any requests for increases and promotions, except a few automatic promotions as provided in substantive law. Session Called Harmonious. After the meeting, Representative Blanton, a new member of the Sub- committee, who previously had much to do with District legislation as a member of the House Legislative Com- mittee on the District, said the session had been entirely harmonious. The members of the subcommittee who are starting hearings on the Dis- trict budget are Chairman Cannon. Missouri; Blanton, Texas. and Gran- field, Massachusetts, all Democrats; Simmons, Nebraska, and Holaday, Il- linois, both Republicans. Among the " District officials present were Commissioners L. H. Reichelderfer and Herbert B. Crosby, William H. Richards, District assessor: Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor; Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, engineer of highways; Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk, En- gineer Department; W. W. Bride, cor- poration counsel, and Miss Sibyl Baker, in utharge of the Playground Depart- men LEAVES FOR DAYTON Harold Gatty, hero of the eight-day world girdling flight with Wiley Post, and newly appointed Army Air Corps aerial navigation' research specialist, took off from Bolling Field at noon to- day in an Army observation plane piloted by Lieut! Hobart R. Yeager, Army Air Corps, for Wright Field, Day- ton, Ohia, home of the Air Corps re- search laboratories. Husband Missing, Woman Takes Place Despite Racketeers SEATTLE. February 9.—Mrs Jennie §. Burke. accompanied by a guard, carried on her hus- band's milk route today despite his disappearance three days ago and her belie? that racketeers, irked by his opposition to them, may have harmed him Burke had been warned he must give up the route, she said, and in November his truck was stolen and driven over a bluff and wrecked “Can't honest, hard-working people, performing a useful serv- ice to the community, remain in business in Seattle?” Mrs. Burke asked. “I'll show them.” GLAMOUR MISSING IN'CAPONE APPEAL g Lord Is Kept in Cell as Attorneys Attack Indictment. Gan By the Associated Press CHICAGO, February 9.—Minus al the public interest and glamour that sur- rounded “Scarface Al" Capone's trial and conviction for dodging Federal | taxes on_his millions. the United States Circuit Court of Appeals listened today to technical arguments on the gangster'’s appeal. Capcne himself, with 11 years of freedom at stake, could not hear the debate. He had been refused bail and. rather than go to Leavenworth Prison to start serving his term, he elected to wait in the Cook County Jail for the outcome of his_appeal. There he has stayed since October 24, without gaining any credit on the long penitentiary term | that lies ahead if he loses in higher courts. Indictment Questioned. Attorneys Albert Fink and Michael Ahern divided their hour of argument for the jailed gang lord, while Jacob I. Grossman and Dwight H. Green, assist- ant United States district attorneys, argued for the Government. Fink challenged the validity of the indictment. “It is so indefinite that it will not sus- tain a conviction. It violates all con- stitutional guarantees given a defendant to defend himself against a specific and clearly stated charge. All Convictions Upheld. Presiding at the hearing were Judges | Samuel Alschuler, Evan A. Evans and Will Sparks. Thus far in the Government's cam- paign against gangster and politician | tax dodgers the Circuit Court of Ap- peals has upheld all convictions and none has been given a hearing in the Supreme Court. HOOVER SUPPORT VOTED BY WISCONSIN GROUP Conservative G. 0. P. Leaders Urge Clear-Cut Declaration on Prohibition. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, February 9.— Support for President Hoover's candi- dacy was voted in a resolution adopted at a State conference of Wisconsin con- servative Republican leaders here yes- terday. ‘The conference also selected seven delegates at large to be presented at the April 5 primary. The conference in a resolution urged the Wisconsin delegation to the Na- tional Republican Convention next June to “use every honorable means to have included in the national Re- publican platform of 1932 a clear-cut declaration on the subject of prohibi- tion and the eighteenth amendment, to | the effect that the people of the United | States be given the opportunity to ex- | press their opinion, divorced from all other political subjects, on the question of prohibition.” Community Chest Pledge I hereby pledge to the (additional) the (new ) sum of...... Community Chest for 1932 to be paid in 10 monthly installments, or as follows: Name....... .. Address . “There was not sufficient informa- | tion in the indictment to prepare the | defendant for a defense,” said Fink, | | never mentioning the name of Capone. | charged honorably | anonymous; $5, C. B. Beatty; $25, Eliz- | dette: $150, Mrs. J. B. Church: $5, G. (00LIDGE NAMED N SImQum U Talk by Ex-President Hurt “ His Reputation, Insurance { Man Claims. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., February 9.— | Former President Calvin Coolidge and the New York Life Insurance Co.. of which he is a director, have been named co-defendants in a $100,000 suit The suit was instituted by Lewis B. | Tebbetts, a St. Louis insurance man, | Who alleges his reputation as an honest insurance agent has been injured and | greatly damaged as a result of a radio | talk given by Mr. Coolidge on October 6, 1931, and remarks afterward pub- lished in pamphlet form by the New York Life Insurance Co. Papers in the suit were served on Mr. Coolidge at his Northampton home yes- | terday by Sheriff Henry J. Sargent of Hampshire County. Charles Weinberg | of Springfield has been retained by St. Louis attorneys acting for Tebbetts. A summons was served on the New York Life Insurance Co. on January 15 through Insurance Commissioner Mer- ton L. Brown, requiring the company to | appear before the Hampshire County Superior Court in Northampton. | Weinberg says that his client is a proponent of “term insurance,” or in- surance for protection only. Tebbetts | alleges that Mr, Coolidge, in his radio talk, indirectly referred to him and his | insurance methods. and that these re- | marks were afterward printed in pam- phlet form by the insurance company | of which the former president is a director. Mr. Coolidge’s election as a director of the New York Life has been his only | connection with the business world since | his retirement from the presidency in i.\larch_ 1929. He has made frequent jtrips from his Northampton home to | New York to attend meetings of the | board of directors of the New York | Life. and recently he made a series of radio addresses on life insurance. One | of the recent addresses is the basis for Tebbett's suit. 'CHEST DRIVE ENDS; | DEFICIT IS $191,003; WORKERS PRAISED MRS, JUDD CULTY IN TRUNK MURDER Faces Death on Gallows by Verdict of Jury Out 3 Hours and 40 Minutes. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz., February 9.—Death on the gallows has been decreed for Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, 27-year-old daughter of a retired minister. An all-male jury last night found her guilty of the murder of Mrs. Agnes Anne Le Rol. her friend, and spegified the death penalty. The jury deliberated three hours and 40 minutes. Six ballots were taken Mrs. Judd heard the verdict without show of emotion. She was immediately taken to her cell, where she walked in front of her mirror and viewed herself several seconds. Sheriff J. R. McFadden ordered a day and night guard maintained in the cell, fearing Mrs. Judd might attempt to end her life. Before the State may hang Mrs. Judd, an appeal js mandatory under Arizona law. The defense counsel said the a peal would be made soon after sentence Is pronounced February 23. Mrs. Judd is the second woman con- demned to the gallows by a jury in Ari- zona. Mrs. Eva Dugan was hanged in 1930 for the murder of A. J. Mathis, aged recluse of Tucson. Husband Weeps. Mrs. Judd’s middie-aged husband, Dr. William C. Judd, Los Angeles physician, was at her side when the verdict was read. Tears welled in his eves, Her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Harvey Joy McKinnell of Darlington, Ind., had re- tired for the night and were not aws ened. Her brother, Burton McKinne also was absent from the court room “This fight” said Pauld Schen chief defense after hearin gun. Ninety-one Mrs. Judd. have placed my care during my career. 1} of them are still alive tonight.” Mrs. Judd was arrested in Angeles last October 23, a few davs after the bodies of Mrs. Le Roi and Mt Hedvig Samuelson were found in trunks at a Los Angeles railway station. The two women had been killed in Phoenix October 16. Mrs. Judd claimed the trunks at the railway station. but fled when a baggage agent attempted to question her. Battle of Alienists. Mrs. Judd was tried only for the murder of Mrs. Leroi, a second murder charge having been held in abevance. The trial was largely a battle of allenists who argued over the mental condition of the defendant. the defense alleging she was insane when she killed the two women and later dismembered the body of Miss Samuelson to place it in trunks and a suit case The State alieged jealousy was the motive, claiming the young woman was jealous over the attentions paid MTs. Le Roi by J. J. Halloran, wealthy Phoenix lumber man with whom Mrs. Judd was friendly. Through testimony of Dr. Edward Huntington Williams of Los Angeles, Dr. Clifford Wright. endocrinologist, and Dr. George W. Stephens. superin- tendent of the Arizona State Hospital for Insane. Mrs. Judd's counsel en- deavored to establish her as of unsound mind. Mrs. Judd's parents testified that other members of their family had been insane. The defense also sought to capitalize the possibility of an accomplice or ac- cessory to the crimes and thus create “reasonable doubt” of Mrs. Judd’s guilt. Prosecution alienists, Dr. Paul E. Bowers, Los Angeles. psychiatrist, and Dr. Joseph Catton of San Francisco, declared Mrs. Judd sane—“one of the lucky offspring” of an insanity-tainted family tree—her emotions and reaction normal. her ability to perceive right. as against_wrong, unimpaired Dr. Catton testi” ' Mrs. Judd had related to him details of an alleged love affair with Halloran “1 believe,” said he, “she loved Jack Halloran—that she was jealous of him.” CABLE FROM CHINA STIRS CHURCHMEN Urges Christian Influence Peace—Author From D. C. Leaves Nanking. for By the Associated Press. (Continued Prom First Page.) ever collected in any other charitable drive in the history of Washington “I came to Washington when I was 20 years old,” Mr. Colladay said. have seen the city as a whole double in population, and have seen the met- ropolitan area treble its population. I knew Washington when horse-drawn street cars were on the streets, but I never did know anything anywhere near as wonderful as this drive to be done before in Washington. “This organization is now dis- and with thanks | from the people of Washington.” ¢ The metropolitan unit made the best showing today with pledges totaling $13.869.55. The group solicitation unit finished a close second with donations of $13,229. The special gifts and schools units completed the total with smaller amounts. The day's total was $32.249.80. The solicitors were commended by John Poole, Chest president: Elwood Street, Chest director, and Joseph D. Kn‘ulmln, chairman of the speakers’ unit. New Gifts Reported. New gifts reported yesterday in- cluded: $200, American Oil Co.; $10, abeth T. Bell; $10, George W. Bell; $100, Bell Taxi Co.; $25, Hattie E. Bur- Cottrell; $15, Ida I. Croxton: $5, Wal ter 8. Davis; $20, S. M. Deskin; $119.50, Dorsch's Bakery employes: $50, F. H. Evans; $25, F. A. Fisher; $250, J. A. Geiman; $12, Gladys Godwin: $200, E. C. Graham; $3, J. P. Graham; $5, M. H. Griswold, E. L. Harris, George H. Hofmann; $10, House & Herrmann em- gloyes: $3, Miss Margaret Kenney; $5, elen A. Kraflt, Miss Chloe M. Leavitt; $50, M. A. Leese; $99, Liggett's Drug Store employes; $20, R. R. Mason; $12, E. H. McLachlen; $2, Mrs. Pearl C. Meline; $50, Mrs. John W. Morrell: $5, Coleman Mulhanny, R. Y. Nicholson; $10, Laura Norris; $5, L. G. Parsons: $10, Mrs. Katherine Prindeville: $5, Anthony Secia, Miss Velma Shaw; $337.50, Steuart Motor Co. employes; $5, C. S. Thomas, jr.; $15, N. S. Tobey; $5. Marie Butnett Turner; 25 cents, Martha Winters. TAKES LIFE-ON CRUISE Former New Jersey Man Leaps From Ship Near Cristobal. PANAMA, Canal Zone, February 9 (). —Willlam Valentine, 33, a cruise pas- senger on the S. 8. Ki holm, touring the West Indies, committed suicide by NEW YORK. February 9.—The Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America today announced receipt of a cable- gram from its China council at Shang- hai saying “the Japanese military meth- ods are causing very great destruction” and urging “the necessity of every Christian influence for an immediate peaceful settlement.” Officials of the board. whose spokes- man said they took the cablegram “very seriously.” immediately conferred and decided to refer the cablegram at once ® the Federal Council of Churches and “urge on them the necessity of imme- diate action at Washington or else- where.” The first part of the cablegram con- tained an announcement that the American consul had advised all Amer- icans to leave Nanking and gave the names of missionaries who have left. Among them was Mrs. J. L. Buck of ‘Washington, who as Pearl Buck is well known as the author of the best seller, “The Good Earth.” ‘Then, evently referring to the situa- tion at Shanghai, the cablegram adds: “The Japanese military methods are causing very great destruction. Thou- sands of homes destroyed. Using the settlement as a military base will lead to misunderstanding and cause con- fusion, imperilling international peace. Cannot too strongly urge on you the necessity of every Christian influence for an immediate peacedul settlement.” VATICAN GETS LIBRARY VATICAN CITY, February 9 (#)— One hundred thousand books and his- toric documents dating back to the first century began arriving yesterday from the noble House of Borghese to enrich the Vatican Library. % ‘The Borghese family, one of the fore- most in Italy, decided to transfer their archives to the Vatican in accordance with the action of other noted Italian houses in the last few years. Most of the tomes deal with the family's rela- tions with the Vatican. Screen Actress Is Ill NEW YORK, February 9 (#).—Daro- thy Gish, stage and screen star, is ill in the Presbyterian Hospital here. Her physician diagnosed the case as severe grip] She was reported “doing nicely” yesterday and is expected to leave the hospital in a few days. R — BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at X John S. M. Zimmerman, Anton Pointner, assistant. . Holzma bandmaste: Entr'acte, “Chanson, Meditation,” jumping overboard on February 2, two days out of Cristobal, it was learned yesterday. Just before his act Valentine gave a book to his wife in’ which she found a note saying ke ‘“could- stand it no longer.” The New York offices of the Swedish American Line said Valentine had lived “in New Jersey.” Cottenot ‘Canzonetta” % Melange, “Master 3 Roberts (Excerpts from light operas of the t. Italian danc Vaise petite, Finale, “Me-Ow “The Star