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HURLEY, ANGERED, LEAVES HEARING Secretary Refuses to Remain “to Be Called a Liae (Continued From First Page) an, of New Mexico, who have measures before the Senate for independence. ‘When King began asking him a ques- tion the Secretary started to answer before it was finished. “Just a minute,” exclaimed King. *ycu try to answer before the question i5 asked!" Charges Distortion. “You have absolutely undertaken to distort what I said!” exclaimed Hurley, his face flushed and his voice rising angrily. “I resent what you said s untrue, 85 some of your other statements have been,” King shot back. It was then that the Secretary arose and left the crowded committee room. Previously, Senator Cutting had told hat, when asked ‘I he had made a “stump ion speech in rep “If 1 say anything here that is in opposition to you gentlemen,” Hurley returned, “it’s a stump speech, but what you gentlemen say is the height of statesmanship.” Hurley asserted it had been “a kind of lese majesty” to hold an opinion con- trary to that held by members of the committee. ‘When the discussion once turned upon the stability of conditions in the Phil- ippines, King remarked, “We're not very stable in the United States now, economical Defends Americans. “I disagree with these statements mbout the United States being weak and off color!” exclaimed Hurley. “Let’s be Americans once in a while and have faith in our stability.” Hurley said the bill sponsored jointly by Cutting and Senator Hawes, Demo- crat, Mi was characterized by “weakness” and providing for “tute- lage” of the Filipino people. Cuiting objected to these words. r Department officials denied yes- terday that Secretary Hurley had testi- fiea before Senate or House committees that the Filipinos were “incapable of self-government.” Their denial followed reports the Sec- Tetary of War had so testified in giving his views on Philippine independence. As today’s hearing opened, Hurley re- plied to charges of “political immoral- ity,” made yesterday by Senator Hawes in ‘criticizing the Secretary's desire for restricted Filipino immigration and im- ports. He said his proposals were not made with the intention indefinitely to post- pone independence, but to prepare the Philippines for complete national re- sponsibility when independence should be granted. He objected to withdrawal of American authority while responsibility for the Philippines political and economic wel- fare is mandatory for the United States. Not Afraid, He Declares. After Hurley had left the room he went to the nearby office of Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, chajrman of the committee. There he said to newspaper men: “If Senator King had modified his remarks to make them impersonal, I would have returned. But I could not remain where a man, immune by rea- son of his membership in the Senate, was permitted to assail me Yersonllly. “The proper resentment of his lan- guage would be an affront to the Sen- ate and not to Senator King. It was a star chamber proceeding where nons opposed to the Senator and his coterie had a right to express a contrary opinion. “I am not afraid to stand the fire, but I did desire to emphasize the ty- ranny of these committees because they attempt to browbeat witnesses and won't lét any one express an opinion if it does not coincide with theirs.” ‘Will Vote Saturday. After a lengthy executive session, the committee decided to vote next Saturday on proposals for Philippine independence. No official cognizance was taken of the Hurley incident. Word was sent, however, to the Sec- retary of War through his aide that the committee would be glad to receive for the record the data prepared by the Secretary on the question of inde- pendence. Chairman Bingham, a close friend of Hurley, said “there was general regret that anything should have occurred l\: h caused Mr. Hurley to do what ~ 3 HURLEY PLEASES FILIPINOS. Islanders Express Satisfaction at Sec- retary’s View. MANILA, February 13 (P)—Led by Manuel Quezon, President of the terri- torial Senate, Filipino leaders today expressed satisfaction at Secretary of War Patrick Hurley’s denial of the statement attributed to him that Pili- pinos were “incapable of sel{-govern- ment.” Quezon, who had cailed ‘he reported statement “offensive to our people,” was «quick to retract his answer. In a for- mal statement he said “I am glad to see that the Secretary of War flatly denied he said the Fili- ymo people were incapable of govern- ng themselves. It is only fair that I comment on the state- y attributed to Mr. Hurley. traton's attitude s made public by Secretary Hurley's statements recer in opposition to immediate indepen ence for the islands. was considered likely the new governor general, Theo- dore Roosevelt, would receive a chilly welcome when he es February 29 Although island leaders doubted a policy of non-co-operation would be withdraw m decided upon. a convention of the dom- Party. Nacionalista, ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY TO ASSEMBLE Plans for unemployment relief and cther charities will be formulated to- morrow morning when the quarterly meeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul assembles 250 representatives of the society from the 26 Cathol parishes in Washington. Reports wiill also be made on relier work accom- plished wuting the last three months. the meeting will be held at Sacred Heart Church, Sixteenth street and Park road. 8 Speakers will include Representative McCormick of Massachusetts, Right Rev. P. C. Gavin and Rev. John ©'Gredy, director of Catholic charities. Plans will be made for the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment, of the soctety in Wash- ington immediately after Easter. The society expended $35.000 for material relief during the past year. It operates an employment bureau and supplies chaplain services at the vari- ous public institutions of the District. 30 INJURED IN RAID ZITTAU, Germany, February 13 (). ~—Thirty persons were injured here when police raided a mass meeting in which National Socialists were trying to make themselves heard above the chorused shouting of Communist op- ents. A bombardment of ash trays, coffee , mugs and chalrs greeted the police 'received the committee pl:uthe'y burst into the mee! “ | | | |of a Harlan County miner, Captain Dies CAPT. W. E. SANFORD. CAPT. SANFORD S DEAD AT B2 Funeral to Be Held Here Mon- day for Retired Officer of Police Department. Capt. William E. Sanford, Metropol- itan Police Department, retired, for many years commander of the old fifth precinct, died yesterday at his home, 2520 Eleventh street, after a short ill- ness. He was 62. Funeral services will be held at the residence Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, followed by burial in Cedar Hill Ceme- tery. ’ Resident 40 Years. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1869, he had been a resident of this city for more than 40 years. He was employed by the American Express Co. here for a number of years, joining the District Fire Department in 1897. After service of about two years in the Fire Department he was appointed to the Police Department in 1899 and served as a private in the first precinct. Later he served as acting sergeant in what was then the sixth precinct and was returned as full sergeant to the first precinct. In 1919 he was appointed lieutenant and a year later made captain in com- mand of the old fifth precinct, remain- ing there until his retirement October 1, 1930. He was widely known through- out the department, and while com- manding the fifth precinct organized a Christmas charity fund which for many vears distributed baskets and food among the poor. Active in Masonic Work. An active Mason, Capt. Sanford was a member of Petworth Lodge, No. 47; Mount Horeb Chapter, No. 7; Washing- ton Commandery, No. 1, and Almas Temple, Shrine. ber of the Washington Board of Trade. Besides his widow, Mrs. Lillian B. Sanford, he is survived by a son, Juhan Sanford and Mrs. Fred K. Kingree of Davis and Miss Bessie Sanford of Washington and Mrs. Campbell Reed, and Misses' Maud and Mary Stanford, of Westmoreland County. MINERS COUNTER PROBE SUGGESTION Start With New York Com- munists, Says Pineville, as Writers Plead Here. Congressional investigation into con- ditions in the mining districts of Ken- tucky stood undecided today after mem- bers of Congress, urged to conduct such an inquiry, had been met with the counter suggestion from the miners that if an inquiry is to be made at all New York, with its “nest of Com- munists,” should first be looked into. A group of New York writers, headed by Waldo Fran\ chairman of the Writers' Committee that was escorted from Bell and Harlan Counties by a vigilance committee Wednesday night, has urged such an investigation. With other members of the group he ap- peared before Senators Costigan, Dem- ocrat, Colorado; Cutting, Republican, New Mexico, and Logan, Democrat, Kentucky. and presented affidavits de- scribing their treatment in detail A request that an investigation be launched in New York was received in A telegram that reached members of Congress while the authors were pre- senting their plea to the Senators. It came in the form of a telegram from Pineville citizems to Senators Logan and Barkley, Democrats, Kentucky, and Representative Finley, Democrat, Kentucky, and Representative Fish, Re- publican, New Yo Conditions in the mining regions were described to the - Senators by Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin, 24-year-old widow who held her 14-month-old daughter Christine in her lap as she spoke. She told how her husband had been shot down last July as an incident to the trouble growing out of mining conditions in Kentucky. Senator Logan, the only member to remain throughout the hearing. de- clared that “there is lots of suffering in New York, where babies are without milk,” and asked Prank if he thought the conditions he described in Ken- tucky were any worse than those in Pennsylvania. DENIES THEFT GUILT Suspect News Rack Robberies Faces Jury Trial March 2. Kenneth Lawson, 22, of the 100 block of C street southwest, pleaded not guilty to four charges of larceny from news- paper rack coin boxes before Judge John'P. McMahon in Police Court to- day and will be tried before a jury March 2. He was held on $800 bond. Lawson's alleged accomplice, Umberto de Ambrosio, 20, asked for a trial be- | fore Judge McMahon, who continued the case until Monday. He faces two charges. — MACHADO RECOVERING Cuban President Leaves Havana for Rest on Country Estate. HAVANA, Cuba, February 13 (P.— President Machado, who has been con- fined to his rooms all week by illness, in recovered sufficiently yesterday to go to his Santiago de Las Vegas estate to rest over the week end. Just before leaving the palace he for Santiago's esrthquake victims. He was also a mem- ! D. Sanford; two daughters, Miss Francos | this city, and five sisters, Mrs. Walter | ARMS PARLEY HELD HINGED ON ORIENT Dr. Yen Declares Heduction Hangs on Sanctity of Existing Treaties. ~ By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, February 13.—Dr. W. W. Yen, Chinese delegate to the World Disarmament Conference, told the con- ference this morning that its success or failure depends upon the outcome of the conflict between China and Japan in the Far East. If the covenant of the League and the Kellogg pact are permitted to crumble to pieces over the Sino- Japanese situation the conference will fail, he said. “The outcome of the present struggle to ward oft external aggression in the most virulent form,” he added, “must inevitably and largely determine the armament policy which the Chinese naton will pursue.” Dr. Yen dealt more with the Far Eastern situation in his address than with disarmament. Must Meet Obligations. “My country and my people,” he said, “are not seeking pity or soliciting the armed help of other nations in our hour of trial, but we do demand that the nations that have affixed their signa- tures to these solemn instruments fulfill the obligations to which they have sub- scribed. We do appeal to you to rally around the covenant and the Kellogg- Briand pact, for only by so doing can you make the work of disarmament real and permanent.” If, he said, the covenant and the Kellogg pact prove to be bulwarks of peace and international justice on which law-abiding nations can rely for safety during an armaments truce, the Dis- armament Conference will mark a long step forward in the organization of peace. . “But if, by some unhappy mis- chance,” he added, “these bulwarks should crumble, the Chinese people and the Chinese government would be regretfully compelled to put above all other national tasks the building up of a national defense strong enough to secure respect and preserve against ex- ternal aggression the territorial in- tegrity and political independence of China. “Ladies and gentlemen, what are you going to do about it?"” Canadian Opens Parley. Sir George Perley, Canadian dele- gate, told the conference that Canada will ‘support “any and every construc- tive proposal for limitation and reduc- tion of armaments.” The Canadian representative’s address opened today's session. The League, he said, should be a channel for public opinion rather than a superstate. He echoed the speech of Ambassador Hugh Gibson of the United States in declaring: “The | best insurance against war is the| friendship and good will of your neighbors.” ! | | LAUDED BY HOOVER Lincoln Day Orators Call Present Problems Most Se- rious Since Civil War. (Continued Prom First Page.) | — e o - and freedom. They are showing the patience and the steadfastness of Abra- ham Lincoln.” Day Observed by Nation. The President’s speech, delivered from the study in the White House in which Lincoln labored to preserve the Union of the States, climaxed a national ob- | servance of his predecessor's birthday anniversary. Radio carried his words to Republican party gatherings in New York and elsewhere over the Nation. Speakers at these gatherings added their eulogies. Many combined with them & vigorous call for the re-election | of Herbert Hoover, praising him as a worthy successor to Lincoln in times of national difficulty. At the local dinner held at the Wil- lard Hotel under the auspiges of the National Capital Republican Club, the present-day problems of President Hoo- ver were likened to those of Lin- coln in a matter of national im- portance and seriousness. The sev orators lauded Mr. Hoover and pre dicted his re-clection as President next November. More than 500 Republican men and women, among them the cabinet offi- cers, Senators, Representatives and others prominent in official, political and social lite in the Capital, were pres- ent to pay tribute to the memory of Lincoln. They enthusiastically cheered when mention of President Hoover and his re-election were made. The speakers mentioned the criticisny to which President Hoover has been subjected, especially during the present economic situation, and flayed his crities for what they described as un- fairness and misrepresentation. Watson Denounces Critics. Most emphatic in denunciation of these critics was Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, Republican leader of the Senate. While making the prin- cipal oration of the evening, which was broadcast over a wide radio hook-up, Senator Watson asked, “What Presi- dent, save alone the sainted Lincoln, was ever more maligned and misrepre- sented than President Hoover? And what President more than he has ever | been so traduced and aspersed? and those who assert that he has done too much are alike vehement in their denunciation, but yet his bitterest as- sailants have never said what they would have done had they occupied his place in this unhappy time, or what dif- ferent action than his they would have taken had power been placed in their hands.” Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, declared that America to- day is faced with problems in the field of economics and social well being that approximate in their intensity and im- portance that period in history when Lincoln was at the helm. He said that while it is not Herbert Hoover who is The German proposals for disarma- ment will be laid before the conference | next Wednesday. it was announced dur- ing today's session. They will be| divided into two sections, one asking for general disarmament, for the vic- tors as well as the vanquished. as pro- | vided by the Versailles treaties, and another proposing to prohibit certain offensive weapons. Charles Zarine, Latvian minister of foreign affairs, pledged the government of Latvia to support both'reduction of armament and a system of mutual as-| sistance. Count Albert Apponyi, 84-vear-old “grand old man” of Hungary, de- manded universal application of article VIII of the League of Nations covenant proclaiming the equal right of 21l na- tions to the minimum armaments con- sistent with national safety. He asked for a reduction of standing armies and war materials and the abolition of of- fensive weapons and airplanes. If disarmament can be reached only by stages, he said, these stages should spread over the shortest period possible. _ RETIRED U. S. EMPLOYE DIES OF FALL INJURIES John H. Foster, Who Served 30 Years as Bookbinder at Print- ing Office, Succumbs in Hospital. John H. Foster, 78, 22 R street north- east, a bookbinder in the Government Printing Office for more than 30 years, died yesterday at Freedmen's Hospital, the result of a fall to the sidewalk February 1, while walking along a street. Born in Woolwich, England, Mr. Fos- ter was an inspector of cable on one of the first Atlantic cable-laying ships, and was formerly in the Royal Engi- neers, British Army. On coming to being tested by this crisis, but the American people themselves, it is for- tunate that a man of his soundness and courage was at the head of the Gov- ernment. “Like Lincoln, Mr. Hoover can see in the little things the big things that are to follow,” Secretary Wilbur said. “Lincoln could not compromise when | he thought he was acting in the right. Like Lincoln, Herbert Hoover cannot ! | and will not compromise when he thinks he is acting in the right.” In predicting Republican success at the next elections, Secretary Wilbur mentioned an old saying, “When you hear the dogs barking, you know you're traveling,” Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and official hostess of Vice President Curtis, the only woman speaker, placed her prediction of Republican victory next November upon the faith of the women of America in Herbert Hoover. Hatfield Praises Party, Senator Henry D. Hatfield of West Virginia, toastmaster, declared the Re- publican party has’ done more in a constructive way for the advancement of America and the strengthening of its institutions and its people than any other party in the history of the republic. He said Mr. Hoover is follow- ing the principles blazed by Lincoln. In paying tribute to the President, Senator Hatfield said Mr. Hoover is confronted by conditions not of his own making, but brought about by complica- tions resulting from the World War readjustment. He declared the Presi- dent needs and deserves the sympathy and support of the American people regardless of party affiliations; that it is the duty of every man and woman who believes in American institutions and who believes in their party and its ideals to support him in this crisis. President Hoover's address from the White House was heard from a loud- speaker on the speakers’ table in the banquet hall. At the conclusion of Mr. Hoover’s broadcast, there was loud this country he established himself as a_bookbinder in Rochester, N. Y., but | about 40 years ago was appointed a | bookbinder in the Government PPinting Office, where he served until his re- | tirement about 9 years ago. | Funeral services will be held at the | V. L. Speare funeral home, 1009 H | street, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, | Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. He was a member of Pentalpha Lodge, F. A. A. M., here, and of the | Sons of St. George, an ‘English organi- | zation. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Annie Humpherson, and a son, Louis Foster. PIONEER WAS.HINGTONIAN, JACOB R. FAUNCE, BURIED Leader in Sea Food Market Is Laid to Rest in Congressional Cemetery. | applause and many of the diners stood up and waved. F. Colladay, Republican national com- mittee man for the District of Colum- bia, who, after a brief speech of wel come, described activities of the vari- ous Republican organizations in this city and told about the forming of the National Capital Republican Club less than two years ago. He said this club has a membership of 775, among them many young men and women, who, in his opinion, are a contributing factor in_the political life of the country. Bishop William F. McDowell of the Methodist . Episcopal Church pro- nounced the invocation. Littlepage Speaks. The first speaker introduced by Mr. Colladay was Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman of the Committee on Speak- ers of the banquet, who in a tribute to Lincoln spoke of his American ideals and his ideals of Government and party. Jacob Rice Faunce, 72, last surviving son of John Faunce, who in about the | | middle of the last century establishod a sea food business here which still bears the family name, was buried in Congressional Cemetery this afternoon following funeral services at his home in_Virginia Highlands. Mr. Faunce, who died Thursday, was born in Washington and was one of the oldest figures in the city's sea food market. His family for many years | operated a fleet of fishing boats in the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, and had many wharves along the waterfront of Washington. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary M. Faunce; two sons, Raymond T. and Jacob D. Faunce of this city; a daughter, Mrs. Charles F. Edward: Cedar Rapids, lowa, and a sister, Eliza- beth A. Faunce. DOCTORS TO PAY OWN LIQUOR RECORD EXPENSE Doctors prescribing liquor for their patients from now on will have to buy their own forms to furnish the Gov- ernment a record of the prescriptions. Commissioner Doran of the Indu: trial Alcohol Bureau has informed su- pervisors the form no longer will be printed by the Treasury. He said it h;d cost about $15,000 a year to print them. relief apiece and one will last a Prescription blanks which the doctors filll out still are to be suppliec by the vernment. ‘Th. record forms cost about 20 cents doctor about & year. Senator Watson's address, which fol- lowed immediately after the broadcast of President Hoover's address. said no President has labored more earnestly, or toiled more ceaselessly, or striven more honestly in the interest of this Government than has President Hoo- ver. During the present problem, brought about. he declared. by sheer force of conditions, President Hoover has risen to the occasion in an ad- mirable way. He added that he notices no critic has risen to say that he would have pursued a different course or adopted a contrary policy if he were President. Senator Watson then enumerated some of the things he considered out- standing in the record of President Hoover and the Republican Congress He singled out the marketing act and the Smoot-Hawley tariff, the mora- torium on international debt settle- ments, and the President’s relief and reconstruction program. Regarding the market crash in 1929, Senator Watson declared that President | Hoover was not responsible for it. that he could not have averted it, and that no other President could have n.opred it. President Hoover, in his opinion, moved with wisdom and celerity to stay its further effects when the devastating efle]c‘_vs upon industry first manifested itself. Flays International Bankers. Senator Watson warned against for- eign entanglements and flayed the In- ternational bankers of this country. whom he said have lent new sums abroad at high rates of interest and who sre far more anxious to see their debts paid than those owed by foreign as Those ! who claim that he has done too littl« | The dinner was in charge of Edward | He declared that international bankers | COURAGE IN CRISS | | to Mellon Ends Long Career in Treasury A Undersecretary. “That isn’ OATH ADMINISTERED TO NEW AMBASSADOR AND HIS SUCCESSOR. slgneg“me name amid & burst of laughter. et ‘he photo shows Frank A. Birgfeld, chief clerk of the Treasury, administering the oath. ILeft to right: Mr. Birgfeld, Ambassador Mellon, Secretary Mills and Undersecretary Ballantine. e k S In the sizable crowd witnessing the ceremony were Charles G. Dawes, president of the Reconstruction Corporation; Gov. Eugene Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board, and Laurence Riche; , representing President Hoover.—A. NDREW W. MELLON ended his long career as Secretary of the Treasury yesterday when he solemnly pronounced the words “I do” in taking the oath as Ambassador to Great Britain. A moment later the words were echoed by Ogden L. Mills, his successor as Treasury Secretary, and Arthur A. Ballantine, who replaces Mr. Mills as a marriage ceremony, it's & divorce,” observed the retiring Secretary as he leaned over and P. Photo. HE text of President Hoover's speech_delivered at the White House last night and carried by radio to the Lincoln day dinner of the National Republican Club of New York City follows: “I decply regret that public duties make it impossible for me to be present | with you at your Lincoln day dinner this evening. It is, however, a privilege and obligation for every American to join even for a few moments in a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. “I gave a brief address from this room in the White House a year ago tonight. 1 stated then that it was the room in which a long line of Presidents from Adams to Roosevelt have labored for the single purpose of their country's welfare. It was in this room from which I am speaking that Lincoln labored incessantly day and night for the preservation of the Union. No one can_enter here without being sensitive to those invisible influences of the men who have gone before.. “It was from this window that for five years Lincoln looked across the Potomac upon a flag under which em- battled forces threatened our national unity. Unafraid, he toiled here with patience, with understanding, with steadfastness, with genius and courage that those wounds of a distraut nation might be healed and that that flag which waved over this house might be restored as the symbol of a uni country. All Wounds Healed. “We rightly look back upon that time as the period of the greatest strain and stress which has threatened country. But its wounds have long since healed and its memories are of | the glorious valor and courage of our race, both North and South. They bring into bold relief memories of *a great son of America, who freed the country from slavery, preserved the solidarity of the Union, revitalized the nation, reinspired the people with a new purpose, and set for them a new destiny. “While we are in the midst of the difficulties of this day we may well en- | tertain the feeling that history will record this period as one of the most difficult in its strains and stresses upon the timbers of the Republic that has been experienced since Lincoln’s time. | There are enduring principles and na- tional ideals to be preserved against the pressures of today. “The forces with which we are con- tending are far less tangible than those of Lincoln's time. They are invisible forces, yet potent in their powers as Text of Hoover Address Present Crisis Most Difficult Experienced Since Time of Martyred President, He Declares in Lincoln Day Radio Address. our | | destruction. We are engaged in a fight | upon a hundred fronts just as positive, | just as definite and requiring just as | greatly the moral courage, the organ- |ized action, the unity of strength and the sense of devotion in every com- | munity as in war. “I am confident of the resources, |the power and the courage of our people | to triumph over any national difficulty. They are rallying to their responsibili ties They are thus doing more tha: | serving their immediate needs. They | are buttressing the very foundations of self government. They are defending | the very principles of liberty and free- jdom. They are showing the patience | and the steadfastness of Abraham Lincoln. Tenets Precious to AllL “Ours is a Government of political | parties. Lincoln was the leader of a | party whose traditions and tenets are precious to all those who adhere to it. But we do not celebrate the birth of | Lincoln as a political event. Instead. | we celebrate his birthday as the most iflg‘nlficnnl for any American after | ‘Washington. In its celebration we find | | renewed courage and strength. Our | obligation to Lincoln is to be resolute 1 in our determination to maintain the | principles which Washington forged from the fires of revolution and which Lincoln strengthened in the fires of | eivil strife. “Lincoln deservedly shares with | Washington the distinction of a na- tionally commemorated anniversary. | Today, as throughout recent decades, | |his vision sets the guide-posts of American conscience and American | ideals. This humble man of the wilder- | | ness, who labored over grub-hoe and | ax in his youth, never saw a city | until he was 20 years old, never opened a grammar until after he had attained | | his majority. Yet he became one of | | the few maSters of the English lan- | | guage. There are no nobler utterances no greater inspirations to people than | his many appealing statements culmi- nating with his Gettysburg speech. A race is fortunate that can contribute | a voice calling to order and to con- | | science in the world which shall be | heard above the froth and immaterial | | substance of everyday life. It comes | to few men to become that voice to their generation. Still fewer are they whose voices resound through the life of a people. “Abraham Lincoln more than any | other man gave expression to the heart | and the character and the faith of our race. Washington was indeed the | Father of Our Country. Lincoln was | its greatest son.” countries have complicated the prob- lem by their influence with foreign nations. In voicing his opposition to debt cancellation, Senator Watson de- clared these international bankers as well as others must certainly see by this time that the American people al- most a3 a unit are opposed to the can- cellation of one penny of those debts and that, if they are not paid in the future it will be because they have been repudiated by the nations that owe them and not by reason of their cancel- lation by the American Government “We shall continue to help in the fu- ture, however, whenever the national conscience shall be stirred and the na- ticnal sense of justice aroused,” Sen- ator Watson said. “But when the time comes, it will be for us to say how we shall help Europe, by what method we hall help, and how much we shall help. It will not be for any super government set up on the other side of the ocean composed of nations hostile ¥o us in our every phase of national life to set- tle these questions for us; these things we shall determine for ourselves, free from the interference of any or all the other nations on earth combined.” Raps Democrats on Tariff. “And hence, if we are as wise now as we have been in the past” Senator Watson added, “we shall avoid the en- tangling alliance proposed for us by our Democratic friends in suggesting an international conference to deter- mine the tariff policy of our land. If cur tariff is lowered so as to permit an influx of cheap goods from abroad how can the wages of Americans be increased or how can the unemployed find work? The story of the American prosperity and of American progress is the story of the American tariff. ~And so, my countrymen, let us cling the faith that inspired Abraham Lincoln throughout the turbulent years of his career.” During the course of the dinner, prior to the speaking, there was a program of entertainment. which included num- bers by Mrs. Florence Sintell, whose singing of the “Star Spangled Banner” opened the banquet; Margie Coates, Ann Skelly and Monaca, Costigan and Flynn, and Joe, Mae and Dolly. All, with the exception of Mrs. Sintell, were from local theaters. The music was fur- nished by Leon Brusiloff’s Orchestra. At the annual breakfast of the Dames | of Loyal Legion yesterday the Wil- lard, tributes were paid the Civil War President by Brig. Gen. M. A. De Laney, U. S. A, and Comdr. John F. Shafroth, U. S. N. Gen. De Laney spoke on the “Progress of Medicine Since Lincoln’s Time,” while Comdr. Shafroth devoted his talk to “Lincoln and Preparedness.” Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, vice presi- dent of the National Society of the Dames of the Loyal Legion, brought to the breakfast gathering a greeting from the national president, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, a former president, made 8 brief address. Mrs. Warren J. Haines, president of the local society, presided toastmistress. BISHOP T0 DEFEND | * SELF OF CHARGES Cannon Says He Will Issue Full Statement as Soon as | Appeal Is Ended. By the Associated Press. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., successful yesterday in having indictments against | him dismissed in District Supreme | | Court, intends shortly to issue a full defense against the charges of corrupt practices violation brought against him. |~ He announced this intention last | night, at the same time pointing out | he would make no immediate comment on the court case, in view of the possi- bility of an appeal. The district attor- | ney's office is preparing an appeal to the District Court of Appeals. | Dismissed Yesterday. Yesterday's dismissal was by Justice James M. Proctor, on the ground that | the indictmcnts, which named also Miss Ada Burroughs, former secretary of Bishop Cannon, did not make a case of conspiracy as charged. ‘The Cannon defense, said the bis- hop, will “present important facts giv- ing such details as may be necessary to explain satisfactorily to every [fair- minded person the many misleading statements which have been made be- fore committees and which have ap-: peared in the press” regarding his acts in the campaign against Alfred E. | Smith in 1928. | Will Appeal Monday. | Justice Proctor held the indictments | were void because they did not say | Miss Burroughs had knowledge of cer- | tain sums of money given the South- ern Methodist churchman for his| campaign against Gov. Smith. | John J. Wilson, assistant district at- | torney in charge of the case, said the appeal would be filed Monday. | If the Court of Appeals upholds | Justice Proctor's ruling it probably | means the collapse of the case against | Bishop Cannon, although the Govern-! | ment” could then appeal to the Su- | preme Court. Action to procure new indictments cannot be taken now, the three-year limit prescribed by the statute of Jimita- tions having expired. — The “Flying Scotsman,” Britain's crack train, sonsumes 5 tons of coal on its run between London and Edin- burgh. 5. B. LOCKWOOD DEAD AT MUNCE Publisher and Author Was for Many Years Resident of Washington. By the Associated Press. MUNCIE, Ind., February 13.—George B. Lockwood, publisher of the Muncie Evening Press and nationally known writer, died at 7 o'clock here last night He had suffered a heart attack last Sunday. Mr. Lockwood was 58 years old. In addition to being a publicist and pamphleteer on national and interna- tional subjects, Mr. Lockwood had held important posts in the Republican party. ‘He was secrétary of the Na- tional Committee from 1922 until 1924 and prior to that time had been prom- inent in party affairs in Indiana. He also served as secretary to Vice Presi- dent Charles Warren Fairbanks. Long a Resident Here. Mr Lockwood resided in Washington for & number of years, but returned to Indiana about two years ago to take active direction of his newspaper here. Although Mr. Lockwood never had | held an elective public office, his nanfe was frequently mentioned as a probable candfdate for the Republican guber- natorizl nomination or as candidate for the Republican nomination for Repre- sentative in Congress from the new tenth district of Indiana. Scores of telegrams and telephone calls from many parts of the country had been received by the Evening Press and members of the family since Mr. Lockwood was stricken, expressing hope for his recovery. Lockwood was born at Forest, Il After graduation from Depauw Univer- sity in 1894 he becaraz one of the foun- ders and the first editor of the Terre Haute Evening Tribune. In 1896 he disposed of his interest and became secretary to Col. George W. Steelr, member of Congress from the eleventh Indiana district. In 1907 ke obtained a majority in- terest in the Mation, Ind. Evening Chronicle, of which he remained editor and publisher until 1913. Meanwhile he became secretary to Vice President Fairbanks. In 1912 he had acquired the Muncie Evening Press and he was president and principal owner of the paper until his death. Paper Moved to Washington, In 1913 he established at Muncie the Indiana State Journal, which later be- came the National Republican. In 1918 this paper was removed to Washing- ton, and for seven years was the semi- officlal organ of the Republican party, attaining & circulation during the 1920 campaign of 450,000, In 1925 this periodical was changed to a monthly patriotic publication known as the Na- tional Republic. Lockwood was author of “The New Harmony Community” and “The New Harmony Movement,” studles of the social experiments at New Harmony, Ind., in 1814 and 1828. The last vol- ume attracted worldwide attention from economists. Lockwood also was editor of a collection of editorials on the League of Nations. Survivors are the widow and three children, Mrs. Georgianna Lockwood Waddell of Baltimore: Gordon B. Lock- wood, business manager of the Evening Press; John B. Lockwood of Washing- ton, D. C., and two brothers, Will Lock- wood of Shanghai and Edward Lock- wood, stationed at Canton. but now in this country. Both are secretaries of the Y. M. C. A, Has New Daughter SECOND CHILD BORN TO PRI CESS MARTHA OF NORWAY. PRINCESS MARTHA. OLBO, February 13 (#.—A second daughter was born to Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha Norw formerl, was Princess Martha of Swe- June, ! | | CITIZENS OPPOSE ASSESIING METHOD Brightwood Association Acts Against Levy on Abutting Property. Opposition to present methods of as- sessing abutting property owners for street extensions and not making im- provements until years later, was voioed at & meeting of the Brightwood Citi- zens’ Association last night in the Paul Junior High School, Eighth and Nichol- son streets. In urging the improvement of Ninth street from Concord avenue to Quack- enbos street, it was pointed out that assessments for the extension of this thoroughfare were made years ago, and that no attempt had been made by the District to improve it. The case of New Hampshire avenue was referred to dur- ing the discussion, assessments having been paid by abutting property owners 18 years ago, and still the avenue has not been improved as far as the District line. The District Commissioners will be urged to make these improvements. The extension of Nicholson street from Fourteenth to Sixteenth streets will also be requested. Avenue Name Change Opposed. Changing of the name of Concord avenue to Oregon avenue was opposed in a resolution adopted by the associa- tion, as provided for in & bill now be- fore Congress. ‘The removal of the three houses at the intersection of Colorado avenue and Montague street, the scene of several serfous automobile accidents, will be ry quested of the Commissioners, espe- clally in view ofthe fact that the prop- erty has been condemned and is now owned by the District. The elosing of barber shops on Sun- day was indorsed by the association in a resolution adopted, following a dis- cussion of the subject. The association indorsed the House bill authorizing the Commissloners to readjust and close streets, roads, high- ways or alleys in the District, rendered unnecessary or useless. The association had as its guests Capt. Walter Emerson, recently retired commander of the new sixth precinct at Brightwood and Capt. Joseph C. Morgan, the new official in charge of the precinct. In a brief address to the members Capt. Morgan told of the activities of the precinct members, citing a few re- cent important arrests in hold-up cases and urged that citizens not evidence too much fear due to the “sniper” and his numerous shootings, as the suburban section was being well patrolled and every man in the precinct was on the alert to catch up with him. Capt. Mor- gan said there were 11 schools in that section, with a total of 5,114 children, and explained the activities of his men in safeguarding these children during the time they were on the streets. The meeting was presided over by Charles W. Ray, with C. E. Bogardus as secretary. FIANCE FEARS HOAX CAUSED GIRL TO END LIFE AT SEA; ASKS PROBE (Continued From Pirst Page.) the death of her daughter, Elizabeth Barrett Cook, aboard the steamship Chinese Prince between Naples and Gibraltar last week. Another daughter, Louise Cook, salled with her mother. Just before her daughter sailed from Naples February 4, Mrs. Cook sald, the girl received a cablegram from Boston saying her flance, St. George Amold, had died following an oper: for ap- pendicitis and advising her “on no ac- count to return home.” Yesterday, Mrs, Cook said, she her- self received a cablegram signed with the name St. George Arnold, expressing condolences over Elizabeth's death. Miss Cook salled for home February 4 in spite of the injunction in the cable- gram telling of her flance’s death, and Mrs. Cook was notified later by steam- hip officials that she had died of pneu- monia on board the steamer. Mrs. Cook ordered the body buried at Gi- bralter. She will be accompanied home to Boston by another daughter, Louise, and and her son Harry, who have been liv- ing with her at a hotel here two months. TWO LEGACIES WAITED 'GIRL. BOSTON, February 13 (#)—Miss Elizabeth Barrett Cook, 20, descendant of an old Boston family, who died aboard a steamer in the Mediterranean, after receiving a cablegram purporting to announce the death of her flance in Boston, would have come into pos- session of two considerable legacies on her 21st birthday, an uncle, Dr. Francis E. Carroll, said today. Dr. Carroll, who was unaware, he sald, of the girl's engagement to St. George Arnold, 29-year-old graduate student of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and employe of a light- ing company, declined to say who would probably inherit the legacies upon Miss Cook’s death. Both he and his brother, Albert Car- roll, brothers of Miss Cook’s mother, expressed a determination to trace down the authorship of the cable- gram which reached Miss Cook in Naples a few hours before she was to have sailed for Boston and which was signed with a woman's name. The cablegram advised her that Arnold had died after an operation and strongly counseled her not to return to this country. Arnold_was_consoled today by his mother, Mrs, B. W. Arnold of Lynch- burg, wife of a professor of Randolph- Macon College at Lynchburg. She told of how her son had worked to put him- self through the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology after his graduation from Randolph-Macon, and said she could not understand in view of his circumstances why any other woman should desire to break off his engage- ment with Miss Cook. RECORD IS CORRECTED L. R. Yeago Erroneously Listed in Arlington Court Minutes. Due to a clerical error in the prepa- ration of the minutes for the County Court of Arlington, Va., The Star erro- neously published on February 10 & story in which it was stated that L. G. Yeago had been convicted of violating the prohibition law and had been fined $50 and costs and sentenced to serve one month in jail. Mr. Yeago pleaded not guilty and was acquitted. Judge B. M: Hedrick, in ex- amining the minutes some time after they had been prepared by the clerk's office, discovered the mistake and or- dered them destroyed and & new set carrying Mr. Yeago's acquittal substi- tuted. -fi-AND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant, March, “The Stars and Stripes Forever"” Overture, Entr'Ac lumbine” ..... 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