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GOVERNMENT WINS - R.C.ATRUST FIGHT Consent Decree Signed by General Eleetric and Westinghouse Co. . __ (Continued From Pirst Page.) consented to the decree on condition that it would not constitute an ad- mission or an adjudication that they had violated any Federal law. Violation Charge Stands. The statement added the Govern- ment stood on Its assertion that the defendants had violated the anti-trust law, and that the decree embodied all the relief necessary to meet the ob- Jections of the Government. There were more than a dozen de- fendants named in the suit. Some of these were dismissed. They were Ameri- can Telephone & Telegraph Co. and its subsidiary, Western Electric Co., Inc.; General Motors Corporation and General Motors Radio Corporation. The decree orders: “General Electric Co. shall within three months from this date divest| tself of substantially one-half of all of the holdings of itself and its sub- sidiaries of the shares of common stock of Radio Corporation of America by distributing such shares ratably to its own common stock holders, or causing them to be so distributed. “The balance of such common stock and the shares of preferred stock of | Radio Corporation of America held by | General Electic Co. and its subsidi- sries shall be disposed of within three | years from the date hereof by dis- tributing such shares ratably to its common stock holders or causing them to be so distributed or otherwise dis- of.” The Department of Justice statement explaining the settlement follows: “A decree of injunction granted to- day in the radio case by the United States District Court at Wilmington directed the complete divorcement of the General Electric Co. and the West- inghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. from the Radio Corporation of America and enjoined the defendants from at- tempting to restrain trade by means of patent licenses or similar devices, in violation of the Sherman anti-trust W, Grants All Contentions. “In working out the provisions of the decree, which was entered with the con- | sent of the defendants, the officials of | the Department of Justice have pro- ceeded on the principle that the decree must grant substantially all that the Government could reasonably expect at the end of a trial. “The General Electric Co. and the Westinghouse Company, who now own a controlling stock interest in the Radio ration, are to divest themselves of their stockholdings. They must dis- pose of one-half their holdings of the common stock of Wre Radio Corporation immediate distribution ratably among stockholders, -and the remainder of their holdings within three years. “Meantime, they are forbidden to ex- ercise the voting rights of their stock. ‘They also are forbidden to impose any limitation upon the power of their stockholders freely to transfer or dis- of the shares of Radio Corpora. stock received by them. “The two electric companies are en- Joined from acquiring stock in the Radio Corporation in the future, and from being represented on its board of di- rectors, exmtpt that Mr. Owen D. Young, €hairman of the board of the General Electric Co., and Mr. Andrew W. Rob- ertson, chairman of the hoard of the ‘Westinghouse Co., may remain as di- tors of the Radio Corporation of | during a transition period of five months. Agreements Nullified. “The decree also enjolns these de- fendants and their subsidiaries from Surther or enforcing the exclusive provision of their patent eross-licensing agreements. “The Government had complained that these cross-licensing agreements were made to eliminate competition among the defendants in violation of the anti-trust law. “It asserted also that the pooling of more than 4,000 patents applicable in the radio fleld; and the granting to the Radlo Corporation of the -exclusive rights to license the use of the pool's patents in that fleld hampered the right of third persons to engage in the radio business. “The decree enjoins the defendants from hereafter entering into any ar- rangement among themselves or with third persons in any way limiting or restricting the freedom of any of them or the freedom of third persons to use their own patents or patent rights or to license others thereunder, where the purpose of such arrangements is to Testrain trade unlawfully, Trade Restraint Banned. “Agreements for the division of fields or territority or the use of other similar devices unlawfully to restrain trade are also forbidden. “The defendants are given a period of | two and one-half years in which to| secure modification or changes of their | contracts with foreign governments or corporations in order to meet the Gov- ernment objection to them. “The decree providés that the issue| as to the foreign contracts shall be | tried by the court if those contracts should remain unchanged at the end of that time. “The defendants maintained they had not violated the anti-trust law and consented to the decree on condition that this should nob constitute an ad- mission by them or an adjudication that they had violated any law of the United States, All Objections Met. “The Government stood upon its as- sertion that the facts alleged in this petition were true, and that the de- fendants had violated the anti-trust | Jaw. In recommending that the court enter the decree, the representative of the Attorney Gneral stated that, in| their opinion, the decree embodied all the relief necessary to meet the objec- tions made in the pleadings of the Gov- ernment. “The original petition of the Govern- ment in this case was filed in the Spring of 1930. Twice during the interium be- | tween the filing of the original peti- tion and the entering of the decree to- day, extensive negotiations were had looking to the disposition of the suit without trial. ‘The Government's pleadings named the following defendants: “Radio Corporation of Americs eral Eiectric Co. and its subsidi: ternational General Electric Co. a, Gen- In- tional Broadcasting Co., Inc.; R. C. A. Communications, Inc.; R. C. A.-Phot phone, Inc.; R. C. A.-Radiotron Co, | Inc.; R. C. A.-Victor Co,, Inc., the lat- ter five companies being subsidiaries of the Radio Corporation of America, Other Groups Dismissed. “The American Telephone & Tele- inph Co. and its subsidiary, Western | lectric, Inc., and General Motors Cor- | poration, and General Motors Radio | ants, were ordered suit, prior to the entry of this decree, on the request of Warren Olney, Jr., special assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral, who informed the court that, sub- | | | munity Chest luncheon at the are E. C, Graham (left), presi M RS. HERBERT HOOVER (center) was the honor guest at today's Com- Willard Hotel. Picturéd above with her ident of the Chest, and Newbold Noyes, chairman of the Chest’s campaign. SEEKS REOPENING OF 2. 5. PLANTS Alexandria C. of C. Official Starts Movement as Jobless Relief. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 21.—A movement toward getting the two United States Government plants here, the United States Naval Torpedo Sta- tion and the former Government ship- building plant, again in operation as an aid to unemployment in this vicinity was started today by Dan 8. Hollenga, business manager of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce. In letters to Representative Howard W. Smith and nators Glass and Swanson of Virginia Mr. Hollenga has asked their co-operation in getting the logal torpedo station, which has been practically shut down, again in_full operation. The torpedo plant at New- port, R. I, has practically superseded the Alexandria station, he stated. The three members of Congress from Virginia were also asked by the cham- ber official to urge that some use be made by the Government of the old shipbullding plant here, which has fiot been in operation since immediately after the World War. Although the former ~ shipbuilding plant is gemerally regarded as unfit for further use, it is believed by Mr. Hol- lenga that the extensive grounds, dock- age and old buildings could be used by the Government to advantage. Both projects would materially aid unemploy- ment in this vicinity. BECK WILL DISCUSS PROHIBITION IN FORUM Will Deal Tonight With Consti- tutional Questions Relating to Dry Law. “The Constitution and Prohibition Reform” will be discussed by Repre- sentative James M. Beck, Republican, of Pennsylvania, in a speech tonight at 10:30 o'clock in the National Radio Forum, sponsored by The Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide network of_the National Bmldcmlns System. Representative Beck will deal with constitutional questions relating to the roposed mod&catlun of the Volstead w, which iooms as one of the most bitterly fought legislative problems to be considered at the incoming short session of Congress. A former Solicitor General and Assistant Attorney General, Mr. Beck is internationally known as an author- ity on the Constitution, having written several books on this and related sub- jects. He has also been one of the | ontstanding leaders in Congress in dis- cussion of the prohibition question. St. Louis Financier Dies, ST.. LOUIS, November 21 (®).— Fdward B. Pryor, 78, chairman of the board of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co., died of heart disease at his home here yesterday. He had been ill about four weeks. For almost 17 years, Pryor was re- ceiver for the Wabash Railroad, with- drawing officially in 1928, although his duties in the old receivership case vir- tually were conciuded in 1915, when the | road was sold and reorganized. | | e | | meet the objéctions to them complained | of by the Government.” | In a statement accompanying a let- | ter to stockholders, made public after | the decree was announced, David Sar- noff, president of the Radio Corpora- tion, said an item of $17,938,733, “cur- rently owed by Radio Corporation to | the General Electric and Westinghouse Cos., has been disposed of through the purchase by the General Electric Co. of the R. C. A. Building, at Fifty-first street and Lexington avenue, New York ity.” C'l?he deal was consummated, the statement says, at the present “book value” of the building, $4,745,000 | through the “issuances of 10-year de- bentures in the amount of $4,255,000, and, as a part of the readjustment, the balance 0?‘53.935.733 is discharged by the two electric companies in consider- ation of the new agreement. The statement adds that simulta- neously with the announcement of the new contracts and arrangements by the Radio Corporation with_ the electrical interests, “which frees all parties from the burden of expenses and protracted litigation,” announcement also is made “of negotiations for broadcasting studios | and office space, undertaken when the project of Radio City was conceived, has now been reduced to the present requirements of the Radio Corporation | of America and its subsidiaries.” “The modifications of the Radio City Jeases the statement accogapanying the letter adds, “in the amount of space MRS. HENRIETTA McCORMICK- GOODHART. —Harris-Ewing Photo. SOCIETY LEADER SUCCUMBS AT 75 Mrs. Henrietta L. McCor- mick-Goodhart Dies at Estate, Langley Park. Mrs. Henrietta L. McCormick-Good- hart, 75, socially prominent in Wash- ington and abroad, died yesterday at her Maryland estate, Langley Park, near Stlver Spring. in British politics during her residence in London, where her husband, Pred- erick Emanuel McCormick-Goodhart, | was an attorney. She was the author | of & book of memoirs entitled “Hands Across the Sea.” | She had been in ill health for some | time. Funeral services will be held at | St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek, at 11:30 | a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Rock | Creek Cemetery beside her husband, | who died here in 1924. Native of Virginia. Born in Virginia in 1857, Mrs. McCor- | mick-Goodhart was the daughter of | Leander J. McCormick and the former | Henrfetta Hamilton. Her father for | many years was manager of the Mc- | Cormick Harvester Works in Chicago, to which city she went with her parents as an infant. Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart first met her husband-to-be, then Frederick | Emanuel Goodhart, member of an old | English family, when he was in Chicago | in 1883 on legal business for his London firm. They were married late that year and returned to his family home, Lang: ley Park, near Beckenham, Kent, later going to London. Returning to the United States in | 1920, they took up their residence in | thamew Langley Park, near the Capital, and were active in social affairs. After the death of hér husband Mrs. Mec- Cormick-Goodhart resumed American citizenship. Preserved “McCormick.” ‘The name “McCormick™” was prefixed | band, Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart ex- | plained, because she was the last | member of her branch of the McCor- mick family and wished to perpetuate the name. She is survived by two sons, Leander, | who is commercial secretary of the British embassy, and F. Hamliiton, also | of this city; a granddaughter, Patience her grandmother _presided, and a | brother, Hamilton McCormick of Chi- | cago. 'URGES U. S. DEMAND on Government to Stiffen Attitude. | By the Assoctated Press. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. November 21.—Willis Sharpe Kilmer, of the Binghamton Press, issued a statement today in which he called | upon the American Government to tell | European debtor nations to “stop cheat- Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart was active | s to the Goodhart surname of her hus-| Henrietta, at whose debut last season | | FOR DEBT PAYMENT Binghamton, N. Y., Publisher Calls | publisher | to be occupied and the rentals to be| id are being adjusted through the | Réuance to Rockefeller Center of 100,000 shares of the ‘A’ preferred stock of the Radio Corporation.” | tion. ing, stop bluffing and pay.” “France, England and Italy aré pros- | perous,” asserted Kilmer, who returned | from a European tour just before elec- “They are able to pay; their letter said, mmt ld will tinue to fun sonnel, continue c- tion upk:xerewtm. ives patent Hights an ceives paten! an manufacturé and sale of i of b A iy C. A. now re- “In separating from General Electric ‘esting] Corporation, also being named defend- |80d Wi dismissed from the | { ation, through its | | poverty talk is just so much poppy- | cock. for another war. Two of the battle- ships they have built in the past year | represent more money than the Decem- censes for the | ber 15 payments. They built those Tadio devices | battleships with money that was due | recog- | Us When they made their moratorium | bluff and got away with it. “Why should this Nation be a party ':Ffi:l' preparation for another American Government can help to prevent that war by telling the debtor nations to sjop cheating, stop blufiog and pay.” “Pleading poverty to us, they are| , and with their | using money they owe us to prepare AD DRVE NAPPED INDISTRGT OFFES Section Chiefs and Keymen for Community Chest Work Are Named. Complete organization of the Com- munity Chest drive in District Govern- ment offices was announced today by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, who is directing the work among District employes under the Jeadership of Gov. Thomas E. Camp- bell, chairman of the Government unit. The District employes subscribed 100 per cent to the Chest last year and collections were 99.44 per cent of the total contributed. ‘The District of Columbia department workers, with the exception of the public schools, have been organized as follows: | Executive office—Daniel E. Garges, | section chief; Mrs. Ethel Liebson, | keyman. | " Purchasing office—M. C. Hargrove, section chief; J. T. Kennedy, keyman. Building _inspection _division — Col. John W. Oehmann, section chief; A. J. Scullen, John Ritchie, jr., and J. J.| Kimball, keymen. lumbing inspection division—A. R.| McGonegal, section chief; John Kane, man. Superintendent, District Building— E. P. Brooke, section chief; Frank H.; Marks, keyman. Richards Section Chief. Assessor's office—Willlam P. Richards, | section chief; Charles A. Russell and | | Miss Catherine Keegan, keymen. | Collector of taxes—C. M. Towers, sec- | tion chief; Mrs. Alice Grant Wilson, keyman. 1 Auditor’s office—Maj. D. J. Donoyan, section chief; A. R. Pilkerton and C. M. | Thornett, keymen. Disbursing office—Maj. J. R. Lusby, | section chief; K. P. Wright, keyman. Corporation counsel’s office—W. W. Bride, section chief; Adam A. Giebel, keyman. Cotoner's office—Dr. Joseph D. Rog- ers, section chief. Department of Wel Markets—George M. Roberts, | chief; Robert E. Caine, keyman. Chief clerk, E. D.—Roland Brennan, chief; Willlam N. Handiboe, ights, Measures and section man Central Garage—C. E. Emmons, sec- | tion chief. ftect's office—Albert L. Municipal archi Wo gton, Harrls, section chief; L. C. yman. blic Utilities Commission—B. M. Ba an, section chief; T. R. Tayte, F. A. Sager, E. A. Potter and E. J. Milli- gan, keymen. Insurance Department — Herbert L.| Davis, section chief. Surveyor's Office—M. C. Hazen, sec- tion chief; John Jarboe, keyman. Vehicles and Traffic. | Department of Vehicles and Traffic— w. Ap Van Duzer, section chief; M. W. Bell, G. L. Pumphrey, H. C. White- hurst, Hugh P. Oram, J. B. Gordon and Harold W. Baker, keymen. Public Library—Dr. George F. Bower- man, section chief; Miss Helen Cava- | nagh, W. Taylor Purdum, Ralph L. Thompson, Cecil J. McHale, Miss Frances 8. Osborne and Miss Rebecca P. Warner, keymen. Register of Wills—Theodore Cogswell, section chief; Melvin J. Marques, key- man. | MEployment Service —Mrs. _ Agatha Ward, section chief; Miss Alma Doyle, Keyman. | Highways Department—L. P. Robert- son, section chief: A. S. Fennell, P. M. Lumpkins, W. B. Champion, F. Couch, H. A. Key, 5. J. Gass, H. F. Clemmer, H. C. Preston, C. R. Whyte, | €. J. Cain and R. P. Pries, keymen. Sewer Department—G. W. Pearson, | section chief; D. F. Hicks, C. F. King, A. G. Dunn, C. C. Baden, J. F. Gleason, R S. Chapin, J. W. Batson, E. Johnson, T. Dent, N. T. Myers, P. J. Gainey, F. Dodley, J. Gainey and T. M. cnnor, keymen. rees and parking—Clifford Lanham, ion chief; Clarence B, Wallace key- man. City refuse division—Morris Hacker, section chief; Frank E. Edgington, key- man. W, (e} Playgrounds Division. rounds division—Miss Sybl section chief; Miss Florence Carrol E. Robb and Miss keymen. Department—Walter_ E. ghief; J. S. Zeblez, F. C. J. Murray and S. L. Bak Chambers, Teresa Breen, Electrical | Kern, section yman, John Hagan, keymen. | “Health Department—Dr. William C. | Fowler, section chief; Arthur G. Cole, yman Juvenile Sellers, section chief; Breckinridge, keyman. Police Court—Judge Gus A. Schuldt, section chief; William A. Norgren, key- man. | " “Municipal Court—Judge George C.| | Aukum, section chief; Charles A. Cle- ! Court — Judge Kathryn | Miss Virginia A tion chief. | Water Department—D. W. Holton, | section chief; Norman Robertson, E.| H. Grove and Paul Lanham, keymen. Police Department. Police_Department—Maj. and Supt. Ernest W. Brown, Asst. Supt. Lewis | I. H Edwards, Asst. Supt. Frank S. W. Burke, Acting Inspector Benjamin A. Zamb, Inspector T. R. Bean, Inspector O. T. Davis, Inspector A. J. Headley {and Inspector James F. Beckett, sec- tion chiefs; Howard E. Crawford, Capt. William E. Holmes, first precinct; Capt. W. J. Pierson, second precinct; Capt. E. J. Kelly, third precinct; Capt. J. A. Sullivan, fourth precinct; Capt. H. H. G fifth precinet; Capt. J. C. Mor- th precinct; Cant. Maurice Col- lins, seventh precinct; Capt. J. E. Bowers, eighth precinct; Capt. R. H. Mansfield, ninth precinct; Capt. 8. J. Marks, eleventh precinct; Lieut. E. | Harney, harbor precinct, and_Lieut. Rhoda J. Milliken, Women's Bureau, keymen. Fire Department—C. E. Schrom, | John Cerrington, C. G. Lauber, O. E. | Fearn, R. Plerce and Thomas O'Connor, section chiefs; C. W. Gill, H. F. McConnell, H. B. Barker, Edward O'Connor, A. S. Haight, Ernest Howard, | J. B. Watt, J. R. Groves, J. B. Simms, T. B. Stanton, B. W. Weaver, L. L. Woolard, A. C. Buscher and P. J. | Sullivan, keymen, Board of Public Welfare—George S. Wilson, section chief; Miss K. Virginia Timmons, Col. W. L. Peak, A. C. Tawse, Capt. Arthur Petitt, Mrs. Lillian Hol- Jand, Miss Alma A. Brown, R. A. Roane, Dr. K. B. Jones, Guy G. Scott, Wendell P. Tucker, F. B. Haskell, T. A. Hudlow, Henry A. Koch and E. S. Arnold, keymen. GOV. MOORE DENIES ARMORY TO MARCHERS By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. &, November 21 —Ex- pressing belief that the unemployed could be cared for at home, Gov. A. Harry Moore today declined to approve use of the Trenton Armory by unem- ployed who are planning to march on Washington. The “Unemployed Council” and the “Hunger Marchers' Committee” of Trenton requested use of the armory on the night of November 30 for 800 | persons they expected to leave for ‘Washington on the next day. | “In view of information from Wash- | ington,” Gov. Moore sald, “these peo- ple could be taken care of better at home.” He mentioned that the State has a $20,000,000 relief this Winter, Pprogram 7!!‘ House in Which Woman Lost Her Life COMMON-LAW HUSBAND CONFESSES STARTING BLAZE. HE photograph shows the semi-bungalow at 13 King avenue, Seat Pleasant, in which Mrs. Margaret Hurley Rol- land, 36, lost her life in a fire last night. In the inset is her common-law husband, Lyle C. Rollard, 43, who is said to have confessed early today that he started the blaze, in which she either was burned to death or suf- focated, following a quarrel. EX-NAVAL OFFICER BLAMED IN CRASH Rear Admiral L. H. Chandler Faces Arrest Upon Re- covery From Injuries. Rear Admiral Lloyd H. Chandler, U. 8. N,, retired, of 3024 Tilden street, will be arrested as soon as he recovers from injuries on a charge of reckless driving lodged against him in connection with one of two traffic accidents in which six persons were injured in Montgomery County yesterday. A victim of one of the mishaps, Paul Waters, 27, of Germantown, a brother | of Carroll Waters, chief deputy game warden for the county, is in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital with severe lacerations of the scalp. Collision Near Bethcsda. The retired officer's hine was in collision with another rated by Wil- liam P. Wright, 44, of 1807 Kenyon street, on the East-West highway near Bethesda. Wright, who was arrested on similar charges, and four other occu- pants of his automobile were slightly injured when their car overturned three times, but Admiral Chandler and his wife escaped unharmed, Wright, his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright; their daughter, Nancy Lee ‘Wright; Joseph R. Walt, 23, and his wife, Mrs, Doris Walt, 18, who live at 1815 Kenyon street, were taken to the Walter Reed Hospital, where stafl ysiclans treated them for slight BLAZE KILLS WIFE; HUSBAND IS HELD IN SEAT PLEASANT | (Continued Prom First Page.) ever, Blackwell said, and began fight- ing the flames, which were confined to the attic and roof. ‘The fire, which was discovered by Mrs. Grimes shortly after 9 o'clock last night, was extinguished in a short time by Seat Pleasant and Capitol Heights fire- men. Blackwell estimated the damage at approximately $700. Mrs. Grimes’ attention was attracted .| to the house, located at 13 King avenue, when, she said, she heard Mrs. Rolland scream “fire!” Her son, Ray Loveless, 15, looked from a window, she said, and saw Mrs. Rolland disappear around the corner of the dwelling. It was then that Mrs. Grimes telephoned the Seat Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department. Rolland’s confession was at variance with Mrs. Crimes’ statement, and Blackwell declared he would question the man again today. Rolland was arrested by Blackwell im- mediately after the firemen reported he tried to interfere with them. It was not until some time later that Firemen Charles Penkert, Roland Carrick and Cy Ball, all of Seat Pleasant, kicked a hole in the plasterboard partition and discovered the woman's body. The body was fully clothed, even to coat and hat, and a pocketbook was clasped in the woman's hand. Exami- nation by Dr. James I. Boyd, Forest- ville, indicated Mrs. Rolland was alive when the flames reached her. No Marks of Violence. ‘There were no marks of violence on the body, Dr. Boyd, acting as coroner, declared, and the examination failed to disclose whether the woman was burned to death or suffocated. Her body was only slightly burned, the physician h; Eum. Mrs. Wright, Who was a nurse | o 4qeq during the war, suffered a minor frac- ture of & bone in her neck and was re- moved to Mount Alto Hospital for fur- B. | ther attention, The collision occurred, police- said, when Admiral Chandler turned into the highway from' Jones Ml road. Car Strikes Abutment, Waters was injured when his car | crashed into a concrete abutment on the Seneca-Darnestown road early yes- terday while he was attempting to raise a window of his-machine. The auto- mobile was demolished, Although seriously hurt, Waters was | able to make his way to the home of a friend nearby and from there was taken to the residence of Dr. Stanley Barber of Gaithersburg, who administered first- aid treatment and ordered him removed to Emergency Hospital. Twenty-five stitches were required to close the man’s wounds. |CLAIMS FAKE ENTRIES IN NEWSPAPER BOOKS Former Employe Testifies Finster “Continued” Circulating Padding Policy. By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, November 21. —Ola Scott, former employe of the | Youngstown' Telegram, testified today in the trial of four men charged with fraudulent advertising, that Joseph Finster, former Telegram circulation manager, “accepted and continued” a policy of “padding” circulation when he came to the Telegram from Cleve- land in 1930. Scott was & State witness in the trial of Finster, John T. Watters, Tele- gram business manager; James Morrisey, circulation manager, and Thomas Dowling, Scripps-Howard circulation adviser, against whom are charges of decelvinf advertisers through publica- tion of incorrect circulation figures. Scott testified Finster said he had been sent here “to pass the Vindicator,” competitor afternoon newspaper, in circulation. Working with assistants who were brought with him, Scott said, Finster carried erroneous circulation figures on the books, covering them up with fake profit and loss entries, excess commissions to distributors and bulk | sales credited to individual accounts. LEAGUE LOAN POST GIVEN AMERICAN ‘Wadsworth, Former Treasury Aide, Joins Committee Acting on Defaults. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 21—Eliot Wadsworth, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, has been appointed to serve on the League Loans Committee of London, which is seeking to clear up defaulted foreign loans which had the sanction of the League of Nations, it was learned yesterday. ‘Wadsworth is the first American to be named to the committee, which is seeking to bring about co-operation among all creditors of countries which received the moral support of the League of Nati in obtaining inter- national loans. Curb Suspends Stock. NEW YORK, November 21 (#)—The New York Curb Exchange today sus- pended dealings in the capital stock of the Ungerleider Financial Corpo: an uavan:’m:h trust. The ‘ was due )6 company's maintain & transfer office and regis ration, nsion After a conference with State's At- torney Alan Bowie, Dr. Boyd sald he would perform an autopsy on the body in an effort to determine the cause of death. Although no time was set for the post-mortem, it was thought ly it would be performed before the in- quest, scheduled for 7 o'clock tonight in the Capitol Heights fire house. A jury was sworn in over the body in the Ritchie Bros. undertaking estab- lishment, Ritchie, Md., at 2 o'clock this T oland. whe olland, when first questioned b; Blackwell, denied having any knuwledx{ of the fire, insisting he was asleep when it broke out. After being locker up in the Capitol Heights Jail he was taken to Poore’s office, where he signed the confession in the presence of the jus- tice of the peace and other witnesses. He refused to reveal the subject of the quarrel that preceded the fire. Photographs Found in Clothes. Sewed in Mrs. Rolland’s clothing, according to Dr. Boyd, were photo- | graphs of & man, all stamped with the name of a St. Louis studio. Rolland denied knowing the man and insisted he had never seen the pictures before. ‘When the firemen began their battle against the flames, they reported, they found the Rollands’ police dog in the burning attic. The animal could not be coaxed to leave, the firemen said, and had to be carried out, apparently much against his will. ‘The attic consisted of one large room, with a plasterboard partition barring the eaves on all sides. At one end was | a small door, which was closed, but un- locked. Mrs. Rolland, it was pointed |out by Fire Chief Irwin I. Main, Seat | Pleasant, evidently crawled from the | door to the point where her body was | found, a distance of about 15 feet. | Mrs. Grimes’ husband, Asa I. Grimes, told Blackwell he talked with the Rol- | 1ands shortly before 6 o'clock last night, |and they appeared to be in excellent | spirits. There was no indication they | had been quarreling, Grimes said, and | Rolland did not appear to have been drinking. Death Not Mentioned. | Rolland's confession dealt only with | the blaze, making no mention of his | wife’s death. Blackwell said he had not | informed Rolland of the death, simply telling him his wife had been “criti~ cally burnsd."” ‘The Rollands had lived in the house less than thrce months, having moved there frem 9 King avenue, where they | had lived for more than a year. Mrs. Rolland, ording to her hus- | band, was e native of Indiana, but had relatives in Penn-ylvania. She was employed in a downtown department store several years ago, he said, but had not held a job recont HOUSE WILL PROBE TENNESSEE ELECTION Special Committee Will Send Rep- resentative Nelson of Maine to Investigate. | By the Assoctated Press. | The special House Elections Commit- tee today agreed to send s subcomfit- tee to investigate the election in the first congressional district of Tennessee, in which Carroll B. Reece was the victor over Representative Oscar B. Lovette. Chairman Ragon announc ed this ac- tion after an executive of the ran as an in gst the Democratic —Star Staff Photos. BLACK TOM “SPY" MESSAGE OFFERED New Evidence Claiming Ger- man Agents Fired Plant Given Hearing. By the Associated Press. A chain of evidence was cast by the United States today around a secret message, written in invisible ink, to link spies of the imperial German gov- emment with the destruction of the Black Tom Terminal and Kingsland, N. J., munitions plant. The German-American Mixed Claims Commission, sitting_in its last case, heard Robert W. Bonynge, American agent, advance evidence that the secret message supported his charge that Ger- man agents had destroyed the plant. The message was sent by Frederick L. Herrmann, a German agent in Mexi- co City, to Paul Hilken, an agent in the United States, in April, 1917. Extensive testimony was introduced by Bonynge in an effort to prove the message was written on the pages of a magazine. Has Trouble Proving Claim. In the message, Herrmann told Hil- ken the German minister in Mexico City was “suspicious” of him, and he was having trouble convincing him that he was an agent of the Germar. imperial Herrmann said he had told the Min- ister, apparently with a view of proving he was an agent, of the Black Tom and K%:Llnd destruction. . two plants were destroyed by fire just before the United States entered the World War, and while they were assembling munitions for the allies. Herrmann went at length in his sage to instruct Hilken on dealings with the other German agent in the United States and mentioned by name several men who the United States has claimed were connected with the Black Tom and Kingsland fires, Name of Kristoff Mentioned. Among those mentioned in the mes- sage by name was Michael Ki k who has always been claimed by the United States to have been responsible for the Black Tom fire. A previous decision by the commis- slon in favor of Germany in the Black Tom case had held there was in- sufficient proof that Kristof was a German agent. On the basis of the secret message, Bonyngr charged Kristoff was a Ger- man agent and as such was n- sible for the Black Tom destruction. The claims in the two cases aggre- gate some $40,000,000 and the com- mission has allotted three days for the rehearing. It was understood that Germany in lylng Wednesday will claim the sec- message was “fabricated.” ORI R e TRAIN KILLS 3 BOYS AT CHESTER CROSSING Engineer on Washington-New York Passenger Informed of Tragedy at Philadelphia. By the Associated Press. CHESTER, Pa., November 21.—Three small boys were killed by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train on an elevat- ed crossing in the center of Chester boys, identified several hours after the accident, were James Hamil- ton, 11; George Davis, jr, 12, and his brother Westley, 9. Police expressed the opinion the chil- dren had been playing along the tracks. The engineer of the train, bound from ‘Washington to New York, was unaware of the accident until it stopped in Philadelphia, where railroad police in- formed him. One of the bodies was thrown from the elevated tracks to the feet of two lestrians who were about to pass neath the crossing. ‘The second boy had dropped through a space between two railroad ties and had landed on a wooden platform un- der the crossing built to keep water and cinders from pedestrians. The third lay 25 feet from the crossing to one side of the tracks. e CHICAGO OPERA “BABIES” PARENTS OF A SON Henry, Jr., Born to Henry and Marion Claire Weber, Youth- ful Stars. By the Assoclated Preéss. LAKE FOREST, Ill. November 21.— A son was born at Alice Home Hos- pital last night to Marion Claire Weber, the singer, and Henry Weber. The child is the first born to the couple who wer%w?lled the ";:lblu'l; of the Chicago c Opera, where they were married three years. ago. He will be named Henry, jr. ‘Weber, once the youngest conductor of a major opera company, will go to Milwaukee soon to direct an orchestra. His wife, affiliated with the Berlin State , will start an American concert tour in January. They are living with Mrs. Weber's mother in Lake Bluff, Ill SORE THROAT FATAL ‘TOLEDO, Ohio, November 21 (#)— Dr. John Doermann, 42, presi- DYER SEES REPEAL 0.K.BY COMMITTEE |House Judiciary Action Ex- pected Immediately After First Meeting. By the Associated Press. Representative Dyer of Missouri, ranking Republican on the House Ju- diciary Committee, predicted today it would approve & resolution for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. “I think—and with the greatest con- fidence—that will be one of the first things the committee will do after it meets next month,” he told reporters, “All Democratic members will be for repeal because of their platform. There won't be enough Republican opposition to stop it. “I can't see any necessity at all for hearings.” Dyer said he would favor submitting the repeal resolution directly to Legis- latures inggead of conventions ‘‘because it would take less time.” Vinson to Vote for Beer. Representative Vinson of Kentucky, & leading Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, told newspaper men he would “vote for legalization of beer and repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” He has supported pro- hibition in the past. Vinson said if Chairman Collier of the Ways and Means Committee wanted to call hearings before Congress meets, on a bill to legalize and tax beer, he would interpose no objection. Representative Milligan of Missourd, assistant Democratic whip in the House, in a statement today said the short ses- sion should pass on & repeal resolution and an amendment to modify the Vol- stead act. Two-Thirds Support Question. “Whether a two-thirds vote can be mustered for repeal is questionable in this Congress,” he added. “It 18 my opinion that a majorit] vote needed to modify the Volstead can be obtained in the December session. “If the Volstead act is modified and a prohibitive or excessive tax is levied on beer, it will not raise the revenue expected. Neither will it destroy the home brew or the bootlegger.” —_———— HOOVER WON’T VETO BEER LEGISLATION, BRITTEN DECLARES (Continued From First Page.) preferred not to comment upon the conference. Mr. Britten, while commenting upon the possible attitude of the President toward such a beer bill, recalled a let~ ter Mr. Hoover, as Food Administrator, wrote to Senator Sheppard of Texas, dry leader, in which . Hoover said a person would have to drink a tre- mendous quantity of 2.75 per cent beer to_become intoxicated. New arguments, hinged on the ques- tlon of “If beer comes back,” ably will be presented to Congress by the Prohibition Bureau in asking funds next year. | _ Congressional hearings on the appro- | priation which the Prohibition Buresu | will ask for its activities beginning July 1 will be begun a week hence, gefofi Congress meets. In the past the bureau has asked funds mainly on the argument that prohibition must be enforced. For its work during the present fiscal year the bureau asked $10,250,000, but Congress cut the sum to $9,500,000. The pres< ent indications are that the buréau will ask approximately the same sum for next year as it recelved for this " Woodeock Prepares Data. With the beer question being mulled over in and out of congressional circles, however, Amos W. W. Woodcock, direc- tor of prohibition, intends to present new contentions to Congress in asking for his bureau’s appropriation. One of these is ta be that the Fede eral Government is being given the entire responsibility of enforcement in States which repealed their State ene forcement acts in the recent election. Another argument will be that, no matter how Congress might interpret public sentiment on repeal, mx ca- tion or resubmission, the eighteenth ll.mendn;ent ‘cndbevoh:“d act are still w and musf enforced to Vi nullification. b Fears Beer Tax Evasion, Woodcock, however, plans still ané other argument this year in asking en- forcement funds. He expects to tell Congress that if beer should be voted, either at the forthcoming short session of Congress or in the new Congress, and if the much-talked-of revenue is to re- sult from it, a rigid outlook must be kept to prevent breweries sending out no:-uxed beer. number of prohibition organization leaders were banded today in a dec- laration that the recent elections and the referenda on liquor questions held in & number of States do not constitute :1. verdict of the people on prohibie lon.” The results of the referenda “were Inevitable,” said a statement issued yes- terday over signatures of officers of the Anti-Saloon League, Methodist Board of Temperance and Women's Christian Temperance Union, because all na- tional candidates of the two major parties were ‘“speaking in advocacy of a change in the Constitution to legalize the liquor t;;nmc;l and no candidates were presenting the argument ins Lb;zllfil‘mr traffic. oo e same time the drys said the; had determined upon “an lmmlv{ Fmg"m' involving & new campaign or “fundamental principles,” including the teaching of effects of alcohol in public schools and Sunday schools; re- newed ing of total abstinence pledges and similar temperance efforts. PART IN LONDON RIOTS BY PROFINTERN DENIED Communist Paper Says Elias Let- ter Purporting to Show Con- nection Not Authorized. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, Novembgr 21.—The Com= munist party organ Pravda denied em- phatically today that the Profintern was responsible for the unemployed riots in London recently. (Sidney Job Elias, who was arrested in connection with the London riots, was charged with writing a letter from Moscow to assoclates in England last Fall which showed a direct interest of Moscow Third Internationale in Brit- ish unemployed agitation. The prose~ cution said Elias was in Russia ful- filling instructions from the Profintern,