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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather By Fair and cooler, passibly light frost in exposed places tonight; tomorrow fair; moderate northwest winds north or northeast. Temperatures—High- est, 70, at 6 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ureau Forecast.) becoming Entered as secol 20 post office, Wa: nd class' matter shington, D. C. @h ¢ Foem WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1933—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ng Star. FF¥ “From Press () Means Associated Press. to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 125,253 TWO CENTS. ATTAGKS I SEMTE HOLD (P PRSSAG OF INLATON L More Republican Speeches Interrupt Course of Cur- rency Legislation. ASSAULT BY GLASS CONFRONTS MEASURE Virginian “Amazed and Distressed” at Statement of Cennally During Debate. Further Repullican speeches in op- po: and a possible attack from Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, today threatened to prevent passage ng the day of the administration’s ation plan. Glass, former Secretary of the Treas- ury, said he had not yet decided whether to make a speech, but friends of the veteran Virginian said he wanted to Among other things, Glass is op- posed to the clause giving the Presi- dent power to lower the gold content of the dollar. Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio, also was reported. to be contemplating 8 long speech against the plan. Democratic leaders said, however, every effort would be made to obtain a vote before quitting today, and if this could not be achieved, an agreement limiting debate and looking toward a vote tomerrow would be proposed. n attempt to attach provisions for sh payment of the bonus to the infla- tion program was promised by Senator Robinson, Republican, of Indiana, threatening to delay still more a final vote. Robinson said he would offer an | amendment calling for the payment of | the bonus in new currency. A similar proposal passed the House last year and died in the Senate. At that time the cost was estimated at $2,400,000,000. Senator Connally, Democrat, Texas, resumed arguments for the inflationists. Harridge Suspends Whitehill, Chapman And “Buddy” Myer Length of Time Indefinite Pending Reports From Umpires. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 26.—President Wil- liam Harridge of the American League today indefinitely suspended Buddy Mycr, Washington infielder; Ben Chapman, New York outfielder, and Earl Whitehill, Washington pitcher, for their participation in a fight which broke up in a riot during the ‘Washington-New York game yesterday. Dixie Walker of the Yankees was not suspended as reports to President | Harridge said he went to the protec- tion of Chapman and was not engaged in the fight. President Harridge will leave for Philadelphia today, where the Yankees are playing. to obtain a full report from the umpires. After completing his investigation, Harridge said he would take definite action against the players involved. Yanks Blame Whitehill. - PHILADELPHIA, April 26 (P.— Manager Joe McCarthy and the New York Yankees, discussing the riot yes- terday at Washington, which resulted in the suspension .of Ben Chapman of Buddy Myer of the Senators, were in- | clined today to place most of the blame on Whitehill. “If it hadn't been for Whitehill” | McCarthy said, “there wouldn't have | been anything to it but the row at sec- ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) | RETIREMENT PLAN 10 BE REWRITTEN Measure Sent Back to Budget Bureau With Compromise Provision. The compulsory 30-year retirement and | other controversial legislative features Glass Challenges Connally. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic chieftain, and Senator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, chief op- penent of the inflation proposal, en-; [ d in an interchange while the an had the floor, both agreeing that | unless internarional exchanges were | stabilized America and Great Britain; faced the danger of a duel to depre- ciate currencies. Glass got into the debate briefly for the first time during Connally’s speech, saying he was “amazed and distressed” to hear Connally express doubt whether the Government was morally obligated | to pay its bonds in gold dollars of the present 3 Connally had conceded the clause, authorizing the President to lower the| gold content of the dollar by 50 per cent was “not without grave doubt” as to constitutionality. the | { tion_ bill went back to the Budget Bu- | mise provisions. This action came after | of the independent offices appropria- reau today for the writing of compro- | a brief executive session on the bill by | the Deficiency Subcommittee of the | House Appropriations Committee. Prospects are that liberalized provi- | sions, acceptable to President Roosevelt, would be written and the Budget Bu- | reau would return the much discussed kill to Capitol Hill before nightfall. Budget Director Douglas is said to| have told the' committee that the 30- year provision will be reshaped so as to | give the President a relatively free hand in bringing about dismissals of super- annuated employes, without the drastic “Such_question can never be decided by the Supreme Court,” he said, “until | the Government undertakes to exercise the power of changing the gold con-| tent and its further exercise of power | by declaring that such new dollars shall | be tenderable on debts and obligaticns | theretofore existing, contracts providing } for gold clauses of the present stand-, ard of weight and fineness to the con- | trary notwithstanding.” Conspiracy Charged. i The flow of debate on inflation was slowed up considerably in the Senate late vesterday, with Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, winding up with a sarcastic blast aimed at Re- publican opponents of the administra- Harriscn asserted that W. Mellon was in a “con- with Ogden L. Mills and Sen- Reed, a chief opponent, to defeat | tho legislation. Harrison praised President Rooseveit | for his “vision, courage and broad statesmanship” in seeking the power 1o stabilize currencies and asserted: “This is a conservative measure. There’s no wild inflation in it. But it w 1l put the money out into the hands ©of the people. This proposal means a better day for America. It means that | thousands on the verge of bankruptcy can come back and that thousands of banks on the verge of closing their doors can keep open.” ator Reed denied he had con- ferred with former Secretary Mellon on the inflation plan. “No,” Harrison replied, “there's a triangular arrangement now. Mr. Mills conferred with Meilon and then with the Senator.” “Mr. Mills wasn't in the East until T Reed came back. N Harrison retorted, “but he got here as he could come. I don't| know whether he used a plane.” Earlier in the day, Reed formally opened the opposition attack with a declaration that the inflation proposal was uncenstitutional and a “terrible power” to give the President. Rising to reply to Recd after Sena- tors Barbour, Republican, of New Jersey and Patterson had rallied to the op- position_cause, Harrison_complimented | "~ (Continued on Page 2, Colum $100,000 ANNUAL SAVING EFFECTED BY FARLEY By the Assoclated Press. Savings aggregating $100.000 annually were claimed today by Postmaster Gen- eral Farley as the result of two economy moves in the operation of the Post Office Department. He said in a statement that $83,360 weuld be saved through discontiruance on May 15 of the division of scales. created by Walter F. Brown, the Hoover Postmaster General, in 1931. In addition, he said $21,135 had been saved in the leasing of 21 post offices since March 4. He explained the cost had been cut an average of 35 per cent 2nd in no instance had it been less than 25 per cent. There are 35 employes in the field service who have inspected scales only in first and second class post offices, Farley said. He added that hereafter nine expert mechanics will inspect all mechanical appliances at all post offices. | wholesale dismissals provided for in !hc2 first draft of the bill, which rolled up| a storm of opposition. Furloughing Feature. | Other provisions to be rewritten are those calling for furloughing certain | Army officers at half pay 4nd granting authority to the President to abrogate | any contract to which the Federal Government is a party. A more liberal policy in dealing with employes of long service had been de- | manded by Chairman Buchanan of the | committee, so scientific, legal and tech- | nical experts of long service could be | retained in spite of 30 or more years', service, althcugh allowed the option of | | retirement if they cared to exercise it.| He suggested giving the President the, power to draw up regulations designed | to separate from the service superan- nuated employes on the basis of ef-| ficiency. Others at Session. Others who were in attendance at | the committee session this morning in- cluded Thomas E. Campbell, chairman of the Civil Service Commission, and E. Claude Babcock, its secretary; Lamar Jeffers, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee, and Alvin Brown, assistant budget director. | Meantime, the Public Buildings and Public Parks Lodge of the American Federation of Government Employes sent a resolution to William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, indorsing the. 30-year com- pulsory provisions in the independent officers appropriation bill. The lodge said it had taken this action at a meet- ing held last night. The letter accom- panying the resolution was signed by E. H. Bailey, president of the lodge. GRIFFS’ GAME OFF Rain Causes Postponement Between Nationals and Red Sox. BOSTON, April 26 (#).—The game scheduled here today between the Na- tionals and the Red Sox has been cailed off because of rain. The two teams meet tomorrow, weather permitting. This is the third time the two teams were forced to postpone their playing. the Yankees and Earl Whitehill and | |1am Green, president of the American SWOPE PROPOSES ALTERNATIVE PLAN| FOR 3Z-HOUR WEEK All but Agricuitural and Do- mestic Labor' Would Be Affected. IGREEN VOICES APPROVAL OF PRODUCTION CONTROL {But Expresses Opposition of the A. F. of L to Froposal for Minimum Wage Law. By the Associated Press. A new alternative to the Black 30- hour werk week bill, under avhich all ut ggricultural and domestic labor would be limited to an average” of 32 | hours a week, was proposed to th~ House Labor Commiitee today by Gerard Swope, president of the Gen- eral Electric Co. He advanced his program after Will- Federation of Labor, had pronounced his organization’s general approval of the pending bill, a six-hour day, five- day week proposal, and of the change advocated by Secretary of Labor Per- kins for Federal control of production. Green opposed Miss Perkins’ plan foi minimum wage legislation, saying it had been the rule that minimums set by the Government became the maxi- mum paid. He sought general apph- cation of the 30-hour week, however, while the bill as passed by the Senate exempts many classes of workers. Swope, too, sought this general ap- plication and criticized the Black bill as too rigid for practical application and not sufficiently far reaching. ‘Working Time Limited. The average working time he pro- posed would be limited in this way: No more than 832 hours per man in any 26-week Reriod; no more than 48 hours in any one week; no more than eight hours in any one day. The plan would be limited to two years as an emergency program; the Labor Department would have power to set minimum wages by localities for men, women or children; there should be a maximum of cooperation and ad- ministration by chambers of commerce and trade associations. The limit of application would be such as to include all public and pri- vate employment except agricultural or domestic, for which earnings are less than $1,800 per annum on a full time basis. Green said he estimated universal application of the 30-hour week would | re-employ 6,600,000 men, but he pointed out that the bill as passed by the Sen- ate would apply the short schedule only to manufacturing and mining. Appearing the day after Miss Perkins testified on the 30-hour-week bill and the changes she proposed be made in it, Green informed his audience that he spoke on behalf of the executive council of the labor federation. Hits Minimum Pay Plan, But of the Perkins’ proposal that would let Federal wage boards fix mini- mum pay, Green said: “That would be a dangerous experi- ment. While it might help some, it would tend to injure the efforts of the great bulk of labor to bring about in- creased standards of living. “It would be a risky adventure. It would tend to drive down the man at the top. It would establish the mini- mum wage as the maximum wage. “We, therefore, disfavor the proposal to establish minimum wage boards ex- cept that such boards could be estab- lished to fix minimum wages for wom- en and minors.” Green said “Experience with com- modity price fixing worked out to estab- lish minimums as maximums, and that the wage plan favored by Secretary Perkins would do the same. He asked the committee to do every- thing it could to see to it that labor has a chance to organize. “I wish you could make it possible to deny to employers the right to keep their employes from organizing,” he continued. “If you do that, we'll fix minimum wages.” Representative Ramspeck, Democrat, of Georgia, asked whether labor favored a ban against imports made by work- men employed more than 30 hours a week. Green answered: “We think it should apply to goods manufactured zbroad. We understand there is some opposition to that, par- ticularly by the administration, but we believe it would be fair to prevent im- portation of gcods made on a longer work week basis.” “A Good Begnning.” “Although the Black bill would not assure Jobs for these 6,600,000 because it applies to selected groups, “it is a good beginning,” Green said, should be followed by additional legis- lation in the States.” But he pointed (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Prosperous Summer Forecast. ‘TAHOE CITY, Calif., April 26 (P).— An ancient Indian legend forecasts pros- perity this Summer, Indians of this dis- trict report. The legend is that when a cross of snow can be seen on Mount Tallac in early Spring, the Summer to follow is certain to bring prosperity. A l':rhs‘e cross now is visible on the moun- BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Assoclated Press Science Editor. CINCINNATI, April 26.—Supersound waves as rapid as 14,000,000 vibrations a second, far exceeding any rate ordi- narily produced, are included in the range of a new device announced today at the University of Cincinnati. Much slower supersounds have been GUIDE FOR READERS Page. .A-10 B-9 ...B-10-11 .A-14-15 .B-12 B-2 | .A-12-13 Amusements. Comics ..... Features Finance Radio . Bociety . Serial Fiction Sports | | Tt is & set of quartz crystals, each hav- used to kill frcgs, small fish and bac- teria and to sterilize milk. But the Cincinnati apparatus, product of the Basic Science Research Labaratory, is designed for exploring a new fleli—the possibility of applying the vibrations to the reactions of chemistry. The device is a supersonic spec- trometer, designed by Prof. G. P. Goode. ing a differcnt sound vibration fre- quency. Czciliating radio circuits control ! 14,000,000 VIBRATIONS A SECOND MADE BY NEW SOUND DEVICE Cincinnati Scientist to Use Machine in Exploring Reactions of Chemistry. the vibrations, so that the operator can prcduce notes at any range between 1,000 and 14,000,000 cycles a second. In the air none of these vibrations carry far enough to be dangerous, and most of them are too rapid to be heard by the human ear. In the supersounds have effects. In other laboratories smaller frequen- cles than the Cincinnati maximum have burned corks under water, guud a glass filled with plain water fizz like soda, and shattered glassware. ‘They have sprayed oil and mercury into mists. Superheated liquids have been made to boil violently. Sensitive chemicals have exploded under the vibrations. An inkling of the chemical possi bilities is suggested in the Industrial Bulletin of Arthur D. Little of Boston, which states that there i3 evidence that some unsteble molecules may be literally shaken to pigces, E | obtaincd under fraud through listing of iy —_— — e #H!SE NEW SENATORS MRS, ROSS NAHED ORECTOR OF MNT Former Wyoming Governor to | Succeed Robert J. Grant, Resigned. | i 1 Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Gov- ernor of Wyoming, will be appointed by President Roosevelt director of the mint to succeed Robert J. Grant, who re- signed today to take the important post of adviser in charge of the National government central mint at Shanghai China. Mrs. Ross, who as vice chairman of the Democratic National Central Com- mittee, was active in the last campaign, has been mentioned in conneciion with several major appointments since the incoming of the new administration Her appointment is expected soon. To Leave for China. Mr. Grant, whose resignation as di- rector of the mint here will beccme | effective upon the appointment of his | | successor, plans to leave Washington early next month and will sail from San Francisco May 19. Before leaving Washington, he plans to confer hcl’e’ with Chinese Minister of Finance Soong, who is en route to Washington for a | conference with the President. | Mrs. Ross had been frequently men- | tioned for a cabinet post and later for appointment as Treasurer of the United States. More recently she had-been dis- | cussed as a prospective member of the | United States Civil Service Commission. | She will be the first woman director of | the mint. | Bern in St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Ross first emerged into the national political | picture when she became Governcr of Wyoming, succeeding her husband. Gov. William B. Ross, who died in October, 1924 As vice chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, Mrs. Ross not only became more of a national political figure, but she was said to bave | retained her kinship with the great body of ‘women whose interest in poli- tics she sought to enlist. Had Many Accomplishments. As Governor of Wyoming, among her | accomplishments were said to be her| support of the Upper Basin States of | the Colorado River in the controversy | over the dam at Boulder Canyon, se-! curing the defeat of a banking law which she believed woyld turn over the | appointment of examiners to the bank- | ers of Wyoming, and a policy of econ-i omy and tax reduction in the State government. i She proclaimed in addresses and statements her opposition to wholesale | executive clemency for criminals, and | law enforcement of the strictest nature to diminish crime tendencies. Despite her high office, Gov. Ross held that| “wifehood and motherhood is the most | satisfying and highest career of a| woman.” Mr. Grant has been director of the mint since 1923, when appointed to that post by President Coolidge. He had previously been in charge of the Denver mint for two years after a mining ca- reer which had taken him not only to many parts of the United States, hut also in Mexico, Canada and Australia. In the latter country he was associated with Herbert Hoover in 1904. Grant, Colorado Native. Mr. Grant is a native of Colorado, where he has made his home when not engaged in mining enterprises else- where. He was being congratulated to- day by his friends upon the important post he has received from the govern- ment of China. While Mrs. Ross will be the first woman director of the mint, a woman Miss Mary O'Reilly, who for years has had the important post of assistant director of the mint, has been in charge as acting director during the absence from Washington of the director. OFFICIALS OF BREWERY MUST PROVE OWNERSHIP New Jersey Company Heads to Appear May 22 or Face Revo- cation of License. By the Assoclated Press. CAMDEN, N. J, April 25.—Officials of the Camden County Ccreal Brewing Co. today received notice they must prove the “true ownership” of the brew at a hearing in Philadelphia May 22, or its license to make 3.2 per cent beer will be revoked. The citation was issued by Dr. Amos Hunsberger, head of the United States Bureau of Industrial Alcohol for the Philadelphia area. Dr. Hunsberger's agents said the ac- the Camden brewery is tion based on the contention the permit was “straw” owners in the applicalion, v MRS. NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS, RUSSIA AND BRITAIN LAUNCH TRADE WAR Annual. Cost of 100 Millions| in Goods Alone Faces Two Countries. By the Associated Press LONDON. April 26.—Great Britain | and Soviet Russia were at grips today in a severe trade war slated to continue at least as long as two British subjects are held prisoners in Moscow. Its cost to the two countries in goods alone probably would total nearly $100,- 000,000 in a year, that being the a proximate value of the trade now at a standstill because of embargoes. Great Britain’s 80 per cent ban on | Russian imports went into effect last night, and simultaneously Russia re- | taliated with a complete embargo on | British imports and other drastic re- | strictions on British shipping and com- merce. Great Britain proclaimed its embargo last Wednesday, when a Soviet Su- preme Court imposed three and two year sentences on L. C. Thornton and William L. MacDonald, British engi- neers who were convicted of sabotage and espionage against the Soviet Union. Cargoes Migs Deadline. The week of grace accorded insuffi- cient time, however, for some Russian cargoes to reach British ports. There were a number of ships which raced here in time to escape the ban. The steamer Volgoless, from the Black Sea, had the distinction of being the last to enter the London region before the embargo became operative. - Two or three other Russian ships already were discharging cargoes at London docks. ‘The goods chiefly affected by the|py British embargo are butter/ poultry, cereals, oil and timber from the Soviet Union. Information on what quanti- ties of these got in under the deadline o; missed was not immediately avail- able. The Russian restrictions apparently are much more severe than those im- posed here. Not only are purchases of any kind in England prohibited. but chartering of British merchant ships by Russian companies is banned and restrictions are imposed on the use of British ports by Russian ships and the transportation of British gcods through Russia to the Far East. Higher duties also are imposed on British ships en- tering Soviet ports. Prisoners May Be Expelled. A belief persisted here that the two men around whom this controversy rages will be expelled to their homes in England soon, and thus bring about a withdrawal of England’s prohibition act. The Russian restrictions were an- nounced for cnly the duration of the British embargo. A petition for release of the men or their deportation is before Soviet au- thorities. The men serving their sentences immediately after being taken from the Moscow courtroom early last We y morning. . to Russia in 1932 to- Russia British talled £9,000,000. Those from totalled £19,000,000. to Great Britain Ki&mp Victim’s Body Found. [t was reporte: killed after the a ransom of X pesos. $3.000). Police said some of the ab- ductors had been arrested. family refused 50,000 -stand trial for a violent crime will go | resolution as it deems proper.” HOUSE WILL PROBE Orders Committee Inquiry After Impeachment by Smith. ‘The House today directed its Judici- | ary Committee to make an investiga- | tion of the conduct in office of Federal Judge James A. Lowell of Boston, who Monday freed George Crawford, colored, wanted in Loudoun County, Va., for the | murder early in 1932 of Mrs. Spencer Iisley and her maid, Mina Buckner. Action was taken on a resolution by | Representative Smith, Democrat, of Vir- | ginia, who previously had arisen to a question of constitutional privilege to| impeach Judge Lowell on his own re-| sponsibility. ! ‘The resolution was adopted by a vote | of 209 to 150 on a roll call. l} Smith had asked for immediate con- | sideration of his resolution after recit- | ing the charges on which he impeached Judge Lowell. He pointed out that the case does not involve a race question, but concerns only a Federal judge who “had violated his oath and flaunted the law of the State of Virginia.” Luce Defends Judge. Representative Luce, Republican, ol‘, Massachusetts, a personal friend of Judge Lowell, defended him against Smith’s (‘hlhlgee. Representative Lehl- | bach, Republican, of New Jersey. and | Britten, Republican, of Illinois, objected | to_the resolution. | Luce declared he had served with | Judge Lowell in the Massachusetts Leg- | islature and also had been associated | with him in a protracted constitutional | convention and had come to the con- | clusion that no man “could stand hi(h-’ ke;: in the respect of those who know im. Turning to the Democratic side of the | Hcuse, Luce asked, “Would you vote to | send a man into a neighborhood where | it is not belleved he can get justice? “I make no charge against Virginia. ‘We sympathize with our friends of the South, but we face the fact that a col- ored man sent from a Northern State to into exactly the same environment that prevailed at Scottshoro.” $5,000 Appropriated. The Smith resolution directs the Judiciary. Committee to determine whether Judge Lowell has been guilty of any crime or misdemeanor and re- quires it to submit a report of its find- ings to the House, “together with such resolution of impeachment or other The resolution also authorizes ap- propriation of $5,000 to defray ex- penses of the investigation. The ap- propriation was made necessary, it was said, because the Judiciary Committee may be forced to go to Boston in con- nection with the investigation. Smith _specifically charged Judge (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) —e. THIEF SUSPECT SLAIN James B. Ehler Killed by Alliance, Ohio, Patrolman. ALLIANCE, Ohio, April 26 (P.—A man identified as James B. Ehler of Chicago was shot and killed early today Patrolman W. R. McDonald, who said he surprised Ehler stealing gasoline from a parked automobile. ‘The officer re that when he crossed the street to investigate Ehler's actions, the man drew a revolver and demanded the patrolman’s gun. ‘McDonald pretended he was going to surrender his gun, but instead fired at Ehler, the bullet hitting the Chicagoan in the head. « An accomplice stealing gasoline from: another parked car fled. SIX-POINT PROGRAM FOR WORLDRECOVERY AGREED ON AT PARLEY Roosevelt and MacDonald Draft Plan to Boost Commodities and Stimulat e Commerce. SIMILARITY OF METHODS ALSO FOUND FOR PROCEDURE IN JUNE Moderation of Tariffs, Credit Expansion, Stabilized Exchange, Fixed Monetary Standard and Silver Included. PARIC, April 26 (P.—If President Roosevelt offers a war debt moratorium for the durati ference, Premier Daladier will on of the World Economic Con- be willing to ask Parliament to approve payment of the $19,000,000 war debt interest which w: due the United States last December 15, it was disclosed toda;:s BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, President Roosevelt and the British prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, in a joint statement issued shortly before Mr. MacDonald left Washington today, laid great stress on the need of new interna- tional agreements to help the world out of the present economic bog. Their conversations, the state! ment said, disclosed the two gov- ernments “looking with a like purpose and close similarity of method at the main objectives of the conference (the World Economic Con- U S DG l.UWEl.I- | ference to be held in London in June).” .U | The joint statement asserted that the President and Mr. Mac- Donald had agreed an increase in the general levy of commodity prices was “primary and fundamental.” | tial aids to bring about this desired end the following: It listed among the essen- 1. Moderation of trade restrictions of all kinds, including ex- cessive tariffs, quotas and exchange restrictions. 2. Provision by central banks of adequate expansion of credit. 3. Stimulation of enterprise, with governments playing their part by adopting programs of capital expenditure. 4. Ultimate re-establishment of equilibrium of international ex- changes. 5. Re-establishment of an international monetary standard. 6. Improvement in the status | Arms Conference Success Is Assured By 3-Power Pact BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The discussions among President Roosevelt, Ramsay MacDonald and | Edouard Herriot resulted last night in the formulation of an agreement be- tween the representatives of the United States, Great Britain and France whereby the Geneva Limitation of Arms Conference would be brought to a suc- cessful conclusion within the next few weeks. ‘The principal point envisaged for the success of that conference is adoption of the MacDonald plan of last March, with the following implementations sug- gested by President Roosevelt. 1. A permanent commission of mobile control should be set up in order to keep under close scrutiny the fulill- ment of the obligations of the nations which agree to disarm, and 2. The abolition of the notion of neu- trality to facilitate America joining in any acts against the aggressor nation. Will Set Up Machinery. Naturally it will be necessary to set up some machinery of consultation to define the agressor and whether this will be within the frame of the dis- armament agreement itself, or by an implementation of the Kellogg pact, or a wider interpretation of that pact as given by the former Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson last August, or by an entirely new pact, is so far unknown. The French delegates have accepted these new suggestions and see a real possibility of something conclusive hap- pening at Geneva in a short time. ‘The statesmen gathered in Washing- ton have accepted from the outset of their conversations with the President that, in order to give the economic conference a chance of succeeding, it would be necessary to get the limitation of arms out of the way as soon as possible before June 12, the date set for the meeting of the world economic conference. The stumbling block to an early agreement were the French and their allies. For them, the essential principle for disarmament was security, and in| his conversations with the President Monday night Herriot dwelt at great length on this subject. Presents France's Side. The MacDonald proposal, Herriot stated, was unacceptable in its present shape, because it merely increases the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) COMMISSIONERS DUE Farley to Make Recommendations to President This Week. Postmaster General Farley hopes to make recommendations for the two District commissionerships to President Roosevelt this week. This was made known this morning by Mr. Farley, who added he had com- pleted study of 60 applications fcr the posts last night. There was no indication as to where the choice would lie. GOLD IS RECOVERED FROM SHIP ON WHICH EARL KITCHENER DIED Salvage Operations Begun on Vessel Blown Up With British Field Marshal Aboard. (Copyright. 1033. by the Associated Press.) NEW' YORK, April 26.—A treasure in gold that has lain at the bottom of the ses since H. M. 8. Hampshire sank with Earl Kitchener during the World ‘War is finally being salvaged, said re- ports received here today. Apparently authoritative advices said that a salvage , working off the West Orkney Islands at the scene of lacking. Little publicity had been given here to any recent attempt to raise the Ham| ’s strong boxes. It was re- called, however, that Charles Courtney, known as the “Wizard Locksmith,” sailed from New York for Europe April 8 on & mysterious in connection with a treasure hunt. Courtney, who has been before to aid in mine off the Orkneys, a group of islands north of Scotland. ] of silver, June Date Agreed Upon. The President and Mr. MacDonald insisted that all of these questions are inter-related and cannot be settled by | any individual country acting by itself. { “The proposals examined,” the state- ment continued, “will be discussed with the representatives of the other nations who have been invited to Washington | with a view to secyring the fullest pos- | sible measure of common understanding | before conference meets. | “It is the hope of both governmen (American and British) lhagto it may & ‘gfiub}e to convene the conference in e June 12 is the date said to have been agreed upon. The Preparatory Com- :ni!fislot: for tt?lfz economic conference vill, at a mee! Saturda; formally fix this date. S While President Roosevelt and Mr. MacDonald were saying their farewells this glsoming, the {smmm and French expel were again ly el in preparing for a meeting thlsn:tlt?rgoon at the White House of the President with M. Herriot, former premier of France. May Discuss Debts. M. Herriot is expected to discuss debt situation Wfi);lpe'.he President lnt:: effort to reach, particularly, some un- | derstanding with regard to the pay- | ment due June 15. | The French did not make the pay- | ment of $19,261,432 due last December. | _ While it is believed in some quarters here that in order to aid the success of | the World Economic Conference in Lon- | don the President may ask Congress for authority to defer for a time the June payments due from debtor nations, it is not likely that such a program would be looked upon favorably on Capitol Hill if France and the other nations who failed to pay in December had not made such payment before a postpone- ment was granted. M. Herriot, when prime minister of France, opposed the default in payment of the amount due in December. The President and the representatives of France hope to continue their con- versations in the same friendly spirit ‘l’; co-operation with which they have gun. Political Questions Ignored. In the joint statement issued by the President and Mr. MacDonald t{)d.ly, there was no direct mention of political | questions. The stress was entirely upon economic problems. Nevertheless, it is well understood that the heads of the two governments have explored with cach other—and also with M. Herriot— the political side of some of these ques- tions. Indeed, in a statement issued last night by the President and the British prime minister, it was said that ‘the prime minister and the President have discussed the problems of the debts of the British government to the United States Government. Both have faced the realities and the obligations and both believe that as a result there is (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HEARING IS OPENED ON CAPONE APPEAL Gangster's Application for Habeas Corpus Before New Orleans Court. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, April 26.—The ap- peal of Al Capone, former Chicago gangster, seeking freedom from the Penitentiary on a writ of habeas corpus, was argued by attorneys today before the United States Fifth Circuit Court OICAVDEil!v ‘apone, serving a 10 years’ sentence in the Atlanta Penitentiary for convic- tion in Chicago of evading the income tax laws in 1928, 1v.l xnd 1928, lost his petition for a writ of hziles corpus in Atlanta Federal District Court and appealed that decision to the Circuit Court here. ‘The Atlanta District Court in refusing the writ held that it was without juris- diction and that such action should have been taken in the trial court. Counsel for the Government argued this it before the three-judge Circuit today. ‘The Government counsel failure of Capone to plead habeas at the time of not now open to attack thro of habeas corpus since the alcne had jurisdiction.