Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1934, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 125,729 WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature, mini- mum tonight about 33 degrees; moderate west winds. Temperatures—Highest, 45, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 32, at 8 am. today. Full report on Page A-9. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,091 1 ENVDY VAR IPANESE ACANST SCRAPPNG PACTS Davis Declares Abrogation of Naval Treaties Spells Discord. REVEALS ROOSEVELT'S DISARMAMENT POLICY British Suggest Tokio Explain Plans for Future After Aban- doning 5—5—3 Ratio. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 6. —In the first public statement of United States pol- | icy since the tri-power naval conver- sation began, Norman H. Davis, United States Ambassador at Large, said today that abandonment of the Washington and London naval trea- ties “would lead to conditions of in- security, international suspicion and costly competition, with no real ad- vantage to any nation.” This statement, regarded as warn- ing to Japan, was made before the American Correspondents’ Association at a luncheon. Heretofore, all statements on the American policy have been released through a delegation spokesman. Davis declared that “The American Government stands for the contin- uance” of the principles of the two treaties. Japanese Urged to Explain. Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, met with Ambassador ‘Tsuneo Matsudaira today and urged that the Japanese explain as soon as possible what they intend to do after they denounce the Washington treaty. The British foreign secretary also suggested that if the Japanese had any new proposals to make they should do so as quickly as possible. The Japanese Ambassador replied that he would confer with the other members of his delegation. Admiral William H. Standley of the United States explained the American bullding program at the luncheon and 'an uneventful 22-hour journey from |8 Major operation from which it will said all construction in the States Navy, except that of a carriers, work. Yearly U. S. Plan Forecast. He said the United States Navy had 80 many over-age ships on account of delay in replacements that the neces- sary building has been piling up, but in the future the United States will have a regular yearly program. “If Great Britain or Japan lay down 15 to 20 ships each year," said the admiral, “nothing is thought about it; but when we do it, there is a sensa- tion. From now on we will avoid that by regular replacement.” The American Ambassador-at-Large also announced for the first time that President Roosevelt has proposed “a substantial all-around reduction in naval armaments.” Since no agree- ment to reduce has been reached, the envoy told the correspondents the United States strongly advocates con- tinuing the Washington and London treaties with their assurance of “equal- 1ty of security.” (Japanese spokesmen have served notice that Japan will denounce the Washington treaty, which gives the Far Eastern nation the smaller end ©of a 5-5-3 ratio) Held Significant Statement. The speech was the first compre- hensive public pronouncement of the American position since the tri-party discussions opened. of high significance. The Washington conference “put an end to a ruinous naval race,” Davis said, and established “a sound basis fog peace in the Pacific and the Far East.” “Only by maintenance of the sys- tem of equality of security. with proportionate reductions downward of naval strength if possible,” he de- clared, “can there be maintained the substantial foundation for security and peace which has thus been laid. United t ircraft was entirely replacement “Abandonment now of the princi-| pals involved would lead to conditio. of insecurity. of international sus- picion, and of costly competition, with no real advantage to any nation.” Great Britain, Japan and the United Gtates discovered at the Washington conference, he explained, that it was impossible to reach an agreement through academic discussion of a na- tion’s naval needs or what it re- quired to satisfy its national pride. Through co-operation, Davis de- clared, the nations concerned in pro- moting peace in the Far East and Pa- cific reached agreements which ‘“es- tablished an equilibrium of political (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) S i Hitler Removes Minister. BERLIN, December 6 (#).—Reichs- fuehrer Hitler today removed Gott- fried Feder from his post as active secretary of state in the ministry of economy and lands settlement com- missariat. An‘%®fficial announcement said Feder, who ranks high as an economic expert, is “temporarily re- tired on half pay.” Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 27,000 Hungarians Expelled | SFARCH FOR ULM ' By Yugoslavia Begin Tragic Return to Inflamed Homeland It is (‘Onsldered‘ Budapest Officials By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, December 6—The Yugoslav government, it was announced today, has decided to expel all the 27,000 Hungarians now living in_Yugoslavia. | The government decision means the element in Yugoslavia. | It was stated authoritatively that | the expulsion will be a gradual process but will proceed relentlessly. It is estimated today that some 2,000 Hungarians already have been ex- ported and the number is increasing daily. About 300 luckless former Hungarians have found themselves without a coun- try. This group was composed of men and women who renounced Hun- garian citizenship preparatory to be- (coming Yugoslavs. Hungary has thrown them out and Yugoslavia will not permit them to return. They are living in three trains stranded |in “no man's land” at the Hungarian- Yugoslav frontier. “ BUDAPEST. Hungary, December 6. —The Hungarian government decided today to place before the League of Nations the expulsion and alleged ill- ah WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1934—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. uprooting of the entire Hungamu[ Urge Country to Be Calm Protesting Expulsion to League. Stricken Refugees in Poverty. treatment of hundreds of Hungarian citizens by Yugoslavia. | Government officials are already at | Szeged and other frontier stations | taking tsetimony of refugees concern- | ing their summary ejection and alleged | mistreatment. So apprehensive is the government, | however, that the situation may lead to an open break with Yugoslavia, all newspapers were instructed not to print anything about the number or | condition of the refugees entering their homeland. | There has been tension between the | countries since the assassination of | King Alexander of Yugoslavia and the | subsequent Yugoslav charge at Geneva that Hungary was involved in the crime. Reprisal Is Deferred. A government spokesman said Hun- gary would be justified in expelling | Yugoslav citizens living in this coun- | try, but would not resort to this re- prisal until the matter is aired at Geneva. The Hungarian Minister to Bel- grade, hurriedly summoned by the government to report on the situation, ! “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2) ROOSEVELT BACK, - READY FOR WORK :Plan for National Recovery | Nearly Ready to Be Put Into Effect. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt arrived back at the White House at noon today after | his “other home” at Warm Springs, Ga., refreshed and ready to continue | with the many problems confronting him. Mrs. Roosevelt, wearing a becoming brown hat and a mink fur jacket, | brown suit, was at the station to meet | | the train. Standing beside her as the | special came to a stop were Vice Presi- dent Garner and Secretary of State Hull. They went aboard the Presi- | dent's car to greet him before he got off. Stepping from the special train which he boarded at Warm Springs |at 2:30 pm. yesterday, the party | motored directly to the White House, | which the President left for his South- | ern expedition just three weeks ago. Very soon afterward Mr. Roosevelt | went to his desk in his handsome | new office in the rebuilt White House executive office. | Staff in New Offices. When the President departed from Washington the office building was | just being completed, but was not ready for occupancy. Upon his ar- rival today he found that the entire | executive office staff, which had been housed in the White House mansion during the period of rebuilding the | office building, had moved into the latter during his absence. On his way to his own room in | the new building Mr. Roosevelt stop- | ped several times to inspect some of | the offices. He was especially pleased | with his own quarters. Now that he is back, Mr. Roosevelt will soon start the actual writing of | his message to Congress. He already | has a rough skeleton of a draft from which he will write this highly im- | portant document. | Accompanied by Advisers. Shortly after getting seated com- fortably at his desk President Roose- | velt began a series of conferences. ! Among those with whom he ‘alked were the Secretary of State the Sec- | retary of War and the Secretary of | Agriculture. He said he was to see ;fe\\' people in the afternoon in order to give him time to read his accumu- lated mail and to sign papers. With the President on his journey | from Georgia was the group of ad- | visers who have been conferring with him at Warm Springs, namely: Sec- retary of Treasury Morgenthau, Sec- retary of Interior Ickes, Postmaster General Farley, Undersecretary of Ag- riculture Tugwell, Relief Administrator Hopkins and Frank Walker, former chief co-ordinator of the emergency agencies. Others who returned on the train were Ambrose O'Connell and Charles | Michaelson, publicity director for the Democratic National Committee; Mrs. Hopkins, James Roosevelt, the Presi- dent's eldest son, and his wife, and Secretary Marvin Hunter McIntyre. At the Warm Springs station yes- | terday there was a farewell demon- stration of several hundred persons. Disabled Sailor,Hospital-Bound, Robbed by “Meanest Thieves” Second Mate Daniel Leroy had to eircle the globe to find the meanest thieves, at Sixteenth street and Con- stitution avenue early today. The seaman had come here by bus from Boston, arriving at 4 am. One arm was in a sling. He had broken it in Japan when he fell from a €row’s nest. The arm ached after the long ride. Leroy inquired at the bus station, on New York avenue near Fourteenth street, where he could have the arm treated. He was directed to Emergency Hos- pital. Leroy, with none too much money in his pocket, decided to walk. He was en route to San Francisco via Chicago and had to count his pennies. Lugging his suit case with his good arm, he set out for the hospital. He }becume confused in his directions l.nl | walked down Constitution avenue to | Sixteenth street. Here two colored men leaped from an automobile and one of them shoved a gun in his ribs. The men evidently had trailed the disabled sailor from the bus station. They took $25, all he had. They also seized his suit case, containing merchant marine uniforms and other clothing. Last of all, the robbers took Leroy's bus ticket to San Francisco. Leroy went to No. 3 precinct and reported the robbery. Sympathetic policemen furnished him funds to wire his family in Chicago for money, took him to the hospital to have his arm treated and found accommoda- tions for him here. Leroy said he expected to stay here for a day or two in hope the robbers would be caught. Police of No. 3 precinct have never searched more diligently for a robber pair. ' N R A.HEAD HINTS AT SIMPLER UNIT jRichberg Cites “Hampering Restraints” as Faults of Operation. | By the Associated Press. | The Capital saw definite indica- ! | tions today that N. R. A. will underzo; | emerge as a much simpler attempt at i co-operation between Government and | business. Donald R. Richberg dropped a hint | | of that last night when, in addressing the National Association of Manufac- turers, in New York, he cited “ham- pering restraints of rules and regula- tions” as one of two faults of N.R. A.'s | operation. The other he described as the eagerness of some business men to {use the Blue Eagle machinery for their own gain. “Let us try” the recovery co- ordinator said, “to write into perma- nent legislation those fundamental principles and simpler mechanisms of the codes of fair competition that have proved their worth and have provided effective methods of combining self- help and public service. Aims Not Specified. Richberg did not list the N. R. A, features which the next Congress will be asked to make permanent. But persons close to the Recovery leaders believe the “fundamental principles and simpler mechanisms” referred to flexible codes, and labor’s rights to | bargain collectively and have mini- | mum wage and maximum hour guar- antees plus the right of business to | associate for certain purposes despite | the anti-trust laws. This last right has not been defined. Among the things doomed to go “out the window,” observers put price |and production controls which many | do not believe have proved their | worth. | More production at low unit costs has supplanted these formulas in the minds of many leaders. The belief is that this offers a better chance for increasing employment and purchas- power. Richberg handed the Government a share of the blame for N. R. A's shortcomings, just as he cited in- | dustry’s failures. Looking from his speech to the future, observers here saw a drastic sloughing of the multi- tudinous fair practice provisions which have complicated codes. Timid Business Men Warned. Richberg said business “is not yet adequately organized for “collective action and self-discipline,” and that “political controls are a poor substitute for voluntary co-operation.” He warned, also, that “timid” busi- ness men who complain they cannot expand till the Government assures the safety of their operations furnish merely “an incitement and justifica- tion of further extensions of the pro- tecting and controlling powers of the state.” As for the exact details of the new ! N. R. A, there appears to be an in- clination to delay drawing them up until the Supreme Court has had its say. The court is expected to decide soon on such questions as the Gov- ernment’s right to fix minimum wages and maximum hours and to regulate such industries as oil through a code. It was learned ecrlier yesterday that a dual effort to tighten up the loose joints of the Federal emergency ma- chine in the States and mesh the cogs of that unit with those of State agencies has been undertaken by Richberg as head of the National Emergency Council. Features of Plan. As outlined the plan calls for: Regular meetings of the State directors of the different Federal emergency organizations. Co-operation between the State director of the emergency council and the Governor of the State with (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) JURY IS REJECTED GOLDSBORO, N. C, December 8 (#)—Judge R. Hunt Parker today threw out the jury selected to try Mrs. Ruby S. Trice and Donald Sasser for complicity in the slaying of her husband, sentenced two of the :urors to jail for allegedly giving false re- plies to questions in their examination for jury duty and ordered a venhe from adjoining Johnston PRESSED AS HOPE OF RESCUE FADES 12 Navy Seaplanes Scour 200,000 Square Miles of Pacific. FLOATING PERIOD APPROACHING END Possibility Exists Flyers May Have Been Picked Up by Japa- nese Fishing Craft. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, December 6.—Weary but willing naval searchers went on relentlessly today in the hunt for Flight Lieut. Charles T. P. Ulm and two companions, missing since Tues- day when lack of fuel forced their transpacific monoplane into the ocean. Pilots of a dozen Navy seaplanes plotted courses over 200,000 square miles of the adjacent Pacific which has been combed the last two days for the ill-fated flyers. Not until all hope has vanished will the search end. Lacks Rescue Equipment. Chances dwindled, however, as the hours piled up past the time it was believed the Star of Australia could remain afloat with Ulm, Co-pilot George Littlejohn and Navigator J. L. Skilling. Their land plane carried no life-saving equipment. The airmen were bound here from Oakland, Calif., on the first leg of a flight to Australia which they hoped would chart the course of a commer- cial air venture. Basing calculations on winds and tides and recalling the experience of Comdr. John Rodgers in 1925, search- ing forces planned today to survey the ocean to the north of Oahu Island, on ! which Honolulu is situated. Drifted Nine Days. In 1925, Comdr. Rodgers and his crew drifted for nine days in a sea- plane when forced down en route here from the mainland. They finally were | found northeast of Kaui, northern- most Hawaiian island, where the ;earch for Ulm was concentrated to- ay. Ulm flashed an S O S early Tues- day morning saying he would land in the ocean, but he was off his course and did not know his pasition. Average flying conditions with good visibility and calm seas were forecast today by Lieut, E. W. Stephens, Navy meteorologist. Returning pilots last night reported frequent showers to the aorth and poor visibility as they head- ed homeward. 12 Planes Out Today. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Au- stralian trans-Pacific fiyer who twice | has flown between here and the main- land, expressed belief his countrymen probably were in the area north of here. “We probably will send 12 planes out today.” Comdr. E. W. Tod, direct- ing the naval searchers, said. “We are wearing out our men pretty rapid- ly. Some of them spent 11 hours in the air yesterday and almost as much Tuesday.” Surface craft played searchlights across the surging waters throughout the night. Even if Ulm is unheard from for several days there is a faint possibil- ity he and his companions might have been rescued by a Japanese fishing boat which remain at sea as long as three weeks. Ulm predicted his plane would float for 10 days if forced into the sea. SYDNEY, New South Wales, De- cember 6 (#).—The wives of three fiyers down in the Pacific waited for news today in the home of Lieut. Charles T. P. Ulm. They have been without sleep since Tuesday. Mrs. Ulm expressed through news- papers her deep gratitude for the vigorous search American planes and ships are conducting for the lost pilots. ‘While keenly anxious concerning the fate of her second greatest airman, Australia remained determinedly op- timistic today. News of the rescue of Ulm and his comparions was expected with each passing minute. Only 16 Days Left For Shopping Don't miss the real spirit of Christmas shopping by waiting until the last minute. Selecting gifts in the Christ- mas atmosphere of Washing- ton stores should be a joy for both you and the children, especially when there is leis- ure time for careful buying. Shop now—it not only helps the store clerk and the mail clerk, but it helps you. Every day advertisements of the most attractive merchandise appear in The Star. (Local Display.) Yesterday’s Advertising Lines. The Evening Star. 42,292 . 2nd Newspaper ..., 16,008 3rd Newspaper ..., 13,988 4th Newspaper ....., 11,933 5th Newspaper. .., 8,104 Total (s&Silis) 50,033 At this season the best time to shop is always in the morning or in the early after- noon if it is possible ’: do so. il / W 7 —_— 2 — sl JNSUD —_— As Head of !Superintendent of D. C. Schools Studying Proposal. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of District public schools for al- most 15 years, is considering an offer to become president of St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., it became known here today. Rev. Dr. Richard E. Sykes, is more than 70 years old and has said his health no longer will permit his con- tinuance in office. For many years the university was under the imme- diate direction and control of the New York State Universalist Church, but is now a private corporation, although its president heretofore has been a Universalist minister. Dr. Ballou returned to the Capital today after attending the general con- vention in Boston, Mass., of the Na- tional Board of Trustees of the Uni- versalist Church. He is & member of the board and long has been Active in the affairs of the church. He has not signified his decision on the offer to the Board of Education but it is understood he is considering it more seriously than any of the nu- merous other positions tendered him during his long service in the Wash- Y Wi gl B 7 ’l;{/m y i 17 it v, e :AGLE: “YOU'RE PUTTING ON A GREAT SHOW, BOYS!” | Some Returns Not Yet Recelved. UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. CLARK IN CLASH S 7l i /7 4 7 i 7 i, | il 7 | = Dr. Ballou Considering Post | St. Lawcrence U. | Yy The president of that institution, | | DR. FRANK W. BALLOU. | ington schools. The rumor is wide- | spread throughout the school system | that the change will be made before | the beginning of the 1935 term. | St Lawrence University is a co- | educational institution, located but a short distance from the Canadian | ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3. GREWS SECLUDED After Abductors Follow Girl, 17, to Her Home. By the Assoctated Press. MANCHESTER, Mass, December 6.—An attempt to kidnap Eugenie H. Grew, 17, his adopted daughter, had today driven the family of Randolph Clark Grew, brother of Joseph C. Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan, into seclusion while Federal agents strove to run down the would-be kidnapers. Before withdrawing from outside communication, Grew authorized the statement: “Federal agents are taking care of this case from Washington.” Grew was said to have appealed to ‘Washington after he had received two letters threatening the abduction of the girl, daughter of his second wife, the former Mrs. Helen Jones Coffin. The climax of the plot was reported reached when a car fillled with the alleged kidnapers trailed the girl to the gate of Grew's Manchester-by- the-Sea estate. Flood Lights Frighten Men. While the family preserved strict secrecy, it was reported the kidnapers were frightened away Monday night as they reached the gate when Mrs. Grew illuminated the estate with flood lights. Heavily armed Federal agents has- tened to the scene in response to Grew’s appeal, and set a trap, baited with an automobile usually used by the Grew family, but the kidnapers failed to respond. The threat to kidnap Miss Grew, contents of which were not disclosed, was received by Mr. Grew at mid- night Tuesday, while he was at his town house at 185 Marlborough street. ‘Word of the threat was relayed im- mediately to Manchester police and Department of Justice men in Wash- ington, and within minutes a squad of Boston agents was sent over the road to Manchester. Operatives Have Machine Guns. The Government operatives were equipped with machine guns. They would not discuss details of the case. ‘The Grew Summer home, located in the West Manchester district of Manchester, is known as Laurel Ledge. The estate includes a two- and-a-half-story residence with about 14 or 15 rooms, a garage, and sev- eral acres of land. It overlooks the ocean, and is located on a hill top. The district in which the estate is located is one of the show places of the North Shore. HOOVER ADMITS PROBE. Study of Abduction Threat Is Briefly Announced. J. Edgar Hoover, investigative direc- tor of the Department of Justice, said today that the threatened abduetion of Eugenie H. Grew is under “active investigation.” No further comment was made, AFTER KIDNAP TRY U. S. Agents Seek Arrests RS. GILLIS GIVES NEEDED GANGDATA Federal Agents Poised for Final Attack on Rest of Dillinger Mob. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 6-—Because | | “Baby Face” Nelson's widow broke & | gangland tradition by talking. Federal | manhunters were reported ready to- day to deliver the cleanup blow to the fragments of John Dillinger's crime- mad gang. One report said the Government agents had much of the information they needed for their big drive against | the “public enemies” and that more | was coming into their possession as they continued to guestion the dimin- utive widow, Mrs. Helen Gillis. She was arrested 48 hours after her hus- band and a male companion killed Inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Agent Herman Mollis of the Department of Justice in a gun battle at Barrington in which Nelson was also killed. The report that Mrs. Gillis dis- closed secrets of the Dillinger gang was coupled with a rumor that her sister, Mrs. Juliette Fitzsimmons of Chicago, had voluntarily submitted to questioning, but Inspector H. H. Clegg refused to say whether this was true. It was indicated that Mrs. Gillis would be taken to Madison, Wis., for sentence in Federal Court tomorrow on a charge of violating the .probation granted her last Summer when she pleaded guilty to harboring Dillinger and Tommy Carroll at the Little Bo- hemia resort near Mercer, Wis., scene of a sensational escape by Dillinger and his men last April. — o WOMAN FOUND WOUNDED Auto Seen Speeding From Penn- sylvania Scene After Shooting. LEBANON, Pa., December 6 (#).— Miss Emma Miller, 26, is in a critical condition in a hospital, having been shot and left wounded on the Penn- sylvania National Guard drilling ground at Colebrook early today. County Detective Tucker said an automobile was seen speeding from the scene. Powder burns on Miss Miller's dress, Tucker said, indicated the shot was fired at close range. The bullet struck just below the heart. After Dark . Amusements Comics Features Financial di Serial Story . Service Orders Short Story Society Sports . ARMY CONTRACTS | AGAIN UNDER FIRE Finding of “Little Blackj Satchel” Brings Demand to Reopen Quiz. BY REX COLLIER. A “little black satchel” documents mentioning names of per- | sons allegedly connected with a War | Department “lobbying ring,” has prompted members of a House Mili- tary Affairs Subcommittee to seek an- other grand jury investigation of Army contracts. | “1 believe another grand jury in-| vestigation is irevitable,” Chairman McSwain of the House committee announced today as he went into executive session with the subcommit- | full of | | tee to hear testimony of new witnesses | in the inquiry. M. C. Tully of Detroit, a sales rep- | resentative of General Motors Corp., | Appeared at the invitation of the com: mittee today, and Norman K. Haig. an executive of the same corporation, is scheduled to be heard tomorrow, ' the chairman said. | Legion Leader Invited. Ralph T. O'Neil, former national commander of the American Legion. also has been invited to appear. O'Neil | and Haig were witnesses in a previous grand jury investigation of War De- | partment contracts. At that time no indictments were returned, but the| jury criticized lobbying conditions at the department. | The sudden revival of congressional | interest in allegations of irregularity | in Army business negotiations is the result of testimony by a long-sought | witness, Frank E. Speicher, tube salesman, who could not be located in time for questioning by the former | grand jury. Speicher’s story of alleged lobby- ing activities by certain contract seek- ers was so startling, officials said. that documentary proof of his assertions | was sought. This proof, it is understood, was contained in what Chairman McSwain described as “the little black satchel” | produced by Speicher Monday night, when two agents of the committee vis- ited the apartment of the tube sales- man at a local hotel. William L. Sweet and Victor Gar- ret, officials of the Eastern-Beck Tube Co. of New York, were questioned | by the committee yesterday about Speicher’s services. Speicher served as Washington representative of the firm 1n selling leak-proof automobile tubes to the Government. Gen. Malone Testifies. Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, com- mander of the 3rd Corps Area, and | former Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, now an attorney here, also were witnesses before the House group yesterday. Chairman McSwain said neither of | these Army officers is “involved” in | the allegations under investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Allen J. Krouse is sitting with the committee as a personal representa- tive of United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett. Krouse is keeping Gar- nett advised of daily developments in the closed hearings. Garnett already is in possession of | a copy of a 50-page statement made by Speicher to Department of Justice | agents. WITHDUPONTHITS AT ARMS PROFITS |Senator Declares War Was Fought Only to Protect Munitions Makers. SHIPMENTS OF POWDER TO CHINA DISCLOSED Probers Fail to Find State De- partment Proposed Conference Called by Hoover. By the Associated Press. A heated exchange between Sena- tor Clark, Democrat, of Missouri and Irenee du Pont, munitions manufac- turer, was climaxed today before the Senate Munitions Committee bv an assertion from the Senator that it was not necessary “for the United States to get in the World War “ex- cept to protect the munitions makers’ profits.” Evidence that the du Pont Co. sent a shipment of powder to Holland in 1929 for reshipment to China—while an embargo was in effect against sending munitions directly to China— was received soon afterward. Also, the Munitions Committee was told that State Department files showed no indication the department had suggested a conference of arms makers called by Herbert Hoover, as Secretary of Commerce, before the 1925 Geneva Arms Conference. The former President, in a state- ment at Palo Alto, Calif., said yes- terday Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State in 1925, had suggested the con- ference. Hoover Not to Be Called. Irenee du Pont yesterday challenged the committee to summon Mr. Hoo- ver. Indications, however, were that this would not be done. During frequent clashes with wit- | nesses today, Senator Clark told Irenee du Pont at one point that the latter was not “running this investigation.” The clash came during an inquiry by Clark into the shipment of muni- tions to China, despite the American embargo. It started when Clark contended that powder had no beneficial effect on mankind. “Did you feel that way during the war,” du Pont asked. “Certainly,” Clark, who served in the A. E. F. replied. “Naturally when we got in the war we needed powder, but I don't agree it was ever necessary for us to get in except to protect the munitions makers’ profits.” “Da you mean,” Du Pont said, “that President Wilson was dragged into the war at the instance of munitions makers? We made our profits before the United States got into the war.” “I mean,” Clark said, “that the United States throughout the war and before we entered it followed a course of action of selling to the allies which set into motion a chain of events that dragged us into the war.” With the spectators listening intent- ly, Clark introduced evidence concern- ing the shipment of powder to Holland in 1929 for reshipment to China. Shipments Admitted, K. K. V. Casey, Du Pont company official, conceded his company knew the shipment was going to China. He said the advice of the State De- partment was not sought because that department had no jurisdiction over shipments to Holland. Testimony developed that the Du Ponts borrowed or rented a United States Navy gun to test powder to be sold to China. “We paid the costs,” Casey said. think there is a law permitting thi: “It would be interesting to know," Clark observed, “and I think it is in the public interest to know whether | munitions makers have access to Gov- ernment equipment to make tests.” Attempt to “Kill” Embargo. Evidence that officials of the Rem- ington Arms Co. attempted to “kill" Aarms embargo legislation in 1933 and (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) CHACO FORTS FALL Four Taken and Two Others Men- aced by Paraguayans. ASUNCION, Paraguay, December 6 (®).—Paraguayan forces in the Pilcomayo sector of the Chaco Boreal threatened forts Cururenda and Dor- bigny today after capturing four Bo- livian strongholds. Dorbigny was the immediate objec- tive of the advance toward Fort Vil- lamontes, site of the Bolivian Army general headquarters. Paraguayan headquarters described the Bolivians as in full retreat and expressed hope the offensive would bring a speedy end to the protracted | warfare. Numbers Racket Here Crippled, Runner, Leaving City, Admits Is the numbers game on the way out, or is the numbers game in Wash- ington to stay until such time as Con- gress enacts effective legislation? This question, confronting law en- forcement officials, seems to be an- swered by the action of Sam Jordon, who admits he has been a numbers runner and who is personally known to Lieut. George M. Little, head of the special investigations squad. Jordon yesterday announced he is leaving Washington. He said: “I am leaving Washington because the numbers game is on the fritz on account of The Star’s campaign.” “When Jordon decides to leave be- cause business is not so good,” Lieut. Little stated, “it shows something.” United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett believes the numbers game has been curtailed by a campaign fostered through his efforts in having The Star, the Washington Posta the Times and the Herald—along with radio stations—suppress the totals of pari-mutyel numbers from the race tracks. Dissemination of these totals is of interest only to gamblers. “In requesting the press and the radio to refrain from printing the race track totals, upon which the numbers game is at present based, I frankly said that the racketeers would then change the basls of op- erations, but that is a condition we would meet when we got to it. “There is no dquestion but that the campaign against the numbers game, with the suppression of race result totals in all newspapers, except one, has crippled the numbers racket. It would be completely crippled if all the newspapers would stop dis- seminating the numbers.” Jordon's backer, whose identity he refuses to make public, is said to have lost $20,000 by “being hit” last week, some one having broadcast & winning number. Riga Capturer Dies. BERLIN, December 6 (#).—Gen. Oscar von Hutier, 77, who held im- portant German commands on the west front during the World War and captured Riga from the Russians in 1917, died Y.