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) WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon and possibly early tonight; temperature tonight about 32 de- grees; tomorrow fair and colder; fresh east winds. Temperatures—Highest, 43, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 32, at mid- night, Full report on page A-8. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 No. 33,104 b in e MUNICIPAL POWER FOR GOTHAM SEEN AFTERU. 5. OFFERS LOANS 10 CITIES La Guardia Hints New Elec- tric Plant Will Be Built After Conferring With Roosevelt on High Rates. EXTENSION OF SERVICE TO OTHER SECTIONS DUE New York Mayor Sees Hope for Consumer ‘“When President Will Talk Over Problem of Municipalities”—Norris Elated Over New Move. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt and Mayor La Guardia of New York laid the ground work today for possible construction of a municipal power plant for the metropolis. This took place after Mr. Roosevelt had said at his press conference he was ready to authorize the use of Government funds for loans to New York or other cities for municipal plants if proof was forthcoming they could be operated cheaper than private concerns. The President had termed “exorbi- tant” rates charged by private power wanting to sell power to New York. La Guardia said the proposed plant also would serve as the first unit in 8 network for State distribution of power. To Meet Ickes. ‘The mayor left the White House to eonfer with Secretary Ickes, the pub- lic works administrator, on the feas- ibility of a city power plant. Asked if a municipal plant had been definitely decided upon and would be built, the mayor replied: “I believe the action of the utility companies in New York City in ap- plying for higher rates today will do them no good.” Basil Manly, a member of the Fed- eral Power Commission, said that in- vestigation of the rates charged the Federal Government by private power companies in New York State had proved them to be too high in some instances. p Payment Held Up. ‘The Federal bill has not been paid since July pending the inquiry. Manley joined in the conference to- y. Asked if the proposed city plant would sell to private consumers, La Guardia said that had not been de- cided. “We reviewed the whole utility situ- ation in New York City,” said Mayor La Guardia. “We found that the Federal and city governments have a great deal in common. We decided to approach the issue on a business basis with a view to giving service at the lowest possible price. “It was suggested that Commissioner Manly and Commissioner Davidson of the New York utilities and Rear Ad- miral Bakenhus confer with Secretary Ickes. Thorough Study. “The subject will be thoroughly studied and plans formulated for the construction of a plant to provide public service and also to serve as the first unit in a network for State dis- tribution of power.” Asked if the power plant would be built if the private power companies reduced their rates sufficiently, the New York mayor replied: “I have heard those promises before and I am not as gullible as I used to be.” ' Walking from the White House, Mayor La Guardia observed: “When the mayor of a city can come to the White House and work with the President in the interest of the people like this then there is hope.” It was disclosed also today that the Navy is making a study to determine whether power can be obtained more cheaply through construction of its own plants in its yards than through private purchase. Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, advocate of municipal (Continued on Page.5, Column 6.) FOUR GET LIFE TERMS # FOR KIDNAPING CUBAN Btate Fails to Ask Death Penalty After Accused Admit Ab- duction in Florida. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, December 19.— Life sentences were meted out here today to four men who pleaded guilty to kid- naping Dr, Santiago Claret, former Cuban editor, December 9, forcing him to sign a check for $16,000. Indictments charging the men, who included Dr. Claret’s chauffeur, with kidnaping for ransom, were returned ’nnuanz themselves upon the mercy ©f the court, the men pleaded guilty. The prisoners were named in the indictments as Roy Gray, formerly of Cairo, Ga.; his brother, Fred Gray, and Millard and Wam Garelick of Bayonne, N. J. Pig Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Decem- ber 19.—There is one man in Berkeley County who has been convinced by experience that it is wise to look gift Pigs in the face before accepting them. Saturday this man received from Rehabilitation Agent M. W. Fulton of the State Relief Administration. one pig. The pig was turhed in with 23 others by Berkeley farmers as “sur- plus” Agent Fulton gave the pig to this man as a start toward rehabilita< tion, There was no initial cost !T Entered as second class matte post office, Washington, D. Outeats Relief Family, Rehabilitation Effort Fails WA, C. he SHINGTON, D. C, Bell Quits Jail in Rainy Dawn For Insane Hospital at Marion Defendant in Wife Poisoning Case Com- mitted by Judge Following Jury By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, December 19. —In a rainy dawn, after his first night in jail, former Baptist Deacon Edward C. Bell left early today for the State Hospital for the Insane at Marion. Bell had been committed for ex- amination by Judge Frederick W. Coleman following a seven-day trial on charges of six poison attempts on the life of his wife. Jury Disagrees. ‘The jury which tried Bell was un- able to agree. At 9:35 o'clock last night, after the jury had been dead- locked for almost six hours, Judge Coleman ordered them into court. ‘Told the jury could not agree, Judge Coleman declared: “Gentlemen, this puts mé in a strange predicament. The counsel for this defendant has admitted his insanity. I order the accused com- mited to Marion hospital for exam- ination.” Bell had been a free man since the time he was publicly accused of at- tempting to poison his wife, Mrs. Madge Bell, an invalid. He first made bond of $5,000 and later was at_liberty under $10,000 bond. For the first time, he was taken to jail last night. Town Sergt. J. C. Chichester led the prisoner from the court room and confined him to th (Continued on Page 3, Column PLAN FOR LEAGUE ARMY PROGRESSES Follows Proposal for U. S. Sacrifice of “Freedom of Seas” Doctrine. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 19.—The idea | of an international police force was advanced in Geneva today following reports of a move in Washington for virtual abandonment of the doctrine of “freedom of the seas,” in time of war and certain rights of neutrality. Such a force would be similar to the League of Nations “International | Army” now moving into the Saar Basin territory to insure order dur- ing the January 13 plebiscite. Seeks Force for Law. “The League is trying to put force behind the law, instead of behind the lawbreaker,” said one delegate. “Some day the League may have an inter- national air force as well as a police force and the projected American P‘OIIC}' will be helpful to League activi- ties.” The proposed shift in the United States traditional seas policy was held in League quarters as likely to be of immeasurable help in prevent- ing and restraining war. Geneva thinks such a step would remove England's fear of complica- tions with the United States over neutral rights and would give Eng- land greater freedom to participate in League blockades against aggressor nations. League Conclusions. Broadly speaking, League circles say the following can be derived from the American development: 1. Indirect recognition of the neces- sity for a collective system to pre- serve peace. 2. Indirect recognition that the League is the best expression of the collective peace system. i 3. The League would be enabled by the United States to do its duty as regards the restraining or prevention of aggression. HEMSLEY FIRM IN QUITTING. Refuses to Return to Post Even If Reinstated, SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter- ritory, December 19 (#).—Capt. Arthur G. Hemsley insisted today that his resignation as chief of the Saar civil police is definite and that he does not intend to return to his post even should friends be successful in secur- ing his reinstatement. The British officer resigned yester- day because of a street fight early Sunday in which Capt. James Justice, also an Englishman and a close friend of Hemsley, was involved. Accompanied Justice. For the first time Hemsley's friends admitted today that he was with Jus- tice in a cafe shortly before the lat- ter's row with a group of Nazs. It was indicated that Col. Geoffrey G. Knox, British president of the League of Nations’ Commission gov- erning the Saar, would name Maj. Hennessey, another Englishman, to succeed Hemsley. Hennessey is at- tached to Knox's office. The advance guard of Great Brit- ain’s contingent arrived at noon. A crowd of several thousand watched (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) WEALTHY ATTORNEY’S DEATH RULED SUICIDE James P. Mahoney of Lynn, Mass., Found in Field Near Nahant Wounded. By the Associated Press. NAHANT, Mass, December 19.— James P. Mahoney, 38, of Swampscott, prominent and wealthy Lynn lawyer, who died on the way to a hospital after he had been found early today in a field with a bullet wound near the heart, was a suicide, Medical Examiner Nathaniel P. Breed announced. Thomas L. Larkin, chief of the Nahant police, at first said there were indications Mahoney had been slain. He announced later, however, he was satisfied it was a case of suicide. ever, the pig was free. And nothing was said about upkeep. Over the week end the Martinsburg man found pigs eat. He hasn’t found out yet exactly how much they eat, but he did find out this one ate more than seemed reasonable, more than his family could scrape up. So yes- terday morning he brought the pig back to the relief administration, an- nouncing distinctly that he had enough mouths to feed as it was, and that he preferred being unrehabili- tated if the program involved trying to All up a growing hog. TOKIO PREPARING 10 SCRAP TREATY “Ready to Meet Any Situa- tion Which May Arise.” New Date Denied. TOKIO, December 19 (#).—The Japanese government acted today to scrap the Washington naval treaty and expressed confidence in its “readi- ness to meet any situation which might arise” as a result. In a ceremony regarded as historic the powerful Privy Council recom- mened abrogation of the limitation pact to Emperor Hirohito® whose speedy approval is expected. The action in effect constituted abrogation. Assurances were made that the government would strive to conclude a new naval treaty replacing the Washington treaty, with its 5-5-3 ratio odious to Japan—a new treaty guar- anteeing Japan “national security.” Notification Delayed. Official notification probably will not be given the United States until the week between Christmas and New Year, although the actual date was | not set. A letter of notification will | be cabled Ambassador Saito in Wash- ington after it is drafted at a cabinet session Friday. Many Japanese leaders regarded the step as the most momentous this country has taken since it entered the World War, Through the denunciation, the Washington treaty will expire Decem- ber 31, 1936. For 13 years the pact has held naval programs of the world’s great sea powers in check. Building races have been predicted to result from its end. Action Is Unanimous. Members of the Privy Council were seated around the horseshoe-formed council table in order of their court rank when they unanimously approved the report of a special committee rec- ommending abrogation. They rose and bowed profoundly as his majesty entered the great east audience hall in the imperial palace | and took a seat at the head of the table. LONDON, December 19 (IP)A—De-l spite American conviction that further naval conversations would be futile until the Japanese policy is changed, Tsuneo Matsudaira, the Japanese Am- bassador, hoped to have a date set this afternoon for renewal of the negotiations. The delegations of the three powers were to meet in their first formal session together to act on adjourn- ment. An agreement to return for further talks next year was consid- ered possible if the British feel there is prospect of reaching an agreement. HAUPTMANN PLANS WHITE HOUSE PLEA| Counsel Charges Two Federal Agents Were Moved to Prevent Aid. for Examination Disagreement. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., December 19. ~—The threat of an appeal to the White House entered the case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann today. His chief defense counsel, Edward J. Reilly, charged last night that two Federal agents had been transferred to the West so they could not testify for Hauptmann in his forthcoming trial for the death of the Lindbergh baby. He said if necessary he would appeal to President Roosevelt personally to have the agents returned to New Jer- sey jurisdiction, adding it is “apparent Hauptmann is not to get a fair trial.” Reilly said Federal Agent Thomas E. Sisk had been sent to Houston, Tex., and Agent Enos Sandberg had been transferred to Salt Lake City because they refused to be “coerced” into tes- tifying against Hauptmann. case against him “was not and is not cleared up.” Department of Justice officials in ‘Washington said Sisk had been sent to Houston on assignment and Sandberg to Salt Lake City at his own request. &ndberlmdmmsuuhclwhfi night he knew nothing of Ip! mann’s having been “brutally b?ntn." | Guide for Reader: I Amusements Comics .... e bemn WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION INDUSTRY 70 FIGHT EXTREME' LAWS IN BACKING NEW DEAL Leaders Due to Pledge Co- operation Before Present- ing Own Program. DIRECT DOLE FAVORED OVER PUBLIC WORKS Stronger Hand in Labor Dealings ‘With Unions Sought by Re- covery Conferees. By the Associated Press. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., December 19.—Business leaders of America have virtually decided to advocate co-operation with the Gov- ernment, without specifically naming the Roosevelt administration. Convened here as the “Joint Busi- ness Conference for Recovery,” about 90 top executives found themselves in accord today on several principles which were being summarized in a preamble extending the olive branch in broadest terms. The executives were expected to carry the results of their deliberations to the White House immediately to indicate the business viewpoint be- fore Congress convenes, To Combat “Extremists.” ‘The business men further were pre- pared to offer their aid to the Presi- dent in combatting extreme legisla- tion. They expect also to offer a plan for recovery, but it remained to be seen whether this plan will state spe- y what business his colleagues on a committee which he heads through an almost night session in an attempt to bring accord out of discord. The committee met again early today. Details were re- tarding the progress. Contents of the executives’ recom- mendations were not to be announced until later today, when the executives meet in a general session to pass on the work of the several committees. ‘The preamble was expected to head a fairly long list of statements on general matters, and the whole doc- ument is looked upon as a basis for further action and conference. Substitution of the dole for the present work relief plan appeared a certain recommendation. Dole Held Cheaper. In committee deliberations it was WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. q Sfar HkkE LAN' SAKES! WHY Do THEY WAIT TitL THE STOCK 1S NEARLY EXHAUSTED? Eugene Black Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack in Atlanta W as Reserve Board Head First Year of New Deal. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, December 19.—Eugene R. Black, former chairman of the Fed- eral Reserve Board, died at his resi- dence here today. Mr. Black resigned his post re- cently as head of the Federal Reserve Board, a position to which he was drafted by President Roosevelt, to re- turn to his old job as governor of the Federal Reserve bank of the sixth district here. He was 61 years old. Since his return to Atlanta, Mr. Black had been serving as liaison be- tween the banks of the country and i-the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Members of the family said a doctor was called to the residence last night after Mr. Black complained of bel fll. He had been slightly for the past three days. He was stricken with a heart attack at 4:30 am. and died two hours later. Mr. Black was & militant ledder in the industrial and cultural life of Atlanta and the South. E R. BLACK, tist Church here and his participation in church affairs was marked by the same enthusiasm and the same un- seifish leadership which characterized all his other activities. He was named Atlanta’s leading urged that the cash-relief plan, as| He was a deacon of the Pirst Bap- |~ (Contimied on Page 5, Column 3. in use in Engiand, is a cheaper and better way to help the jobless. Fur- thermore, it was urged, direct relief would be a greater incentive to in- dustry to absorb workers. There was comment that business leaders apparently are abandoning the thought that the Government can stimulate re-employment by public works expenditures. Another apparently certain recom- mendation was approval of plans, generally opposed by labor, which would strengthen the hand of busi- ness in labor quarrels. It was indicated the recommenda- tion would urge passage of legislation to prevent coercion of workers into unions by other workers and also pro- hibit their coercion by companies into company unions. Also the labor clauses were expected to advocate that strikes be called only after secret vote of workers and for outlawing of sym- pathetic strikes. The opinion of business leaders on unemployment insurance was that it surely should be included in any per- manent plan for America’s future eco- nomic life, but that immediate adop- tion is impracticable. y Delay Foreseen. Even with the greatest speed in bringing about an efficient system of unemployment insurance, it was agreed that it would not become op- erative until late in 1936 at the earliest. Though Congress should pass the Federal-State form of unemployment insurance recommended by the Presi- dent early in the session, it still will eake until early in 1936 for the regu- lar sessions of the State Legislatures to get it, the leaders pointed out. Then it will still take a year from the time the law goes into effect until payments are made to unemployed workers. EX-PRESIDENT OF CUBA - IS INJURED IN NEW YORK Alberto Herrera Suffers Skull Fracture When Hit by Car. Fights Extradition. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 19.—Alberto Herrera, former President of Cuba, who held office for a few hours after the resignation of Gerardo Machado, is in French Hospital suffering from & fracture of the skull, sustained last Priday. Gen. Herrera was crossing a road- way at Sixth avenue and Fifty-first street when he was struck by an automobile, The fact that he was injured and in the hospital was disclosed to United States Commissioner Garrett W. Cot- ter today at the outset of a hearing on & motion to set aside a preliminary warrant in extradition brought by the Republic of Cuba. TEAR GAS FOILS MOB Guardsmen Save Colored Prisoner at Tennessee Trial. SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. December 19 (#)—Using tear gas bombs, Na- tional Guardsmen today repulsed a crowd that tried to break through the lines and get into the court house, where a Negro is being tried on & charge of assault on a white girl. Australian Admiral Dies. (GAMING DESCRIBED 10 HOUSE GROUP Maj. Brown Questioned at Budget Hearing on Num- bers Racket. (Note: Acceding to @ recent request by United States Attorney Garnett, The Star, the Post, the Times, the Herald and the city's jour broadcasting stations are re~ fusing to aid the nmumbers racket by dissemination of the race total numbers with which the game here is conducted. Publication or broad= casting of such totals is of no in- terest outside the numbers racket.) Keen interest in Washington's crime situation, particularly the operations of the numbers racketeers, is being manifested by the House Appropria- tions Subcommittee during hearings on the 1936 District budget estimates. ‘With Maj. Ernest W. Brown, super- intendent of police, on the witness stand yesterday members of the sub- committee questioned him closely about the activities of his department toward crime control and stamping out the numbers game. Outlines Difficulties. Maj. Brown is said to have outlined the difficulties confronting the de- partment in rounding up the numbers operators and other types of gamblers, and impressed on the subcommittee the need of a substantial increase in his force. He also told of the setbacks in the courts due to the failure of juries to convict persons arrested on gambling charges. Legislation giving the Police De- partment authority to raid places su- spected of being gambling establish- ments without a warrant is under- stood to have been one of Maj. Brown’s recommendations. Maj. Brown also was questioned by Representative Ditter, Republican, of Pennsylvania . about juvenile delin- quency in Washington. He told of his personal efforts to aid in controlling that situation through the establish- ment of boys’ clubs in police pre- cinct stations, Describes Boys® Club. Activities of the boys’ clubs in the fifth precinct station were sketched by Maj. Brown. He gave the history isting 6 to revive the old second All of these were eliminated, it is un- derstood. The Commissioners, it was said, cut off all but the 35, and Budget Bureau eliminated those. Appendix Lack Elects Woman. BOYLAN PLEDGES EARLY PAY FIGHT Subcommittee Member Says Sentiment for Restora- tion January 1. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. A fight on the floor of the House for restoration of the full basic salary for Government employes as of Jan- uary 1 will be started by Representa- tive John J. Boylan, Democrat, of New York, a member of the subcom- mittee drafting the independent of- fices appropriation bill, which carries the salary policy and other economy provisions. Boylan has sounded out the senti- ment of members of Congress who are now in Washington, and especially his colleagues on the Appropriations Com- mittee. He finds the Appropriations Committee, as well as the Subcommit- tee on the Independent Offices Bill, strongly in favor of restoration of sal- aries on January 1, and an over- whelming sentiment among members o!the)iou.lemnurtnunevyzn happily for Government workers by restoring their full basic legal salary. Leaders’ Support Claimed. Boylan pointed out that in his figh he has the support of all of the ga‘n-‘ didates for House leadership and that many.of the Democratic members made the salary restoration an issue in their campaigns, arguing that the Goyernment should set an example for industry throughout tjje country. To right what he terms “a grievous injustice to thousands of Government workers,” Representative McLeod, Re- publican, of Michigan, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced today he will offer an amendment to the first appropriation bill when it comes before the House for restoration of full basic salaries as of January 1—if the President fails to take this action. Finds Prices Up. “After a careful study and a thor- ough investigation,” stated McLeod, “T find that the commodity price level has advanced to the point where to delay restoration of the pay cut until next July would cause an unwarranted degree of hardship and suffering to many thousands of Government em- “I hope and trust the President’s message upon the convening of Con- gress in January will include g notifi- cation to .these faithful Government ‘workers that the sorely needed 5 per cent of their wages will be restored at once. If such action is not taken, I intend to offer an amendment to the first appropriation bill to restore, effective January 1, the balance of the pay cut and thereby prevent this in- Too Many Lawmakers. CONCORD, N..H, December 19 () —1It looks as though some of the Only' 5 Shopping Days Until Christmas Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,957 Some Returns Not Yet Received. (UP) Means Associated Press. R W\ \\\\\\ S /4 57 \,\‘\‘\\] AN \@‘ = 6.0.P SALDE INBONUS BATILE Feels Roosevelt Should Look to Own Ranks for Veto Support. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. While the administration continues to seek some reasonable ground for dealing with the soldiers’ bonus ques- tion, it has become clear that the Re- publicans in Congress do not intend to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for President Roosevelt in the fight over the bonus at the coming session. That has been made clear by Republican members of Congress now in Wash- | ington. Should President Roosevelt find it | impossible to reach an adjustment satisfactory to himself as head of the Government, and a bill be sent to him for the full cash payment of the ad- justed service certificates, he will have to rely upon the Democrats to sustain | a veto of the measure. The administration is examining| various avenues of possible compro- | mise on the bonus payments to the veterans at this time. One of them, suggested by Senator Harrison of Mis- sissippi, proposes that cash payments be made only where the veterans are in actual need. Another looks to the payment of the veterans on the basis of the actual bonus for daily service in the Army during the World War, plus the interest which has accumu- lated up to the present. This would be a sum greatly less than the face value of the bonus certificates call for, Compound Interest Added. Under the bonus law the veteran is entitled to $1 a day for service in | Peal this country and to $1.25 a day for service overseas, after the $60 gratuity | paid in 1919 has been deducted. In| issuing the certificates, however, this | principal sum had added to it com- | pound interest until 1945 and the to- | tal makes up the face value of the| bonus certificates. The Veterans' Administration is| making a survey to ascertain how many veterans are in need. The ad- ministration asks whether the veteran is on relief and whether he is out of a job, and for how long. The vet- erans’ bloc, however, continues to in- sist there shall be no compromise. They will demand full payment of the face value of the certificates, and probably remission of the interest owed by the veterans on the loans they have made up to date on their bonus certificates. ‘These loans amount to $1,635,291,- 947, including interest, from the Gov- ernment, and to another $60,000,000 from the banks. House Seen for Bonus. Bo far as the House is concerned, the probabilities are that a cash pay- ment bonus bill will be passed and repassed by the necessary two-thirds vote over a presidential veto. The, President, if he finally detremines to | g0 to the mat against the full cash payment of the bonus at this time, is believed to have a better chance with the Senate. While the belief was ex- pressed today that a cash payment bonus bill would pass the Senate, doubt was said to exist that such s bill could be passed over the Presi- dent's veto, although proponents of the measure insist that 70 Senators, or more than two-thirds of the entire body, would vote to override. Conferences among Republican Sen- ators, many of whom have now re- turned to Washington, indicate that the Republicans, with perhaps three exceptions, will vote to override a veto of the bonus bill if opportunity arises. The . Republicans, from a practical political point of view, see no gain in voting with the Democratic President against a measure which has the support of the veterans. Furthermore, the Republicans say, the G. O. P. is historically sympathetic with war vet- erans and has always supported gen- TWO CENTS. NEW TRAFFIC WAR LAUNCHED IN D. ¢ T0 CUT DEATH TOLL Vigilance Squads Ordered to Bring In Serious Offenders. DANGEROUSLY PARKED CARS TO BE IMPOUNDED Force of Motor Cycle Men Sent Out With Command to Clear Up Menace. Alarmed over the mounting traffic toll and the failure of the public to heed the educational safety cam- paign, Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen today organized police and traffic officials in a drive for rigid enforce- ment of traffic laws, in the hope of reducing deaths. At an emergency conference this morning with police and trafic authorities Hazen placed into effect an eleven-point program designed to force motorists to observe the law and the rights of pedestrians and others. Reckless or careless drivers are to feel the effect at once of these new orders: 1. A vigilance squad of motorcycle men will patrol selected traffic ar- teries at unannounced times and places to charge any motorist found viclating important traffic rules. 2. Police are directed to impound automobiles in aggravated cases of parking violations where such acts create traffic hazards. In such cases the car will be towed to the nearest police station. Drunk Driving Weighed. 3. The corporation counsel will urge stiffer sentences for persons found guilty of driving while drunk. 4. Persons accused of the more se- rious traffic violations will be ar- rested and taken to precinct stations instead of merely being given = “ticket.” 5. The names of persons whose driv- ing permits have been suspended or revoked will be published. 6. The corporation counsel will be directed to prosecute cases of traffic violations regardless of private settle- ments which may be made between drivers concerned in the more serious accident cases. 7. A general order has been issued to police and traffic officials to achieve “strict enforcement.” 8. Corporation Counsel Prettyman has been given authority to draft a regulation which would hold car own- ers responsible in parking violations even where they claim the alleged vio- lations were committed by relatives or {riends. Night Court Considered. 9. Commissioner Hazen will request Police Court judges to re-establish a night trafic court to speed trial of alleged traffic law breakers. 10. Hazen approved in principle & proposal of Traffic Director Van Duzer to establish a compulsory semi-annual mechanicel inspection of cars. 11. Hazen planned to renew his ap- to Congress to enact safety re- sponsibility laws for District car owners. This program was the answer of the District to the increasing death toll taken on Washington streets, which has set a new all-time record of 126 fatalities within a year. The plans an- nounced by Commissioner Hazen bore the indorsement of all the officials who participated in the conference. These included Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police; Corporation Counsel Prettyman; Traffic Director Van Duzer and his assistant, M. O. Eldridge, and Inspector B. A. Lamb of the Police Traffic Bureau. Representative Howard Smith of Virginia, member of the House District Committee, who came to the District Building on another matter, partici- pated in the latter part of the con- ference, as did Engineer Commissioner Dan I Sultan. Hazen “Means Business.” “We mean business,” said Hazen. “For months the District conducted an educational campaign to teach mo- torists their responsibilities under the regulations. In the face of this, the traffic toll mounted. The time has come now for strict enforcement and we are going to have it.” A similar view was voiced by Maj. Brown. Squadrons of motor cycle police were expected to start out this after- noon to patrol one or more main highways in search of traffic viola- tors. The plan is that any person arrested will be required to post col- lateral. This plan was adopted to impress upon the driving public the determination of the District to force obedience. Maj. Brown declined to say just how many motor cycle men would be used. While the men will be in uniform and on regulation motor cycles, surprise is one element in this plan. Drivers will not be given the priv- flege of merely accepting tickets in the more serious violations such as speeding, reckless driving, passing stop signs or lights, driving through safety zones, weaving in and out of lanes of traffic, failing to give right of way and failing to give signal. In such cases, the officer is directed to take the man or woman to the Traffic Bu- erous pensions. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Mother Is Hanged in England After Appeal to King Fails By the Assoclated Press, HULL, England, December 19.— After appeals to the King and Queen had failed to save her, Mrs. Ethel Lille Major, gaunt 42-year-old mother of two children, was hanged today at Hull Prison. A black flag was hoisted over the penitentiary when she went to her milled about outside the prison as she mounted the gallows. Two grim-faced policemen paced back and forth keep- ing the crowd 6n the move. Final urgent appeals for clemency by Lord Mayor Stark of Hull, the last addressed to Buckingham Palack, were fruitless. The apeal to the King and Queen was turned over to the e of the home sec- The jury which convicted Mrs, (Continued on Page 3, Column 1)