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A—-2 s T.V.A.INJUNCTION | MUNITIONS PROBE REMAINS IN EFFECT) SPEE D-UP SOUGHT Cities Restrained From Get-|Senators Call Witness Just ting P. W. A. Loans for Power Plants. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, February 2.— An injunction, restraining 14 North Alabama municipalities from obtain- ing loans from P. W. A. to construct electric distribution systems today was left in “status quo” by Judge W. T. Grubb in United States Dis- trict Court. In leaving the temporary restrain- ing order in effect, Judge Grubb in- dicated he would rule on the ques- tion February 11, when the Ten- nessee Valley Authority offers its defense against another restraining order aimed at halting its North Alabama electrification program. The ruling came "after nearly three hours of arguments by attorneys on & motion to dissolve a temporary in- Jjunction granted on the petition of 14 preferred shareholders in the Alabama Power Co., who alleged the loans con- stituted an illegal diversion of public funds. Franchise Expired. W. H. Mitchell, city attorney for Florence, offered the motion to dis- miss the order, citing that the utility’s franchise had expired in Florence, Tuscumbia and Sheffield. Savings under application of “yard- | i Out of Hospital to Ses- sion Tomorrow. By the Assoclated Press. Impatient of delays caused by ail- ments reported by witnesses, the Sen- ate Munitions Committee yesterday' asked one man—just out of a hos- pital—to appear tomorrow and told a physician to bring another in as soon as possible. The committee is anxious to find out the truth of charges that large shipbuilding companies were in col- lusion on bids for naval contracts. Similarly, the investigators are sift- ing accusations that political pressure ' and the use of a “fixer” influenced | awards. Ernest I Cornbrooks of Collings- ; wood, N. J,, former plant manager of | the New York Shipbuilding Corp., ! who was confined in a hospital two | weeks ago when the committee sought to question him, indicated he would | be on hand Monday. ‘ Homer Will Testify. A. H. Homer, Washington marine architect, was reported by a com- mittee physician to be able to testify “within a week or 10 days.” The witness, described as a shipbuilders’ agent with White House contacts, said he was “eager to come as soon as my physician permits it.” Homer was named last week by a stick” rates of the T. V. A, Mitchell | committee witness as the recipient of told the court, would amount to $65,- | $50,000 in fees from the Bath Iron 000 annually to consumers and also would save the city government a substantial sum. “The Tri-Cities,” Mitchell said, “de- sire to engage in the power business, and they have a right to do that.” Mitchell further argued that munic- ipalities had the right to finance { themselves through the P. W. A, the same as through a bank or trust com- pany. Forney Johnston, chief of counsel for the shareholders, told the court the loans were illegal and for an illegal purpose, that of furthering the “ille- gal” objectives of the T. V. A. through installing the “yardstick rates.” Johnston devoted most of his ar- gument to the Decatur loan, where the Alabama Power Co. franchise does not expire until 1949, where he said the inauguration of the T. V. A, rates would drive the utility from the fleld through “illegal competition.” “CAT-EYE” ANNIE Woman With Weakness Other Person’s Gems Arouses Judges's Pity. By the Assoclated Press. AUBURN, N. Y., February 2.—Lil- lian “Cat-Eye” Annie Works of Bath, Me., for aiding in se- curing destroyer contracts. He agreed today with a company statement that he had asked for the money, but had not been paid. Homer added that he had turned the case over to his attorneys. Refuses to Comment. Asked about a diary read before the committee in which investigators said he kept a daily account of his activities in securing contracts for the Bath company, Homer said: “I don't care to make any state- ments until I get on the stand.” Around the architect circled tes- timony last week which described what was termed collusion among shipbuilders that had increased cruis- er costs from $8,300,000 to about $16,- 000,000 in little more than & year. Homer denied accusations that he was a “fixer” who used influence to affect shipbuilding contracts for a “consideration” of $250,000. Cornbrooks “Key” Figure. Cornbrooks was described by com- mittee members as a “key witness” in the inquiry which has resulted in evidence that cruiser contract costs for had in one instance climbed about $4,000,000 during a period over which labor and material costs of the job advanced only $900,000. He was named by investigators as & participant in a midnight confer- ence of big shipbuilders in July of 1933 in Washington. Committee mem- bers have contended that the 27-ship McDowell, | program financed by public works whose criminal weakness was jewelry | funds was virtually apportioned among belonging to other people, tonight |the shipyards at this meeting by an awaited the arrival of police officers from Baltimore, Md., to take her there to stand trial for the theft of dia- monds, pearls, brooches and other Jewels from Nathan F. Kaufman on April 15, 1923. Brought back “home” to Auburn yesterday from Bedford Hills State ,Prison for Women, where she had been serving a 10-year sentence, to agreement for “accommodation bids,” insuring each & share in the work. WALLACE LIVE STOCK RATE CUT UPHELD face a charge of unlawful escape in | Commission Slash of 20 Pct. Seen 1926, she pleaded guilty. Appearing in the County Court of Judge Ken- nard Underwood this morning, she looked upon the court through tear- filled eyes and heard the judge say: “Annie, I'm going to suspend sen- tence in this case, but you know there :ge other cities that want your cus- dy.” Proper by U. S. Court—$500,- 000 to Be Refunded. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 2.—The action of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in “Thank you, judge,” she sald, daub- ordering a 20 per cent reduction in ing at her eyes. “I'm very sorry,” said the judge. Baltimore, with priority of claim upon her custody; Elkins Park, Pa. live stock commission rates was up- held today in Federal Court. Sitting en banc, Judges Samuel Al- schuler, James H. Wilkerson and John next in line, and Columbus, Ohio; t, | F- Barnes, ordered the dismissal of a Louis, Mo., and Boston, Mass.,, were .nformed of the suspended sentence suit filed by 157 live stock commission houses, attacking the order of Secre- :and asked if they wished her to be (Al Wallace as arbitrary and con- iheld for them. Al but Boston said |fSCatory- ‘they did. - WATER FRONT EMPLOYES The court dissolved a temporary in- junction under which the difference between the higher commission rates previously charged and the lower rates of Secretary Wallace was impounded APPEAL TO MISS PERKINS | vith the District Court clerk. Approximately $500,000 has been impounded since last April. The THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 3, 1935—PART ONE. New Brazilian Trade Pact Signed at White House Secretary of State Cordell Hull between the United States and Brazl calling for reciprocal tariff con- cessions. The pact was signed in the President’s office in the executive wing TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY BRAZIL AND UNITED STATES (Continued From Pirst Page.) | other quantitative restrictions on each other's products except such restric- tions as may be necessary for the control of production, market supply or prices of domestic articles, such as are provided for in the national industrial recovery act and the agri- cultural adjustment act. ‘The agreement may be ended after two years upon six months’ notice, (right) signs the new trade agreement and President Roosevelt. Included in the American products granted duty reductions are the fol- lowing: Twenty-five per cent reductions on but in the event the two nations are unable to agree concerning any re- strictions which may be imposed, the pact may be terminated on 30 days’ notice. One article of the agreement also reserves to both governments the con- trol of the export of arms and muni- tions. Another article provides for prefer- tires and tubes, colored upper leather, | certain paints, radio apparatus, gaso- | line pumps, steel files, rubber hose | and tubes and oatmeal; 20 per ceng| on automobiles, trucks, automotive | ential treatment of Cuban commerce | parts, canned fruit, canned vege- by the United States. tables (except asparagus), common Brazil, in the agreement, grants | soap and surgical gauze; 372 per cent concessions to American products as jon patent leather; 60 per cent on follows: | canned salmon and chewing gum; 50 | Import duties are redquced by ap- ' per cent on canned asparagus, steel proximately 25 per cent on 67 items, | furniture and lacquers; 35 per cent on | and Brazil pledges that it will not | oflcloth, certain varnishes and radio | increase duties on 39 items. | tubes. WORK-RELIEF BILL IS FORUM SUBJECT Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina Talks Tomorrow. President Roosevelt's $4,000,000,000 work relief bill will be the subject of an address delivered by Senator !Jnmes F. Byrnes of South Carolina in the National Radio Forum to- morrow at 10:30 p.m. The National Radio Forum is arranged by The | Washington Star and broadcast over { the network of the National Broad- casting Co. The work relief bill, designed by the President to make it possible to take 3,500,000 jobless men and women from rellef rolls and put them to work, has passed the House and will soon be considered by the Senate. Senator Byrnes, a member of the Ap- propriations Committee and a strong supporter of the administration, will take a leading part in the fight to put the bill through in the shape it is desired by the White House. The bill not only provides a huge sum for work relief, but it also gives extraordinary powers to the President to be used in the administration of the fund. ITALY LOANS ALBANIA FUND TO DEFRAY DEBT Zog, Voicing Gratitude, Says Country Recognizes Ties Binding Two Peoples. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 2—Italy today | placed 3,000,000 gold francs (ap- | proximately $963,000) at Albania’s | disposition to help her clean up | some of her outstanding obligations Charge International Longshore- | money will be refunded to live stock | end balance the budget. men’s Association Is Violat- ing Arbitration Award, By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE. February 2.—Charges shippers, Judges Alschuler and Barnes ruled there was substantial evidence to jus- tify the action of the Secretary of Agriculture in ordering a reduction. The Secretary’s ruling was reasonable thszv the International Longshore-|and not arbitrary, and did not con- Aman’s Association is violating the Te- | stitute the taking away of the plain- ent arbitration award by beating |tiffs’ property without due process of fon-unfon men and calling strikes Wwere telegraphed to Secretary Perkins today by the Seattle Water Front Em- ployers’ Association. The action was part of a coastline protest from employers who contend the award agreements are fast being abrogated, leaders said. Dewey Bennett, secretary of the Longshoremen’s Association, however, declared he was surprised to learn of the employers’ action. “We haven't authorized eny strikes,” he said. “But what the men do in- dividually, we can’t help’ Machine Gun I-I ints Of Karpis’ Flight| To Pacific Coast Officials Check Owner- ship of Weapon Dropped Near Reno, Nev. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 2—A machine gun and 200 rounds of am- munition, believed to have been aban- law, the two judges declared. LABOR BARGAINING VOTE NEARS END! Representatives of 70,000 Work- ers in Auto Industry Choosing Representatives. By&he Associated Press. DETROIT, February 2—The Auto- mobile Labor Board, which expects A message from King Zog of ' Albania to Premier Benito Mussolini | expressed “warmest appreciation” for the tender of the money, and assured | I1 Duce of Albania's “recognition of | the indissoluble ties” binding the two | countries. Government circles expressed the opinion the money might help ease strained relations between Zog's gov- ernment and Italy of the past two! years that grew out of an altercation over the teaching of Italian in Al- banian schools. | ACCUSES EX-FIANCEE Capt. Michael Paul Answers Suit for $150,000 Heart Balm. LOS ANGELES, February 2 (#).— Capt. Michael Paul, former Russian Army officer, in an answer today to the $150,000 breach-of-promise suit brought against him by Miss Cora | Irene Sund, said she was found in a compromising situation with another Fate of $75,000 Aviation Report Subject of Keen Speculation President’s Transmittal Message Be- lieved to Have Killed Commission’s Recommendations of Policy. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. panies which are losing heavily under Speculation as to- the fate of the | the terms of their contracts “is legiti- $75,000 report of the Federal Avia- | mate in order to save companies from | tion Commission is rife in aviation | disastrous loss, but not in order to | circles. provide profits.” i There is & growing belief that| The action of the President in spe- | | President Roosevelt, in his message | cifically opposing the creation of an transmitting the report to Congress, | Air Commerce Commission is regarded | | effectually killed the air transport|&s & victory for those who have con- policy recommendations of the com- | tended the present Bureau of Air mission and at the same time raised | Commerce of the Commerce Depart- the most serious doubts as to the fate | ment is functioning adequately in the | of the whole report. : | administrative control of air com- | " No one seemed to know last night | merce. | just what will become of the many| In 18 of its policy recommenda- recommendations of the commission |tions the Federal Aviation Commis- | concerning military aviation, the | sion refers to the proposed Air Com- | procurement of military aircraft and | merce Commission, which it proposed | supplies, fostering of lighter-than-air | should become an all-powerful agent development, aeronautical law, private , in dealing with the problems of air | fiying and other subjects. None of | transportation. Had the policies rec- | to complete recording within the next man on the eve of Paul's scheduled two weeks the vote of 70,000 workers marriage to her. His document de- in the industry for collective bar- clared Miss Sund and a man identi- gaining representatives, today gave fied as Mitchell G. R. Dressner were out a recapitulation of figures based found by his sister in a New York on elections held in 12 plants. i hotel room. He asserted their en- Ballots of 53,771 workers, of which gagement was broken by mutual 40,953 denoted at the same time they, consent. had no affiliation with a labor or- ganization, already have been recorded. ‘The 12 plants in which balloting al- ready has been conducted employ slightly more than 60,000 workers, it added. | Forum Speaker ‘The percentage of workers who have indicated no labor organization affilia- tion was given as 76. The report loned fornia-Nevada . | stated that 5440 or 10 per cent had g,, by :Wm weé.mm:; indicated their affiliation with an em- was found today in the Truckee River, | Ployes’ organization, 3,124 or nearly 6 near Reno, E. P. Guinane, chief of |Per cent with the Associated Auto- the Bureau of Investigation of the m‘gg Workers of A;n!flu, ’t”:l ;x“ % y more than 4 per ceni numhh ent of Justice, said here to- 3‘1,: Amfifl;:; Federation ‘/OIO‘!fbor. Guinane said he knew nothing of or sligl more '-hln’ 2 per reports the gun was the property of | Cent with the Mechanics’ Educational Alvin Karpis, new public enemy No.|Soclety, and the remainder were ac- 1, who recently shot his way out of | counted for by five other organiza- 2 police cordon at Atlantic City. tions and blank and void ballots. en abandoncd by & West-bound been abandon y & - e e e taes 1t wa| 10Y PISTOLS FORBIDDEN found only a short distance on the eastern side of the “control station”| INDIANAPOLIS, February 2 (#).— at the State line, where all automo-|A statute forbidding manufacture, biles are searched. sale or exposure for of toy pistols The State Department of Criminal | bas been found on the Indiana stat- Investigation at Sacramento was at- | utes by Attorney General Philip Luts, tempting to trace ownership of the|jr. ‘ugflcm recalled “Baby Face” Nel-!attorney general found when he looked son successfully hid in Northern Cali- up the matter in response to & query Sornia several months last year. from a business concern. 3 | | The law was passed in 1905, the! these points was mentioned by the President in his message. In the meantime, the President’s message and the commission’s report have been referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of | the Union and the aviation world is waiting for some one at the Capitol to start the ball rolling. When he specifically disapproved the proposal of the commission that there be created an Air Commerce Commission to take over an imposing list of duties, in the opinion of many in aviation circles, the President ren- dered inoperative virtually the entire body of air transport recommenda- tions of the commission. Looking to Congress. Disappointed by the lukewarm tone of the President’s message of trans- | mittal of the commission report, in which he virtually relegated the volu- minous document to the role of in- formative material to be weighed along with other similar matedial con- cerning other forms of transportation, aviation leaders are looking to Con- | 8ress for a solution of the problems of air transportation. They believe now that the only solution for com- mercial aeronautics lies in the enact- ment of the lesislation recommended | by the President dealing with unified control of all transportation, includ- ing aviation. Until Congress acts to bying about of all transportation, by land, sea and air, it is thought there will be no material change in the present gov- ernmental set-up for the regulation of air transportation. Administrative control is expected to continue in the hands of the Bureau of Air Com- merce; rate-making with the Inter- state Commerce Commission. The possibility of a breach between the President and Postmaster General Farley has been a subject of specula- tion in aviation circles since the President sent his transmittal message to and gave support to a recommendation of the Federal Avia- tion Commission that the Interstate Commerce Commission be give tem- porarily the power to lower or in- crease airmail rates. Postmaster General Farley has publicly opposed the granting of any power to the I. C. C. to increase air- mail rates. He has contended that air companies which bid in airmail contracts at financially suicidal rates should be compelled to live L;xp to the terms of their con- tracts. For Upward Revision. The President, however, expressed a belief that revision of these rates | should be granted “to prevent the | destruction of any efficiently-operated ! part of the present system pending suitable consideration by the Con- . gress of what permanent measures . should be taken and what amend- ment, if any, the present general transportation policy of the Govern- ment should undergo.” Mr. Roosevelt, however, cautioned | against the granting of unreasonable | profits to any company. He expressed | an utter lack of sympathy with the plight of those companies which vio- should be & secondary consideration.” Postal officials who have opposed an opportunity to grace- fully, it is belived, as & result of the President’s that Govern- ment aid in the case of airmall com- [ 2 the consolidation of Federal control | | ommended by the Federal Aviation | Commission been put into effect the | present Bureau of Air Commerce would have been robbed of virtually | all of its powers. “Heart” Stricken Out. In opposing the creation of the pro- posed commission, the President struck out what members of the Federal Aviation Commission regarded as the heart of their recommendations cov- ering air commerce. “We recommend, as of paramount importance to accomplishing the ef- | fectiveness of many of our other rec- ommendations already presented, that an air commerce commission should of the White House. Others in the picture, from the left: Brazilian Minister of Finance Arthur Souza Costa, Brazillan Ambassador Oswaldo Aranha —Harris-Ewing Photo. Brazil also pledges itself against increasing the duty on a long list of articles including fresh fruit (duty free), agricultural machinery includ- ing tractors (duty free), refrigerators, motor cycles, sewing machines, auto- matic scales, cash type- writers, calculating machines, type. setting machines, heavy radio, tele- phone and telegraph equipment and motion picture films. In terms of trade value the duty reductions granted by Brazl affect approximately 23.8 per cent of Ameri- can trade with Brazl, and it has pledged no advance in duties on ap- proximately 7.5 per cent of total American exports to that country. VIOLENCE FLARES IN FARM DISPUTE Two Beaten in Share- Cropper War—Woman Ends Inquiry. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 2.— Bitterness in the East Arkansas share- cropper war increased today as two young organizers for the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union told of hav- ing been beaten with pistol butts last night, when they were taken from a sharecroppers’ mass meeting at Gil- more, Ark, across the river from Memphis. As Lucien Koch, director of Com- monwealth College, Mena, Ark, and Bob Reed, a commonwealth student and a member of the International Labor Defense, told of the assault, Mrs. Mary Conner Myers, A. A. A. at- torney, concluded her investigation into alleged violations by planters of their acreage reduction contracts and prepared to leave tomorrow by plane for Washington. Investigator Is Silent. Her brief cases were filled with eviction notices received by share- croppers, along with affidavits from them, and reports of the controversy as outlined by planters. She declined to comment on her investigation, but was quoted by the Press-Scimitar as saying that her inquiry into alleged lllegal evictions had brought to light | evidence in support of other viola- be created and given all the authority that it needs to do its work,” the commission said in the final sentence rt. The commission had outlined for the proposed new controlling body a list of powers and functions which it admitted in its report constitute “a formidable budget of responsibility.” | It was to have been an organization which would have taken over powers now vested in the Secretary of Com- merce, the Bureau of Air Commerce, the Post Office Department, the Re- | construction Finance Corp., the Fed- | eral Labor Board and the Bureau of Mines. The proposed commission would | have issued certificates of convenience and necessity to airlines; approved conditions of service and charges to be made by airlines; supervised the financial structure of the lines and their ownership; fixed postal pay- ments for carriers of airmail, both do- mestic and foreign; allocated direct subsidy aids to needy companies; ap- proved R. F. C. loans applied for by airlines or other aeronautical enter- prises, and exercised the power of ap- proving proposals of the Department of Commerce for new Federal air- ‘Ways. The power of approving recommen- dations for ent of new air transport services on world trade routes would have been vested in the new commission, which also would have been charged with collection and publication of financial data for all air activities; fostering of the “orderly development” of collec- tive bargaining in airline labor dis- putes; examination and licensing of aircraft, equipment and airmen; rat- ing of air navigation facilities and specification of minimum standards of eqmnimnm ent and operating methods of airlines. Power for Agreements. ‘The new commission, it was pro- Pposed, should be given power to ap- prove or reject proposed trade and traffic agreements between American air transport lines operating outside :‘l;e waeg. States and their competi- TS; ve power of recognizing airports as qualified for installation of the summation of its 254-page re- | po! | tions. The Tenant Farmers’ Union’s complaint to Department of Agricul- |ture officials led to Mrs. Myers' in- | vestigation. | “While I was speaking at the Gil- | more meeting,” Koch said today, “a man who evidently had been drink- | Ing—he was a plantation riding boss |—came in and asked what I was talking about. I told him the South- ern Tenant Farmers’ Union. He went out. Companion Also Beaten. “He came back later with four more men. They grabbed me just as | I finished my speech and hustled me {out to a car, beating me and kicking me. On the way, Bob Reed came out to see me, and they grabbed him.” Sherifft Howard Curlin said he was Investigating the beatings. He added it was up to Koch and Reed to prefer charges. “Constable H. L. Dickson of Turrell brought them into Marion,” the sher- iff said. “They were not hurt. I questioned them.” Sharecroppers have complained that parity payments from the Govern- ment for land taken out of produc- tion have been withheld from them. BLASTS ROCK VILLAGE Woman Burns to Death in Two- Story Structure. HOOSICK FALLS, N. Y., February 2 (#).—Flames which followed two ex- plosions that shook this village early tonight razed a two-story structure, wrecked another and killed Mrs. Jane Carr Burke, 80. Her son, Frank Carr, 50, worked desperately to save his mother, but was forced to plunge through flames from a second-story window to save his own life. The Carrs lived on the second floor of the razed frame structure. The first floor was occupied by a stove store, where the fire is believed to have originated. ——————————— to be appointed for terms of 10 years each; another for a seven-member fon to be appointed for 7- year terms. In view of the importance placed by the Federal Aviation Commission merce policies but also to other poli- sion were to have been given unusual security in office, one proposal call- ing for & commission of five members ’ cles which have no bearing on the commissio: Pproposed n. m‘:u-m&umw.kh said, to regard commission’s re- port, as the President has suggested, chiefly as “a source of information and advice concerning transporta- tion by air.” ’ MOODIE QUSTED IN NORTH DAKOTA Ruled Ineligible to Hold Gov. ernorship by Court—Wel- ford Takes Oath. By the Associated Press. BISMARCK, N. Dak., February 2.— A decision of the North Dakota Su- vreme Court today turned Gov. ‘Thomas H. Moodie out of the office he had held less than a month and des- ignated Lieut. Gov. Walter H. Welford his successor. He took the oath of office soon after the decision was an- nounced. Ruling on & quo warranto action, the high court held Moodie ineligible for the governorship, on the ground that he had voted, and thereby estab- lished residence, in Minnesota in 1930. Moodie, the second Democrat ever to win the chief executive’s post in this normally Republican State, im- mediately acquiesced in the decision, and called upon all citizens to co- operate with his successor. Acting Gov. Welford is a member of the Non- Partisan League which assailed Moodie’s election. Month of Political Strife. A provision of the State constitu- tion, designed to bar carpet baggers years ago, was the fulcrum which lifted Moodie out of the gubernatorial chair by she court’s verdict and gave victory to the foes who made his month’s incumbency and the month previous a period of intense political strife in the State. Two court actions and initiation of impeachment pro- ceedings with the Legislature were the weapons turned against the Demo- cratic Governor. The constitutional provision re- quires candidates for Governor to| have lived in the State five consecu- | tive years before election. The court decided that the Novem- ber election was a “legal nullity, inso- far as the election of a Governor is concerned.” It held specifically: ‘That Walter Welford, Lieutenant Governor, becomes acting Governor for the balance of the term to which Moodie was elected. Acts in Office Valid. That Moodie’s official acts while in office are valid. “It is the duty of Mr. Moodie to surrender the office of Governor to Lieut. Gov. Welford,” the court de- clared. “Though Mr. Moodie is not entitled to hold that office, neverthe- less no question can be raised as to the validity of the official acts per- formed by him. Under the wise pro- visions of the law every act so done is valid and effective. He was clothed | with prima facie title to the office. “The application for the writ must be granted; it is assumed the respond- ents will act in conformity with this | decision without the issuance of a formal writ.” No Reflection on Moodie. The court took pains to make it| clear that there was no reflection on | Moodie in its action. “There is nothing in this record,” the court said, “which reflects in any way upon Mr. Moodie. He yiolated no law and did no wrong. “His trustfulness was apparent to every one. He answered all questions without hestitation when the answers were unfavorable as well as when they were favorable.” Little more than half an hour after the court'’s decision Welford was called to the executive offices by Moodie, who yielded the office. The two men chatted for a short time, after which the outgoing Governor left the capitol. Welford pledged himself to giving his best efforts to a solution of the State’s problems. “I now am being made responsible for an office for which I would never have been a candidate by my own choice,” Welford said. Appeals to Citizens, “In this office, however, my obligation is to all of the citizens of the State. The burdens will be heavy and hard to bear and I might say I can bear them only if I may have the people’s faith and whole-hearted sup- port.” Moodie, 2 newspaper man, admit- ted in hearings before the court that he had voted in Minneapolis, Minn., while temporarily employed on a newspaper there. He asserted, how- ever, that he considered North Da- kota his home and had no intention of giving up his citizenship in that State. “I have no complaint to make of the decision of the court,” said Moodie. His policy during his brief term in dealing with a Legislature opposed to him had been conciliatory and designed, he said, to reach peace- ful settlements in controversies. “It (the court decision) is arrived at after full consideration of the law and the facts in an orderly manner. 1t is satisfactory to me and is accepted cheerfully. It should end the turmoil which the State has recently experi- enced. It is my hope that it will.” ICELAND’S LIQUOR BANS ARE LIFTED| End of Prohibition Greeted Calm- ly—Imports Legal Under Monopoly. By the Associated Press. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, February 2.— Prohibition was lifted in Iceland to- day after 20 years, but this cold little island preserved its customary glacial calm abous the matter. Scarcely anybody got drunk. The wine shops which sprang up like mushrooms in anticipation of the happy event had no difficulty in handling their business. The only enthusiastic celebrants the old law-abiding fishermen, never patronized bootleggers dur- the dry spell, and who haven't tasted legal liquor since 1913, when country, Denmark, im- dry law, ratified two years Iceland’s own Parliament. JOLIET, Tl February 3 (#).—Fred %Bmmw x BORAH WILL PRESS MEXICAN INQUIRY Senator Undeterred by Criti- cism of Proposed Probe of Situation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator William E. Borah, con- vinced that the persons and property of American citizens are involved, is prepared to press for favorable action on his resolution to investigate the alleged anti-religious campaign of the present government of Mexico. Instead of being daunted. by criti- cism of his proposal to have the Sen- ate Foreign Relations Committee go into the whole situation and to have this Government take action if neces- sary, the Idaho Senator insists that the evidence warrants a thorough in- vestigation. 5 If the State Department is prepared to deal with the matter, Borah said last night, he is perfectly willing to have it do so. It has been indicated that the State Department looks askance at the Borah resolution, on the ground that the handling of foreign affairs is its own job. On the other hand, if the State Department is not willing to proceed, Borah wants his resolution acted upon favorably. Meeting on Wednesday. The next regular meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled for Wednesday. It is not unlikely, Borah said, that he will postpone asking for consideration of his resolution until the following week. He may wish more time to put the entire story into proper shape for presentation. To those critics who charge Borah with inconsistency because he voted against American adherence to the World Court and then proposed to look into the domestic affairs of Mex- ico, the Senator replied: “My interest in this matter (re- ligious persecution in Mexico) has been by reason of evidence furnished me that Americans are being mal- treated and deprived of their prop- erty and also by the fact that thou- sands of refugees are being driven across the Mexican border and are now being taken care of by American communities. b “Of course, if American citizens were not involved in it, the situation would be different. But so long as they are, we have the right to know the facts concerning their treatment. It's another case of the underdog. Some stories brought to me are fear- ful, and I have no reason to doubt the facts. Defends His Record. “I have just as consistent a record for protecting American citizens in Mexico as on anything else. I have been doing it for 20 years.” Borah said the United States Gov- ernment in the past has not hesitated to look into conditions existing in other nations, even though American citizens were not involved. He men- tioned a resolution offered by Daniel Webster in 1823, during the trouble between Turkey and Greece, when the Turks were persecuting the Greeks. The President of the United States at that time took up the matter, Borah said. Webster, then a Senator, took the stand that common humanity demanded an investigation of the facts and some effort to alleviate cone ditions. He said, in reply to the question, “What can the United States do?” that it was not necessary to go to war, but that public opinion, once aroused, was more powerful than arms. | Second Precedent Cited. Another case cited by Borah also involved Webster, then Secretary of State. Hunrgary was seeking freedom from Austria and President Taylor sent an agent of this Government into the country to report on all the facts. “The Austrian charge d’affaires warned that this agent might run the risk of being treated as a spy. Webster wrote & strong letter in which he said that no nation had the right to take umbrage because the United States was seeking to ascertain facts. “Where the people of the United States see the people of a foreign na- tion moving toward the adoption of institutions like their own,” said Webster, “it cannot be expected of them that they remain wholly indif- ferent spectators.” Refugee Army Large. Borah seid that he did not propose to go so far as Webster; that he was basing his demand for an investiga- tion wholly on the fact that American citizens are being maltreated. In the evidence presented to him are pictures showing the activity against people who carry on religious worship. It has been reported to Borah that the number of refugees who have come into this country from Mexico runs as high as 200,000 When the matter of the Mexican inquiry was originally presented to Senator Borah it was proposed that the resolution provide for the break- ing off of diplomatic relations with Mexico. The Idaho Senator toned the resolution down somewhat before he introduced it. It has the backing of several other Senators, including ‘Walsh of Masachusetts, who is taking an active interest in it. | e STREET CAR OPERATOR WOUNDED IN HOLD-UP; POLICE CAPTURE PAIR (Continued From First Page.) a .38-caliber pistol on a .45-caliber stock lying in the slush on the bridge and turned it over to Policeman W. B. Hopkins, who took it to No. 8 pre- cint just as McGinnis and Moore were being booked for investigation. Meanwhile, Bowling had been taken to Georgetown Hospital, where his wounds were described as not serious. He appeared more worried over his wife, who he said was ill at home with influenza, than over his wounds. The couple has no children. The bandit, in his hgste to try to make a getaway, overlooked $9 in bills that Bowling carried. Police said they expecu(]ed‘hw ntzr‘ekei use of the passengers e st car to help identify the robber. One of the rs was James M. Grif- fith of the 100 block of Fourth street. —— MASS FINGERPRINTING New York C. of C. Members Will Give Impressions. NEW YORK, February 2 (#)— Members of the Chamber of Com- merce of the State of New York will be fingerprinted Thursday and the im) filed with the Depart- ment of Justice at Wasnington. The ting will follow an on “Crime Prevention,” by r Hoover, director of the di-