Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1935, Page 1

WEA" A (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain and warmer today; to- morrow cloudy with mild temperature, probably rain in. the morning; fresh southerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 38, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 25, at 4:30 am. yesterday. Full report, A-11, ) Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION iy Stare Means Associated Press. ELSEWHERE __ FIVE CENTS ' IN _WASHINGTON AND BSUBURBS SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1935-13¢ PAGES. #»# Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 1,603— No. 33,458. NEW PEACE PLAN DRAWN AS IL DUCE DEFIES BANS; AIR BOMBING RESUMED elassie Prepares |Raid Protested k3 French, British| to Present Proposal. OIL SANCTION TO AWAIT U. S. Will to Push War Declared in Talk of Mussolini. BACKGROUND— Aggressor against Ethiopia, Italy found world opinion barring plans. On November 18, solid front of 24 nations agreed to bring economic pressure against Mussolini; few days later debated extending ban to oil, life blood of military ma- chine. United States, guided by “neutrality” law, also considered oil ban. Il Duce warned nations that contemplated pressure would be “hostile gesture”; strengthened home “defenses. Meanwhile, France and Britain made peace proposal offering Italy land in Ethi- opia, offering Ethiopia seaport and railroad. On Friday, Italian planes bombed Dessye, damaged American hospital. B. the Associated Press. PARIS, December 7.—Preliminaries were laid tonight for a Franco-British peace plan to halt the African war and ease a tense Europe. Emerging smiling from a two and one-half hour conference, France's Premier Pierre Laval and Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign minister of Great Britain, announced they would draft a basis for settlement French officials said the draft would be submitted to Premier Mussolini of Italy and the League of Nations Sanc- tions Committee of Eighteen as the 1mt of what France and Britain con- sider the League can accept. Thus the responsibility for any failure in negotiations would be shifted upon Premier Mussolini. 0il Ban to Await U. S. Move. An oil embargo undoubtedly will be voted against Italy by a League com- mittee December 12, these officials said, but its application probably will be held in abeyance until after the United States Congress meets in January. If Congress falls to take & similar action, the League then mught cancel the embargo as ineffective, it was added. Laval and Hoare put their heads together after Great Britain dis- patched a new peace plea to Italy. They had been informed that Musso- lini was defiant of sanctions in a speech to his Parliament today. The two will resume their deliberations tomorrow. The French Ambassador to Rome, Count Charles de Chambrun, was re- ported to have madé an appeal to Mussolini similar to that of Britain’s. Communique on Parley. Only a brief communique was is- sued after conference tonight. It said: “The two ministers affirmed the ex- istence of a complete accord between the two governments for & policy of close collaboration. “They exchanged views and will continue tomorrow with a view to drafting a basis which could be pro- posed for settlement of the Italo- Ethiopian conflict.” In French circles it was believed that Jesse I Straus, the American Ambassador to Paris, has discussed the proposed oil embargo with Laval, although the American embassy de- scribed Straus’ visit as “merely one of those the Ambassador makes regularly to keep himself informed.” Mussolini’s speech left a gloomy ef- fect here, said one official, but “does not completely shut the door.” It was reported in circles close to the foreign office that Vittorio Cerruti, the Italian Ambassador, had advised Laval to disregard any harsh lan- guage in Il Duce’s speech to the Depu- ties. He was said to have told the premier that such language was in- tended for Mussolini’s Fascist follow- ers. DUCE DEFIES LEAGUE. ROME, December 7 (#).—Premier Mussolini lashed out at the “penal code of the League of Nations” today and warned sanctionists Italy will take (See DUCE, Page 5.) BANDITS ROUTED; ONE FATALLY SHOT —_— Attempt to Hold Up Armored Money Car Foiled at Philadelphia. By the Associated Pyess. PHILADELPHIA, December 7.—Ed- ward Dee, -time¢ gunman, was fatally and a confederate was shot in the chest tonight in & gun battle as they and two other bandits made a futile attempt to hold up an by police to contain dollars. Dee was dressed in a policeman’s uniform for the hold-up attempt. Several hours after the shooting another man, said by detectives to For Air Raidersby Modern Methods By the Associated Press. AS] , Eritrea, December 7.— Italian officers declared today that Emperor Halle Selassie’s fear of an | air raid such as took place at Dessye yesterday and today was reflected by elaborate experiments he carried out recently near the city. A modern acoustical airplane de- tective device, the Italians said, was installed on Mount Tossa, three miles from Dessye and smoke-screen ma- chines were mounted near the city. However, the Emperor was said to have been so dissatisfied with the tests that he ordered another endfmpment built outside the city on the route to Addis Ababa, where he intended staying. NEW NORTH CHINA REGIME INMINENT Hopeh and Chahar to Form State, Independent in All But Name. BACKGROUND— Cramped in island empire, Japan set out boldly in 1932 to extend in- fluence on Asiatic mainland. Domi- nation of Manchuria and Jehol accomplished, “independent” state of Manchukuo was established. On November 18, while world watched European war developments, “in- dependence” of flve North China provinces was proclaimed; Japa- nese troops maneuvered in area involved. Few days ago, Britain issued sharp warning that terri- torial integrity of China must not be disturbed; United States fol- lowed with similar declaration. Yesterday, Chiang Kai - Shek emerged as “strong man” of China but with policy uncertain. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, December 7.—A new régirhe in North China, separated from the national Nanking government in all but name, was in the making to- night. It would result in virtual detach- ment from the republic of an area roughly equal to Texas, with a popu- lation exceeding 30,000,000, compris- ing the Provinces of Hopeh and Cha- har. Apparently the Provinces of Shan- tung, Shansi and Suiyuan, originally included in the autonomy program, will not be a part of the new state. ‘The keynotes of the government will be “pro-Japanese” and “anti- communistic.” Approved by Chiang. Terms of a compromise agreement setting up the regime were reported approved in Nanking late today by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, lead- er of the National government. Authoritative sources said the com- promise agreement had been approved by Japanese Army officers and North China leaders. These sources said an administra- tive council controlling Hopeh and Chahar would be created, headed by Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan, military over- lord of the two provinces. Member- ship on the council would be re- stricted to North China officials. Gen. Hsiao Cheng-Ying, governor of Chahar, said a proclamation setting forth the plan of orgamization and aims of the council would be issued about Tuesday and that a four-point program would be: 1. Defense against communism. 2. Readjustment of political affairs. 3. Improved relations with Japan and Manchukuo. 4. Rescue of North China’s “crum- bling” economic structure. Ends “East Hopeh” State. ‘Hopeh and Chahar, he added, would enjoy virtual independence in firance, politics and diplomatic affairs. The new state would absorb the demilitar- ized zone, thus terminating the brief (See CHINA, Page 11.) Five Drowned on Barge. ODESSA, U. 8. 8. R,; December 7 (P —Five men were drowned todsy when a grain barge became detached from the small steamer Harpoon and sank in a storm in the Black Sea. N Ted Weems and Go on Yule Toy ‘byRed Cross Officials. CASUALTIES TOTAL IS 55 Firing of Dessye Hospital Told by Nurse. By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, December 7.—Rep- resentatives of the International Red Cross dispatched a formal protest to the League of Nations today of the second bombing in as many days of Dessye, war capital of Emperor Haile Selassie. Itallan airplanes made the second | attack upon the Emperor at 8 a.m. Only 50 bombs were dropped today, in contrast to more than 1,000 yester- day. The first raid, Ethiopian au- thorities said, resulted in 55 deaths and more than 300 wounded. A Norwegian nurse, whose leg was broken in yesterday's bombardment, was brought to a hospital here today, and described the Italian attack as “merciless.” ‘The nurse, Miss Petra Hoevig, was carried to the capital by airplane. She was serving the American Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Dessye, which was struck by bombs. “We ran out of the hospital to watch the Italian planes, when they suddenly came straight back and dropped their first bombs on us,” she sald. “Machine-gun bullets penetrated the ceilings of the bed rooms. “More than 30 exposive and incen- diary bombs were dropped in the hos- pital yard. “Five bombs struck the hospital. Two wards occupied by sick persons, and the instrument room were de- stroyed.” Miss Hoevig broke her leg when she fled from the hospital for safety. “1 was forced to lie in a trench until 3 pm., because the doctors were afraid to move me back to the hos- pital, thinking the Itallans might re- turn,” she said. An affidavit signed by seven Red Cross dootors accused the Italians of bombing the hospital and Red Cross ambulances at Dessye yesterday. al- though they were plainly marked, Reuters reported. “Five bombs were thrown at the building of the Tafari Makonnen Hos- pital, containing 65 sick and wounded persons, the roof of which was painted with & Red Cross,” they said. “The instrument room was burned out by 4 bomb, as were two wards.” EMPEROR’S POST RAIDED AGAIN. Selassie Safe as Italians Bombard Dessye Second Time. {Copyright, 1935. by the Associated Press.) ASMARA, Eritrea, December 7.— Eighteen Italian airplanes bombed the Ethiopian city of Dessye and a nearby encampment today, but avia- tors brought back word they be- lieved Emperdor Haile Selassie had escaped unscathed. ‘The King was reported to have been making his headquarters in the for- mer Italian consulate in Dessye in- stead of at the encampment at Boru- (See WAR, Page 5.) PATROLMAN DOES DUTY; ARRESTS KIND MOTORIST Finds Man Who Gave Him Lift Is Long-Sought Wife Deserter. By the Assocated Press. YONKERS, N. Y., December 7-—- Patrolman Paul Both found himself in a rather delicate position today, but he saw his duty and he did it. Patrolman Both was shivering on & street corner when a passing motorist, Donald Welch, offered him a lift. In front of the police station the patrol- man debarked and then he noticed the license number of the car. He felt compelled to invite Welch into the police station because they had all been seeking Welch for some time on a non-support nt. To make it worse Welch 't have driver’s license with him so Patrol- Both had to book him on it as well, Earle Troupérs Purchase Spree Players Set Example for D. C. Residents in Star-N. B. C-Warners Drive to Bring Poor Children Joy. of other toys which will be turned matinee Y "’ BUSINESS 1s MucH THA GREATER BEFORE RECOVERY! PEEK OPENS WAR ON TRADE POLLY Former President’s Adviser to Stay Here to Fight. Scores Canadian Pact. BACKGROUND~— Long-time friend of the farmer, George N. Peek came to Washing- ton in May, 1933, as administrator of A. A. A. Strong-minded and outspoken, he clashed soon with Secretary Wallace: left before year end to become trade adviser to President, head of three export- import banks. In new post, he dis- agreed with reciprocal trade ideas of Secretary Hull, favored “harder” bargaining. Administration dis- suaded him from quitting earlier, finally admitted receipt of resigna- tion last Monday. By the Associated Press. Announcing a determined crusade against the New Deal's foreign trade program, George N. Peek yesterday berated the Canadian tariff treaty as & reversal of Democratic policy and & probable blow to agriculture. Stripped of his several high offices by President Roosevelt's direction and his own resignation, Peek asserted that America’s share of world commerce had fallen from 13.8 to 9.5 per cent. He called for abandonment of the administration effort to promote trade by the reciprocal tariff conces- sion method. In return for reductions in Canadian tariffs, he said, the United States has lowered its own rates. Not for Canada alone, but for any country hav- ing a most-favored-nation treaty which wishes to take advantage of the re- duced duties, the whole obscured by “trick classifications,” employment of quotas and “escape clauses.” He told reporters in an interview which supplemented a parting memo- randum to the President, that he was “going to stay right here in Washing- ton and fight it out on this line, if it takes all Winter.” His own method is to bargain with (See PEEK, Page 9.) Readers’ Guide PART ONE. Main News Section. General News—Pages A-1, B-15. Changing World—A-3. Lost and Found—A-11. Death Notices—A-11. Vital Statistics—A-22. Conquering Contract—A-23. Service Orders—B-T. Sports Section—Pages B-11-15. PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial Articles—Pages D-1-3. Editorials and Editorial Fea- tures—D-2. Civic News and Comment—D-4. Veterans’ nizations, Nation- al G and Organized Re- serves—D-5. Women’s Clubs, Parent-Teacher Activities—D-6-7. Resorts—D-8. Stam -D-9. Serial Story—D-9. PART THREE. Society Section. Society News and Comment— E-1-15. Weshingion Wayslae—E-16. Barbara Bell Pattern—E-15. PART FOUR. 5. & l.nd&&:reen—l‘-'l. Radio News and Programs—F-9. Automobiles—F-10. Aviation—F-10. Cross-word Puzzle—F-10. Children’s -11. High Lights of History—F-11. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Officials Justify Elliott Roosevelt | Shooting Buffalo By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 7.— | Oklahoma game officials rushed today to the defense of Elliott Roosevelt, son | of the President, after Vance Muse, | Houston, Tex., sportsman, criticized | young Roosevelt for killing a buffalo | on the game preserve of Frank Phillips, Bartlesville oil man, early this week. “I don't see anything wrong in| shocting a buffalo if a fellow wants | to,” said George Bailey, deputy State | game and fish warden. “The buffalo | supply is so plentiful in some places | that breeders have to kill out older | bulls every once in a while. Young Roosevelt is due no criticism that I |can see.” Roosevelt was invited to the Phillips | ranch by the oil man. | Muse was quoted as saying, “It is | to be hoped that when the estimated 250 buffalo in Oklahoma and Texas are gone, Mr. Roosevelt will not turn his attention to our cattle and dairy “Wi\y the herds even are getting too heavy in some places,” sald® Game Warden L. D. Rickey. CIIZENS OPPOSE | TAX RAISE NOW Federation Holds Fair Fed- | eral Payment Is First Issue. Demanding the adoption of an equitable and fair Pederal payment by | Congress toward expenses of the Dis- trict, in & fixed and definite propor- tion of the total costs, the Federation of Citizens' Associations last night | opposed any recommendation by the | Commissioners for increased taxes until the Federal share of costs was settled. The civic body again declared that | the law should be changed to end the domination of the Federal Budget! Bureau over District estimates and | contended these should be submitted | directly to the proper committees of | Congress and made available for pub- | lic inspection. In deciding what should be the Fed- eral share of National Capital costs, due consideration should be given to the.value of Federal and other prop- erty of a national and international character in the District, the federa- tion said. Decline Stand on Report. ‘The body declined at this time to take any position on the partial re- port submitted to the Commissioners by the District Special Tax Commit- tee, which recently made public data indicating the need of a considerable boost in revenues so that larger sums may be spent for needed permanent improvements. The committee had suggested the need of from $7.500,000 to $8,500,000, and possibly more, as an annual out- lay for permanent improvements as compared with but $4,500,000 avail- able for such purposes for the present fiscal year. g The federation, in acting on & report.by L. A. Carruthers, declared that since the public is now prohib- ited from knowing the amount of the proposed budgew for the next fiscal year and since there now is lack of information as to what the Federal payment next year will be, it is not The federation adopted the follow- ing resolution offered by Carruthers, Jesse C. Suter and Edwin S. Hege as (See TAXES, Page A-18.) DIVORCES REFUSED 'udge Declares Moratorium Dur- ing Christmas Season. SALT LAKE CITY, December 7 (#). e tH] gifsgg g MOTHER FAINTS ATLORING EXHIBIT Parents Shown Mold of Dead Girl’s Hand by Criminologist. BACKGROUND— U DRAWS BATTLE BORAH LAUNCHES LINES FOR DEFENSE OF A.A.A PROGRAM Bankhead Act and Tax Cases Before Supreme Court This Week. 171-PAGE BRIEF BACKS COTTON CONTROL LAW Fresh Criticism and Defense of Farm Aid Flows Into Hands of Justices. BACKGROUND— Threat of invalidation of A. A. A. grocem‘rw tar law hangs like “sword of Damocles” over New Deal farm program for which bene- fit payment funds come from proc- essing tax collections. First test case to reach Supreme Court brought by Hoosac Mills of Massa- chusetts in complaint of uncon- stitutionality, plea for recovery of $81,694 tazes. Federal district judge in Boston ruled law valid, was reversed by Circuit Court of Appeals; Supreme Court consented to review case, scheduled oral ar- guments tomorrow. Amendment to original act since filing of suit adds complications in pending case. Other major New Deal experiments also reached court calendar this Fall, await consideration. BJ the Associated Press. A 171-page defense of the Bank- head cotton production control act was presented to the Supreme Court by the Government yesterday as it prepared to battle this week for the life of the administration’s farm-re- lief program. The nine justices, who unanimously On the night of November 4, Corinna Loring, 26, public ste- nographer, disappeared from her Mount Rainier home; two days later she was to have wed Richard Tear, hospital attendant. On the ajternoon of November 9, a hunter discovered garroted body of girl in woods near home. Tear was held for questioning by police, so were members of family, former suitors and others, but identity of slayer never was made known, mor even motive established for the crime. About a week after discovery, Lieut. Itzel, Baltimore detective, took charge of case, and has worked on it steadily since. Uttering one piercing scream, Mrs. Frances Loring collapsed and fell, un- conscious, on Vermont avenue last night a few minutes after she had been shown a plaster of paris mold portraying five marks on the left hand of her murdered daughter, Corinna. The mold of the teeth marks. pre- sumably inflicted by the murderer, was shown Mrs. Loring by Robert W. Hicks, Washington criminologist, dus ing a protracted interview in his lab- | oratory at 1502 Vermont avenue. Hicks also showed Mrs. Loring grass stained with her daughter’s blood and the frayed stockings worn by the bride- elect when her body was dragged— more than a month ago—into & clump | of bushes on Saddleback Ridge, near her home at 3110 Beach street, Mount Rainier, Md. Mrs. Loring had asked for an inter- view with Hicks, and went to his lab- oratory at 8 pm. When she came out with her husband, George A. Loring, at 10:30 o’clock, a photographer start- ed to “shoot” a photograph. Mrs. Loring agreed to pose, and stood with her husband and Hicks at the foot of the steps while the photo- graph was taken. Then she walked to the curb and waited while Loring was talking with Hicks. Suddenly and without ‘warning, the distraught woman threw up both arms and screamed wildly. Then she fainted and fell heavily, face down, on the sidewalk. Unconscions Minute. Mrs. Loring remained unconscious for about a minute while her husband struggled frantically to pull her to her feet. Before he could get her up, she began to recover and mumbled: “I'm all right. I'll be up in a minute.’ Finally, with the assistance of her husband and a bystander, she got to her feet, entered a waiting taxicab and was driven home. Hicks, who accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Loring to their home, said he had questioned the mother in minute detail concerning her daughter’s death during their two-and-a-half-hour in- terview. He declined to. disclose the specific questions he had asked her, but said he would make a complete report of the interview to Lieut. Joseph H. Itzel of the Baltimore police de- partment, who is conducting the in- vestigation of the murder. Hicks said Mrs. Loring had request- ed an interview with him on three pre- vious occasions, but that he had re- fused to see her for fear of impeding Itzel’s investigation. In preparing the plaster paris model (See LORING, Page |upset N. R. A, will hear arguments | tomorrow on validity of A. A. A. proc- essing taxes in the Hoosac Mills case, and the following day on the Bank- | head act. Both were intended to | boost the income of the American | farmer. | Solicitor General Stanley Reed, who will argue both cases for the Government, contended in his Bank- head brief that the cotton act in- volved no improper delegation of legis- | lative power and that it directly af- | fected interstate commerce. Those were the grounds on which the court held N. R. A. invalid. Criticism and Defense. Earlier in the day, a fresh eriticism and defense of the administration’s farm-aid program flowed into the court. The justices, who are expected to decide the farm act's validity in the Hoosac Mills case, were told in two briefs that the legisiation should be | outlawed, and in a third that it was essential for national welfare. “The immediate and long-time eco- nomic and social interests of the whole | people Jdepend substantially upon the | | inclusion of agriculture in the general | protective system, which has been | adopted by the United States,” the Farmers’ National Grain Corp. con- tended. Representing 8 number of packing companies which process hogs, Wil- | liam A. Bodine, Philadelphia attor- ney, told the court that “to levy the (See A. A. A, Page 19.) MAN DIES FROM BURNS RECEIVED IN EXPLOSION Colored, cumbs as Result of Fort ‘Washington Blast. Sam Matthews, 24, colored, of ‘Washington died in Emergency Hos- pital early today as a result of in- juries sustained “about midnight when gasoline stored at the post garage | at Fort Washington, Md., exploded. Officials at the Army post were unable to explain the explosion except to say that Matthews, alone in the filling station, was badly burned when the gas flared as he was filling the tank of an unoccupied car. The blaze was donfined te the filling station. An Army board of inquiry is in- vestigating the accident. GOLD BLOC BREAK SEEN Sam Matthews, Sue- London Banker Says France to Leave Standard Soon. SAN PEDRO, Calif., December 7 (#).—M. H. Morris, private banker, of Londor Sngland, said ‘today France would go off the gold standard within a few weeks. “This is, generally known by bank- ers” said Morris, who arrived here NONDPOLY PG N 155 CANPAEN Increased Purchase Power Demanded in National Talk on Radio. POLICY OF SCARCITY ATTACKED BITTERLY Idahoan Assails New Deal, Hold- ing N. R. A. Decision Spurs Nation's Recovery BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Attacking monopoly on the orq hand and bureaucracy on the other Senator William E. Borah last nigh{ demanded increased purchasing powet for the American people. The Idaho Senator, widely recog- nized as a possible Republican hom- inee for President, sounded a call to battle in the coming campaign. He made no mention whatever of his own possible candidacy, nor is he expected to do so until after the first of the year. “We are approaching an event, the most notable in the affairs of the Republic,” said Senator Borah, speak- ing over the Nation-wide network of the Columbia Broadcasting System. “It has been well and beautifully said that there is no finer spectacle which free government presents to the world than that of a free people voluntarily choosing one of their own number as chief magistrate. We all feel that the coming election is to be one of uncommon interest and very deep significance. Sham Fight Not Permissible. “If we are going into a fight on the lines where the battle swings, let us fight for free enterprise, free eco- nomic system, free America, free from monopoly control, free from bureau- cratic control. The times will not permit of a sham fight.” The Idaho Senator made it clear that he has not changed his position one iota on what he considers the chief political issue of the day—the destruction of monopoly, outlined by him in a letter to Col. Theodore Roosevelt several weeks ago. “We are discussing constitutional government and the preservation of liberty,” he said. “I ask tonight whose liberty? What liberty? The man or group of men who hedge about or con- trol my right to engage in or remain in business are my masters and the masters of my children. The power which fixes the price of things I must have that I may live and clothe and educate my family shapes my course in life and delimits my possibilities as completely as if I were its in- dentured servant.” Without mentioning the Roosevelt administration by name, the Idahc Senator swung right and left on the “policy of scarcity,” of reduction of production, and on the proposition that only through a strong centralized government can the problems of today be met. Overproduction Scapegoat. “In every depression, in every pe- riod in which there have been great hardships and hunger among the people, from the time of a certain Roman Emperor down to the present time, overproduction has been made the scapegoat to carry the sins of eco- nomic policies into the wilderness of debts and taxes. “In all depressions it has been said to the hungry millions: We know what your trouble is. You are the vice tims of overproduction, of a surplus You are suffering from too much not too little. The people have been to energetic, too industrious. This in- explicable riddle has more than once troubled the minds of the needy.” Senator Borah raked the President and the New Deal also when he de- clared that the decision of the Su- preme Court, holding the national re- covery act unconstitutional, had been an aid to recovery in this country. “When the Supreme Court held the national recovery act.unconstitu- tional,” he said, “there was a feeling among some that the decision was a blow to national recovery. It seems now to be the consensus of opinion. and it will probably be the judgment of history, that the decision was dis- tinctly in aid of recovery. It seemed to revive the confidence and release the energy of the business world and the private citizens alike, and gave back something of that freedom of purpose and action without which re- covery is impossible. Mistake in Selling U. S. Short. “T only recur to the decision at this time as a basis for the view that when we undertake to sell short the Amer- ican democracy we almost certainly make a mistake. It proves again, as it has been proved often, that the American way, both in business and in politics, is, after all, the safest and most effective way. “One of the strange theories which (See BORAH, Page 4.) from Sydney, Australia. “World financiers have taken steps to prevent any serious results from the change.” Sleuth Reveals He Has Nothing Br the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., December 7.— chief of Foot Ball Highlights Foot ball highlights of yester- day were: Southern Methodist, picked to meet Stanford in the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena New Year day, ended its regular season un- beaten and untied by downing Texas A. and M., 24-0. Maryland won the Old Line State championship by defeating Western Maryland, 22-7, in & post-season game. Texas Christian, which is to meet Louisiana State in the Sugar Bowl game at New Orleans, vanquished Santa Clara, 10-6. Other scores were: ‘Washington, §; Southern Cali- fornia, 2.