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NEW DEAL CASES BELIEVED DECIDED Supreme Court Announce- ment of Ruling Expected January 6. By the Associated Press A decision on some—i1 not all—of the New Deal litigation argued in the last two weeks was generally believed | Jast night to have been reached by the | Supreme Court. But unless the nine justices at their | eustomary secret conference yesterday | decided to dismiss one or morc of the | cases for lack of jurisdiction, no an- neuncement of the rulings is expected pefore January 6. Should the court have decided to| feturn any of the suits already argued | to lower tribunals for technical rea- gons, that action likely would be an- hounced tomorrow. Four Cases Involved. Four New Deal cases pdssibly were @ecided—involving attacks on consti- tutionality of the original and amended | agricultural adjustment acts, the Bankhead compulsory cotton control | measure, and the Tennessee Valley law. | In addition, the Bourt was believed | to have decided whether it would pass upon the validity of the Guffey act in rases appealed last week. The Carter | Coal Co. of West Virginia brought the | appeal and tbe Government said it | 2d no objection to speedy interpre- | tation of the controverted law. Farm Measures Argued. | Two of the disputes—involving the | original A. A. A. and the Bankhead | law—were argued in advance of the tonference a week ago. These may have been decided then, but some ob- servers considered it lkely that the tourt would delay action on the farm measures until after debate was heard | on the amended A. A. A. act. That took place Monday. Valdity of the Tennessee Valley act was ar-| gued on Thursday and Friday. Hence | two of the cases at least were taken | up in conference for the first time yesterday. | Usually, the justices decide on the Saturday following arguments what their rulings will be. One is desig- | nated to prepare an opinion. If there ig any dissent, those in the minority | designate one of their number to write | the conflicting views. No Conference This Saturday. . It sometimes happens that more than one conference is necessary to | reach an agreement on hotly disputed litigation. If a decision was not reached yesterday, further action likely would be postponed for two weeks. | No conference is planned for this | Saturday because of the holiday re- | cess. The court will adjourn tomor- | row until January 6, giving the jus-| tices two weeks to prepare opinions | on cases that have been argued. Customarily a three-week Christ- mas and New Year recess is taken. ! Some observers wondered if the re- | cess was shortened this year to per-| mit an early announcement of deci-| sions in New Deal cases or whether ! the heavy docket this term was re- sponsible. No answer came from the court. Silence is its policy on such matters. ROBBERY BLOCKS MIAMI VACATION Clarence Cowper, Employe of Vet- erans’ Administration, Loses $170 and $3,833 Checks. An anticipated vacation in Miami, Fla., during the holidays was halted abruptly yesterday for Clarence W. Cowper, 58 an employe of the Vet- erans’ Administration. Cowper, who lives at the Harrington Hotel, was preparing to board a train bound for the Florida city at Union Station yesterday afternoon when he discovered his wallet missing. It con- tained $170 in cash and $3,833 in Government and dividend checks. Cowper told police he believed the | wallet was stolen from his pocket while he was pushed around in a crowd at the steps of the train. The checks were made out to the Government employe, but had not been endorsed. B U. S. ASKED TO FINANCE FIGHT ON DUST STORMS By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., December 21.—The Government tonight was asked to finance a three and a half million dollar program to combat recurrence of devastating dust storms in the Southwest. Asserting 36,000,000 acres of farm land were blighted last Spring, a committee of the Federal Resettle- ment Administration recommended the appropriation to rehabilitate the “dust bowl” area in Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. “Unless work is started immediately the future of this great area is ex- tremely gloomy,” said E. A. Starch, Tegional resettlement director. The drought, combined with improper farming methods, has created a sit- uation which, unless halted, will cre- ate a new American desert.” Details of the rehabilitation project will be revealed when the committee makes its recommendations early in January. TS TOWNSENDITES IN RACE Former Rockport Postmaster Is Third Maine Candidate. ROCKPORT, Me., December 21 (). ~A third Townsend plan candidate for the United States House of Repre- sentatives entered the Maine political picture tonight. L. True Spear, former postmaster here, was the second Republican to announce candidacy for the second district nomination on a Townsend platform. Rev. J. Clarence Lec- kemby of Pittsfield, made his an- nouncement yesterday. Arthur W. McLeod, former Old Orchard Beach selectman announced tonight he would seek the Demo- cratic nomination for Congress in the first district as a Townsend advocate.’ To date, none of the old age pen- sion plan’s supporters has announced aspirations for the third district’s seat. —_— Soldier Slays Two. TOUL, France, December 21 (). —A crazed Algerian soldier killed two members of his company, incit ding an officef, and wounded another before he was slain by his comrades today. The private, who had been locked in P Trivial Things That Make a World Children in England Pay Shilling to See Santa Claus. By the Associated Press. LONDON.—There’s rone of that free promiscuous display of Santa Clause in England. It costs momey here. Probably working on the theory that anything | worthwhile should be paid for, the shrewd British merchants charge the | urchins a shilling for a glimpse and chat with the old gentleman—known | locally as Father Christmas. The English children, who climb from their baby carriages at the ripe old age of 5 or 6 to become sophisti- cated young men and women, find the idea a bit boresome. Midget Train Brings Tragedy. VIENNA.—Before the war Stephan Mueller was railroad engineer to Em- peror Franz Joseph. He guided the | royal train safely all over the dual| monarchy, and he was proud of many medals awarded him. His pride and spirit are broke now. The position of royal engineer col- lapsed with the monarchy, and Muel- ler found a job piloting a midget train in the Prater, an amusement resort. He gave children rides around the | grounds. n | Then came Mueller's humiliation. His train collided with a horse-drawn coal wagon, and several little passen- gers were shaken. Now Mueller, who never once jolted the Emperor, faces trial on a charge of having “endangered lives of passen- gers on a train,” an offense severely punished in Austria. Housemaid’s Wedding Fashionable. LONDON .—Before crowds such as gather jor a fashionable May- fair wedding, pretty 27-year-old Jean Gould, a housemaid, was mar- ried to Police Patrolman Arthur Robert Harvey by the highest dig- nitary of the Church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony at Lam- beth Parish Church, South London, because of the housemaid’s “good service” during the past flve years at Lambeth Palace, the arch- bishop’s official residence. Papzl Army Veteran Is 162, NANCY, France—Count Louis De Courteu, one of the few survivors of the defense of Rome against the Gari- baldians in 1853, has just entered his 102d year. A young junior lieutenant at the time, the count remained in the papal army until it was disbanded. He then joined the famous Swiss Guard at the Vatican, which he com- manded at the time of his retirement after 40 years’ service. Istanbul Cats Saved. ISTANBUL, Turkey.—Because of letters of protest from all parts of the world, particularly from the United States, municipal suthorities have de- creed that no more stray cats are to be destroyed. The order for destruction of stray cats and dogs followed an epidemic of rabies. Dogs found errant or leash- less will continue to be sacrificed. More than 4,000 dogs and cats were killed during the first fortnight in November. Austians Hoard Copper Coins. VIENNA—Gold hoarding, once one of the bugbears of European finance ministries, has been re- placed in Austria by copper hoard- ing. Officials of the Austrian mint have complained that no matter how fast they produce 1 and 2 groschen coins there is always a shortage of these small pieces. Au= thorities believed that despite their small value (about one-fifth of a cent) millions of them are being hoarded. Nazis May Aid Cupid. BERLIN.—Possibilities of the State discussed in the Nazi medical periodi- cal Ziel und Weg (the Aim and the ‘Way). The writer finds too many willing remain unwed. To help them meet suitable mates, a list should be kept at all public registrars’ offices, it is suggested, for free consultation by those who are anxious to marry. Fish Dumped Back Into Sea. PLYMOUTH, England.—More than 100,000 pilchards caught by British trawlers have had to be dumped back into the sea because the imposition of sanctions against Italy has closed the only foreign market for these fish. Reception Abolished for Holiday. BERLIN.—Chancellor Hitler has abolished the ceremonious reception for the diplomatic corps, hitherto held January 1 at the executive mansion. | Instead, the fuehrer has ordered that the diplomats may present their New Year wishes to him on Janu- ary 30, the day of the Nazi assumption of power. This arrangement, 8 propaganda ministry spokesman explained, would enable the fuehrer and the diplomats to enjoy a longer Christmas vacation. FORM SOLDIERS’ LEAGUE New Organization Approved by Hitler and Gen. Von Blomberg. BERLIN, December 21 (#).—The militarization of the Third Reich was advanced today with the formation of a soldiers’ league, made up of men who have been in military service any time i since 1921. < The new tion was approved by Reichsfuel Hitler and Gen. Wer- ner von Blomberg, minister of defense. acting as matrimonial agency are| but shy candidates of both sexes still | next Spring. SENATOR SCHALL HELD IMPROVED Shows Slight Gain, but Is Still Unconscious 50 Hours After Accident. More than 50 hours after he was critically injured when run down by an automobile, Senator Thomas D. Schall was still unconscious at mid- night last night, but had shown some signs of improvement. The first evidence of improvement was indicated early in the day, when for the first time since the accident the blind Minnesotan moved his left hand slightly. Physicians had feared his entire left side was paralyzed. Dr. George W. Calver, Capitol physi- cian, after announcing that the Sen- ator’s condition was “somewhat more favorable,” issued a second bulletin last night. It said: “The condition of Senator Thomas D. Schall remains serious, as he is still unconscious. The attending physicians held a consultation at 10 p.m. and re- port that his general condition is ex- actly the same as this morning.” The 58-year-old Senator received a fractured skull, a broken left leg and internal injuries when run down at Cottage City, Md., Thursday evening. | Wife More Optimistic. Mrs. Margaret Huntley Schall, the | Senator’s wife, who has kept an almost constant vigil at her husband’s bedside, was more optimistic last night thean at any time since the accident, she said. “although the doctor has cautioned me not to be too optimistic.” “I feel that he is really trying to| throw off his coma,” she said. ‘“He is a strong man, has lived a clean life, and has a great deal of resistance. I can’t help but feel encouraged.” Mrs. Schall also said the physicians reported the Senator’s blood pressure, | respiration, temperature and pulse as “good” and that apparently he is re- covering from the “shock.” Messages of Sympathy. Messages of sympathy and encour- agement continued to reach the family | yesterday many of them from dis- tinguished friends of the Senator. O. L. Leen, 922 Hamilton street, an jemploy in the office of Senator | Schall, who was injured at the same | time, continued to improve, informa- tion from the hospital revealed. He was knocked unconscious, but his in- | Juries are not considered serious. Senator Schall and Leen were struck by Mexican government with plannin to the country, is shown duriag one At Calles’ left is Luis Morones, labor onstrators demanding Calles’ expulsion from the country paraded through the streets with Calles’ caricature on & burrow's head. HE SUNDAY STAR, “'WASHINGTOX, D. C, DECEMBER 22, 1935—PART ON Calles in New Tempest Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, former President of Mexico, left, charged g seditious movement after his return of the demonstrations against him. leader, accused of conspiracy. Dem- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. JAPAN PREPARES MONGOLIA ATTACK Army Officers in Manchukuo Plan Invasion Even in Face of Soviet War. BACKGROUND— “Border incidents” on numerous occasions during past few years have threatened to plunge Japan and Russia into war. Using Mongolia as bufler state to resist extemsion of Japanese in- Auence on Asiatic mainland, Soviet government has watched fearfully the unjolding of Japanese program. Thousands of miles from Russia proper and connected only by thin link of trans-Siberia railroad, North Asia possessions of Soviet have been temptingly close to Ori- ental invaders as they sponsored by an automobile driven by Lester G. Humphries of Hyattsville, Md., when | | they attempted to cross the Washing- | | ton-Baltimore Boulevard. Humphries | | was on his way home from Washing- lwn, He was arrested and charged | with reckless driving, but was released on his personal bond for a hearing at | Hyattsville December 30. PATROLMAN KILLED, COMPANION IS SHOT Kentucky Officers Mowed Down in Gun Battle With Brothers, Suspected of Stealing Car. | By the Associated Press. BOWLING GREEN, Ky., December was shot to death and his fellow offi- cer, Robert Rowland, 51, was wounded 21 —State Patrolman J. P. Hayes, 35, | “independence” of Manchuria and Jehol, establishment of Manchukuo, and recent aqutonomy announces ments of Hopeh and Chahar. Untested in war, Soviet govern- ment reputedly maintains strong army and air force. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 22 (Sunday) — Reports from Khabarovsk througn official Soviet news channels early to- chukuo was studying a plan for in- vasion of outer Mongolia. Proponents of the plan, the dis- patches from the city in far eastern Russia said, were urging the Japanese to carry it out immediately even if 1t should bring Japan to war with the Soviet Union. Held “Test Attack.” Thursday's border incidents, fin which five Mongolian soldiers were “test attack,” the Soviet account said. The official dispatches accused the critically in a gun battle at Pranklin, Ky., late today. Rowland was brought | to the city hospital here after the shooting. Capt. Noel Jones of the State po- | lice at Prankfort said the gun battle | was touched off when the officers a | tempted to question two men concern. | ing an allegedly stolen automobile. One of the gunmen, identified by Capt. Jones as Curly Hardcastle, 35, was shot in the arm and captured. His companion, named as Henry Hard- castle, 45, a brother, climbed into an automobile and escaped in the direc- tion of the Tennessee State line, 20 miles distant. ‘Two other State patrolmen, C. A. Ray and L. D. Edwards, who were| outside the garage in a patrol car at | the time, captured Curly Hardcastle and expressed belief they wounded his brother. —_— e GOTTLIEB TO WED Jane Winton Betrothed to Four Aces Team Member. NEW YORK, December 21 (#).— The engagement of Jane Winton of | Philadelphia, an actress, and Michael T. Gottlieb of the contract bridge | team called the Four Aces was an- nounced today. The wedding will be Christmas Seals Why I Buy Them—A Statement by Mrs. H. G. Doyle. “When you buy a penny Chrisimas Seal and use it you can know you have accomplished three things: “You have helped to buy good health for some one, you have re- minded some one,else to do his share of giving, and with the bright little sticker you have made your Christ- mas letter or package gayer and more festive than it would have been with- out the Christmas seals. | “Best of all the seals help fight| tuberculosis—the greatest cause of | death between 15 and 45." MRS. HENRY GRATTAN DOYLE, Japanese Army chukuo of acting on its initiative without the approval of the Tokio administration. The reports, distributed by the Tass | | Agency, said the Japanese Army in Manchukuo had applied to Tokio immediately after the breakdown in negotiations with Mongolia a few weeks ago for permission to invade Mongolia. Tokio, it was said, held up a reply and the military command decided to act on its own initatve. It was asserted that a plan of ac- tion has been drawn up by a “Jap- anese military attache abroad,” who proposed a series of attacks on Mon- golian border posts, with subsequent invasion. Plan of Invasion Drawn. The reports intimated that the sec- ond part of the asserted plan, calling for actual invasion of Mongolia, may be adopted very soon unless Tokio interferes. It was reported from Ulan Bator that the second officer in command of the frontier post at Balun-Bersun and four Mongolian soldiers were killed in the recent clash there. Three hundred Japanese and Man- chukuoan soldiers, armed with ma- chine guns and led by Japanese offi- cers, attacked the post, burned build- ings and carried off food and other supplies with several Mongolian sol- diers as prisoners, Tass reported. SHANGHAI SCENE OF RIOTS | SHANGHAI, December 22 (Sun- day) (#).—The Japanese press viewed with gloom today the future of Sino- Japanese relations as a result of the rapid spread of student demonstra- tions against North China autonomy. Police riot squads were called out last night to break up a march of stu- dents and factory workers in the main streets of the International Settlement, and Japanese police were reinforced today throughout the Hongkew dis- trict. The majority of the marchers were women. Trains from Hangchow to the south were delayed a half day by mobs of that city, who demanded free transportation to Nanking to present petitions. They were finally dis- President, Board of Education. persed. | By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt has leveled written charges at his military aide, Col. E. M. Watson, accusing him of | shooting “blind turkeys.” In a solemnly worded letter, the President, acting on a report from Bernard M. Baruch, made the accusa- tion and “demanded” an immediate answer. Some time ago Watson, an enthusi- astic hunter, bagged two turkeys with one shot at the Woodmont Gun Club, in Maryland. Baruch, Watson’s friend, on hearing of his feat, wrote the President the birds must have been blind and that Watson's “boast- ing” appeared an effort to hurt the reputation of Admiral Cary T. Gray- son, who shoots only “turkeys that are tied.” In a written reply, Watson denied Its announced purpose is to keep barracks as a disciplinary measure, fired through a window at troops in the ?mmdq alive “the traditions of comgradeship™ between old and new soldiers and to help veterans. p i the charge and requested a court- martial trial. Mr, Roosevelt, it was said, decided such a trial would con- sume too much time and expense and President “Upbraids” Watson For Shooting “Blind Turkeys” informed Col. Watson "the charges would be dropped. The exchange of “official” letters af- forded entertainment to members of the White House staff and made Wat- son the recipient of many sly digs. Watson actually killed two birds with one shot. Just as he fired at one turkey, another flew into the same from a joke played on Admiral Gray- son, president of the American Red Cross. Some time ago, while hunt- ing on Baruch’s grounds in South Carolina, friends “framed” Grayson. They tied a turkey out in the brush and Grayson, taking no time to in- vestigate, fired several shots before Killing the bird. When he approached, he found a sassy note from his “friends” tied to the bird’s wings. Thus arose the charge that Wat- son, in shooting two “blind” turkeys, was trying to capture the glory of Grayson, who shoots “only turkeys that are tied.” r day said the Japanese Army in Man- | alleged to have been killed, was a | command in Man-| HAUPTMANNFAGES COURT LIKE KING'S : |New Jersey Pardons Board Is Bound by No Law or Precedent. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., December 21.— New Jersey's historic Court of Par- dons, exercising all the prerogatives of the crown in old English law, may extend Bruno Richard Hauptmann | clemency on whatever terms it pleases. | _ The court, composed of Gov. Harold | G. Hoffman, Chancellor Luther A. | Campbell and six lay judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals, is akin to the King and his privy .council and is bound by neither law nor prece- dent. This court of mercy—Hauptmann's last chance of escaping the electric chair—may hear counsel for the State or defense or Hauptmann himself and a dozen other witnesses. Or it may hear none and no one may question its acts. Its Work Is Secret. Its sessions are held behind closed | | doors, and what it does is its own busi- | ness. One of its rules is, “No dis- cussion had by and between members | in relation to an application shall be | | divulged on any ground whatever.” Likewise, the petition that Haupt- mann'’s attorneys expect to file Mon- day, asking “for relief,” is also the | court’s own affair, although the world wonders what, if any, new evidence | Hauptmann will cite in it as grounds | for clemency. His attorneys hinted | there would be none, but the petition | would “be indicative of what we have.” So strict is the court that none of | the matters before it becomes public, | and another of its rules states no copy of any petition or communication, “relative to any exercise of clemency,” shall be made public “by or for” any person except by the court’s order. Not Really a Court. The Court of Pardons, in a judicial | sense, is not a court, and is not 50| designated in the Constitution of 1844. The pardoning power in the Constitu- | tion is listed under the functions of the Chief Executive. The Constitu- | tion provides that clemency may be | | granted only if a majority of the | | “court,” including the Governor, vote | { for it. That means Hauptmann needs | five of the eight votes. The late Chancellor Edwin Robert | | Walker observed that although New | Jersey’s Court of Pardons represented the King and council, he could find no instance where the privy council shared “in the prerogative of mercy or were ever consulted by the King.” However, the chancellor said, it may have been that the King ocasionally asked the council’s advice, and it was the privy councillor’s duty to advise the King, “according to the best of his cunning and discretion.” Meet Like Directors’ Board. Members of the court wear no flow- ing robes. In business suits they meet in the Governor’s office on designated days and sit around a mahogany table, much like a board of . The court may meet at the State prison when it considers Hauptmann’s case. Gov. Hoffman said he would “probably” favor having the man con- victed of the Lindbergh baby killing make a personal appearance before the court. If the court so decides, Hauptmann may leave his death house cell, under heavy guard, for a brief visit to the council room in the prison center. It would be his first exit from the little red building he entered last Febru- ary 16. — PIONEER X-RAY DOCTOR EXPIRES IN MEMPHIS Dr. William G. Krauss Had Can- cer Caused by Destruction of Tissue in Work. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 21.— Dr. William G. Krauss, 74, one of the first physicians in the South to foresee the importance of the X-ray in the fleld of medicine and surgery, died today a victim of the science in which he pioneered. He died of a cancer resulting from X-ray destruction of tissue of his left hand. ‘Tonight fellow sclentists in compli- ance with Dr. Krauss’ last instructions, did a general autopsy on his body that science might benefit from his death. Tomorrow his body will be cremated. He had no known relatives and there will be no funeral. STATE DEBT REDUCED Conner Cites Financial Gains in Mississippi. JACKSON, Miss., December 21 (#). —Gov. Sennett Conner issued a state- ment today asserting that his admin- istration, which ends January 21, has reduced Mississippi’s bonded debt $4,639,685. “We have also pai¢ for more than $1,000,000 permanent improvements; we have advanced and paid for the next administration $1,125,000 of their public education bill, and in addition we will pass to our successors & surplus of nearly -$3,000,000,” | 2 | ciate of Calles, police seized a quantity E. CALLES UNMOVED AS UNREST GROWS Confusion Increases by Threats of Violence and Uncertainty. BACKGROUND— Since 1910 Plutarco Calles has been & power in Mexican politics. In 1924 %e was elected President on Labor party ticket; four years later he “‘retired” to become virtual dictator behind nominal Presidents. With passage of years his radi- calism dulled. During present ad- ‘ministration of President Cardenas he clashed frequently with ezecu- tive. Shorn of support of his one- time party, Calles left Mezico last’ June; 10 days ago he returned to precipitate mew political turmoil. Identified with him in latest active ity is Luis Morones, former Labor- ite ally. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 21.—Po- litical confusion was increased tonight by uncertainty over whether Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexico's one- time “iron man,” intends to leave Mexico or remain “until forced to leave by violence”—a possibility he, himself, has foreseen. Five hundred soldiers rushed to the central airport this morning, under rders to detain Calles when the gov- ernment heard reports the former President planned to depart, but later instructions were issued to let him I Witne I 100D GRAND JURY PROBE IS PUSHED Former Husband to Return to Aid Inquiry, Despite Official Hypotheses. BACKGROUND— Theima Todd, blond and beauti~ ful movie comedienne, attended a party last Saturday night. On Monday, her maid found her dead in her automobile, parked in ga- rage near home. Autopsy report stated that death occurred early Sunday morning, carbon monoride poisoning being the instrument. Two friends, how- ever, claim to have seen or talked to dead woman during designated death hour and time of discovery. Coroner’s jury rendered verdict of accidental death, yesterday Los Angeles police accepted verdict, Persistent county grand jury re- fused to agree immediately, 18 pressing further investigation. Blackmail letters of few months ago and threats against employe of Miss Todd add to mystery. | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 21— Preparations for grand jury investi- | gation of the Thelma Todd death puz- zle went forward tonight although the murder theory of Foreman George Rochester was challenged by other official hypotheses of accident or sui- cide. leave if he wished. Persons close to Calles said he had decided to stay, despite his belief he | faces real danger of violence and pos- sitle death in a huge demonstration against him by labor organizations tomorrow, unless the government pro- vides protection. 50,000 Expected to March. More than 50,000 persons, said labor leaders, would march in protest against Calles’ return to Mexico. They termed him a spokesman for *‘reac- tion and fascism.” As far as was known, no orders had been given by the government for precautionary measures. MARGARET LINDSAY. ‘The Hollywood actress will be asked to appear before the Los Angeles grand jury Monday to tell what she knows of Thelma Todd's death, Deputy District Attorney George Johnson announced yester- day. Miss Lindsay was the danc- ing partner of Pat di Cicco, Miss Todd's former husband, the night | | President Lazardo Cardenas left the city for a week end visit to remote towns in the State of Mexico. i Calles left his house late in the day for the first time since he returned | to Mexico, taking a brief automobile | ride. | lowed the machine in which he rode. A police car constantly fol- The government said today it had | frustrated a revolt, set to start in Orizaba, industrial center of the| State of Vera Cruz. Friend of Calles Seized. By raids on the home here of Luis Morones, & labor leader and an asso- i of arms and ammunition and arrested six men. Morones denied subversive activity, explaining the guns were to be used, if necessary, for protection against the anti-Calles demonstrators tomor- row. He said he had appealed to the police and army for assurances of pro- tection, but “they refused to supply it. President Cardenas, from whom | Calles broke away because of the leftist | trend of Cardenas’ economic policies, | gave orders that employes of the gov- ernment should not join the parade. DANIELS UNCONCERNED. Ambassador Declares Mexico Will | Settle Problem Without Revoit. ‘ SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 21 (#) —Ambassador Josephus Daniels | said today that Mexico would settle | her current political troubles without | a revolution. He saw no cause for great concern in the situation aroused by the return of former President Plutarco Elias Calles to the southern republic. “They have some differences of po- litical opinion, and there may be some | changes in public officials, but the Mexican people will settle their diffi- | culties without a revolution,” he said. | Both the United States and Mexico have made tentative openings for negotiations which would result in a reciprocal tariff and import readjust- ment, such as was recently effected | between the United States and Can- ada, the Ambasador disclosed. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels were en route to their home in Raleigh, N. C,, for the holidays. TEXAS G. 0. P. LEADER CONFERS WITH LANDON Meets Kansas Governor for First Time—Declares New Deal Is Doomed. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 21.—R. B. Creager, Republican national com- mitteeman from Texas, stopped here today en route home from Washing- ton, voiced the opinion that the New Deal is doomed and met Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas for the first time. “I sought the appointment with before the blond actress was found | dead.—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. | SILENCE CREETS RACKET PROBERS Expected Beneficiaries of Quiz Decline to Reveal Data. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 21.—Man- | hattan’s official anti-racket crusaders, | long accustomed to the verbal detours of suspects under questioning, this week ran up against a wall of silence | built across their path by the very per- sons the officials seek to aid. Despite the pledge of Special Prose- cutor Thomas E. Dewey to protect the names and persons of reputable in- | formants, the inquiry bogged down late in the week, when a group of restaurant operators declined to ex- plain certain items on their books. Jack Dempsey was one of the sub- poenaed restaurateurs from whom Dewey investigators said they were un- sble to glean anything, aithough the agents said they had been told from other sources that the former heavy- weight champion had been intim- idated. Dempsey Is Reticent. Dempsey was questioned for two hours by one of Dewey's chief assist- ants, William B. Herlands, but slipped way after the conference with a smil- ing reticence about what had taken place behind the locked doors. The former champion’s associate, Jacob Amron, said: “Dewey got word that Dempsey had paid certain sums to an association to | let him open the restaurant, that we | have been paying and still are paying | tribute to the racketeers. We told | him (Dewey) there is no such thing. We couldn’t tell him anything.” Irked by the silence of reputable | witnesses, Dewey Friday sought to % has another restaurateur, Abra- ham Pinkel, sent to jail for contempt | of court for having given evasive an- swers. Justice Philip J. McCook re- | served decision. | Finkel was questioned particularly about an item of $1,500 on his books, | listed as paid out for “association dues.” He said the money was paid only to smooth over labor troubles. Meanwhile, repercussions of the dis- closures of the Dewey investigation were felt as far away as California, where artichoke growers became alarmed over Mayor Fiorello La Guardia’s ban on the sale of the vege- table in New York City. The mayor said his summary order, effective next Thursday, was aimed at Gov. Landon,” said Creager, “because I never had met him. I knew the (presidential) candi- dates personally and I desired to see the Governor first hand because of the many fine things I had heard of his record in Kansas. “Personally I am not committed to any candidate nor do I expect to make any commitments for some time. I think most Republicans feel as I do. We want the very strongest man pos- sible.” Stream pollution and its menace to the Nation is the subject which Sena- tor Lonergan of Connecticut will dis- cuss in the National Radio Forum tomorrow 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. Senator Lonergan, who has served 23 & member of a commission in his own State dealing with stream pollu- tion, is ‘convinced the United States Government itself should deal with the question of purification of navi- gable streams which flow from State to State. The streams and rivers of the country today are polluted by the concerns and -by ities and towns to impossible to use them for bathing beaches and for menaces pollution “g group of individuals now under in- dictment by the Federal Government, charged with restraint of trade and unlawful control of such artichokes.” —_—————— Teeth Left as Bond. OXFORD, N. C. (#).—Some time ago, Police Chief Harvey Jackson ac- cepted an upper plate as “bond” for & prisoner who couldn’t pay court costs. He still has them, but hopes to sell them and settle the court account. \ Rochester said he talked by tele- phone with Miss Todd's former hus- band, Pasquale De Cicco, in Smith- town, N. Y., and that Di Cicco had said he would return here Friday to assist in the inquiry. The grand jury head, in previously announcing he had evidence indicat- ing the blond film acrtess might have been a victim of “monoxide murder,” said he suspected no one particularly. He said Di Cicco might be able to throw light on whether Miss Todd had reason to fear any one. “Jealousy” Amgle Considered. ‘The “possibility of jealousy” and of “unrequited love or hatred” must be oonsidered, Deputy District Attorney George Johnson said. “We must consider the usual motives of murder.” emphasized Johnson, who is to aid in the county grand jury's inquiry opening Monday, “and we must bear in mind the intrigues of love, romance and wealth as they might touch upon the life of Miss Todd; we must consider the possibility of jealousy and the further possi- bilities of unrequited love or hatred.” Police chemists tonight made tests of blood stains found on the running board of Miss Todd's large automobilz to determine if the actress might have been struck before her car started to generate poison fumes. Results of the test will be given the grand jury. Tom Cavett, district attorney’s in- | vestigator, said he found the bicod stains. A corps of operatives, armed with subpoenas, today sought out principals in the case to demand their presence before the grand jury. Those sought include all who testified before the coroner’s jury. It returned a verdict of apparent accidental death, but recommended further investigation. Police dropped their investigation, concluding the blue-eyed film player's death was accidental from the big car's exhaust fumes. She was found dead in the car Monday. Investigators Experiment. District attorney’s investigators per- formed a dramatic midnight experi- ment which produced another inci- dental mystery. A wom: 1 operative about the size of Miss Todd dressed herself in furs, evening gown and dainty slippers, as the act-ess had been attired. The operative then climbed the 270 sters leading from Miss Todd's side- walk cafe to the cliff-side garage in which the body was found. The slippers in the test were more scuffed than those of the actress, indi- cating Miss Todd probably did not make the long climb as some investi- gators had theorized. This left unanswered the question, how did Miss Todd get to the garage? C. H. Smith, cafe treasurer, who slept above the garage, said he heard no automobile motor there early Sunday morning, when the actress returned to her cafe from a Hollywood party. A public chauffeur drove her to a point a few feet. from the apartment entrance about 3:30 am. ROBINSON SAYS BUDGET HINGES ON EMPLOYMENT Balancing Cannot Be Realized Until Business Absorbs Idle, Senator’'s View. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, December 21. —Senator Joe T. Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, told a conference of r-- lief agency executives and aides here today that the national budget could not be balanced until private business absorbs the Nation's unemployed. Flaying critics of the New Deal, the Senate majority leader admonished the Federal agencies to be “kind, pa- tient and courageous in the face of blind criticism from those who have nothing to propose. “The New Deal has not imperiled the credit of our national Govern- ment. * * * Public morale must be maintained and built up and our primary object is to stop the process of the waste of resources. “It is the purpose of your agen- cies,” Senator Robinson told the offi- clals, “to stimulate our resources so that private business can return to & normal basis.” SENATOR LONERGAN. Senator Lonergan that the National TWO PLANES AND AUTO CARRY SERUM TO GIRL Highway Patrolman in 100-Mile Dash Brings Aid to Spinal Meningitis Victim. By the Associated Press. MISSOULA, Mont., December 21— The flight of two airplanes through Wintry skies and a wild 100-mile dash of a highway patrolman in his car over icy roads relayed serum here today which may save the life of 10-year-old Betty Matteson, a spinal meningitis victim. Shortly after Highway Patrolman John Gilligan sped into town with the serum, dispatched from Spokane, Wash., four hours earlier, the fluid was administered to the child. Physi- clans said they noticed immediate improvement. Ground fog forced the Spokane plane to land at Helena, Mont., and the second plane was unable to pro= ceed beyond Drummond, where GIll- gan took over the job. h