The Washington Post
December 8, 1927

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The only newspaper in Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. preceded by rain, west, winds. 56; lowest, 40. Weather—Cloudy and much colder, fair; fresh to strong south, shifting to Temperature yesterday — Highest, Weather details on page 12. today; tomorrow ENTERED AS POSTOFFICE, “NO. 18.802. SECOND CLASS MATTER WASHINGTON, D. C, WASHINGTON : THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1927. % COPYRIGHT, 1927, RY THE WASHINGTON POST CO, —s TWO CEN TS. | POST-S CR PTS GEORGE avieewm ssesahacele DEATH PACT ENDS “Thus grew the tale of Waiilerend; | Thua slowly, one by one, Ite quaint events were hammered | out— And now the tale iz done.” Sunk to the lowest depths, intel- lectually, it has ever reached, the Senate in excluding a Senator from Hilinois in advance of a hearing, es- tablishes a terrible precedent. Imag- {ime this once august body quoting Lewis Carroll as its authority ! “ ‘Let the jury consider their ver- _ dict,’ the King said, for about the + twentieth time that day. ‘No, no!’ said the Queen. ‘Sen- tence first—verdict after vards. ”’ 7 - 7 © Stuff and Onsen ”” com- mented Alice; and we are inclined | to think the American people will | agree with her. ° a + « The German runner who has come to America to study educational con- ditions will discover that we have some of the best outdoor tracks in the world. Blizzard hits Kansdés City, but we guarantee that the old town will give @ warm welcome te the Republican National Convention next June with as many heat prostrations per diem | as St. Louis could offer. The committee adopts a new ap- | portionment of delegates, and Ala- bama, Louisiana and North Carolina lose one each, Georgia and Virginia , two, Arkansas and Oklahoma three, and Tennessee six. No wonder the Antisaloon and Cawn League belt is fighting desperately to prevent a reapportionment of the House of Representatives under the 1920 cen- sus that would cut down the voting power of the wet-drinking dry-vot- ing South. = » « * hibited from wasting the time of the public schools delivering lectures on tobacco—the average flapper nowa- days can tell these worthy reformers more about the comparative excel- lence of the various brands than they ever dreamed of knowing. President Coolidge orders a sim- ple sack suit for Congress instead of one of those fancy jim-swingers. Cut your coat to fit your cloth, boys! Secretary Mellon’s prosperity re- port comes out just a bit too late to prevent a discouraged man, out of work and penniless in the midst of plenty, from shooting his wife and killing himself. Prosperity is rela- tive. a * The European alarmists who are trying to read a war scare into the President’s message are as dumb as some of the politicians when it comes to interpreting the Vermont dialect. 2 - * + Income and cigarette taxes are the most prolific sources of revenue the Government now has. Now, if the good reformers want to deliver lec- fures in the public schools against the income tax what a fund they could raise! Wall Street visits the Delphian shades and comes away with a most discouraging view of Vermontese. e * + ~ The Geological Survey finds in Alasha a new river, a big lake and | en active volcano we didn't know we had. America’s available material don't always on the surface. The amaitled farmers of the West in launching a presidential . boom for the great soldier who, like Washington, Jackson, Taylor and Grant, led victorious American armies in war, fire another hot shot that may b- heard round the world. Wait until the galleries start chant- ing ‘We want Pershing!” * * * Representative Blanton demands the impeachment and dishonorable discharge of any Senator or Repre- gentative who gets a little licker now “and then from a bootlegger. Good- ness, gracious, Tom, is the situation up there on the Hill as hospitable as that? Sol Bloom—the prominent beauti- fier—joins the movement, first _ Jaunched here, to prevent one of the _ noblest corners on the Avenue from being disfigured by a building un- : worthy of its magnificent site. A | « bungalow on this corner would give the town one of its most hideous ctv lines since the Veterans’ Bureau q p Building took all the beauty and arm from the old St. John’s Church gi PE ishborhcod. All the cigar and 4 soda folk need is a sober second _ thought to render the Nation’s Capi- tel a signal service. - Still, Paar Gallivan, being an in- lectually honest man, will prob- be willing to. admit that our diplomatic detrimentals” at for- , 2 courts are among the most ac- _e@omplished tea-pourers in the Am- 4 assadorial set—‘“right in the cup, _ every time!”’ > * ‘ Speaking of intellectual integrity, enator Borah challenges admira- p by taking a sound stand on the “ay i of Vare and Smith. ve t Lewis Carroll. Claude Jackson, 53, Kills | FUTILE JOB SEARCH UF MAN AND WIFE Mate and Then Turns Gun on Self. COUPLE QUITS LIFE AS PENURY NEARS Both Had. Walked Streets in Vain Hunt for Work as Funds Mclited Away. ' | j } Discouraged by weeks of fruitless | search for employment and faced with the prospect of a dreary Christmas with but little food and no money, Claude Jackson, 53 years old, yesterday shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Ida Jackson, 51 years old, and then fired a bullet through his brain, in their room at | 1740 Potomac avenue southeast. | Their bodies were found shortly after 5 o’clock by Mr. and Mrs. William T. Fitzgerald, with whom they lived. Mrs. Jackson had apparently been dead for almost three hours. Jackson was still living but died soon after medical aid was summoned. Neighbors said they heard the sound of shots in the Fitzgerald residence shortly after 2 o’clock. Fitzgerald dis- covered their bodies when he returned from work. Mrs. Jackson was lying across a bed, fully clothed with her hands folded across her breast and a pillow ‘under her head. Jackson was found lying face downward on the floor | of a sleeping porch adjoining the bed- The Anticigarette League is pro- ‘room, with a .32 caliber revolver in his | hand. Tragedy Carefully Planned. Police believed that the couple care- fully planned a suicide pact. Shortly after 1 o’clock, they asserted, Mrs. Jack- son called relatives in this city and told : them that she was despondent. Point- ing out that her husband had been out of work for almost a month and their money and food were almost gone, Mrs. Jackson declared that life seemed to hold little for them, police said. The couple were married in this city two years ago and came to live with the Fitzgerald; about three months ago. Jackson was employed as a watch- man at Gallinger Hospital and with his salary the couple were able to live Lcomfortably, Fitzgerald said. They seemed devoted to each other and during the day would go shopping downtown. They had often talked of the coming Christmas and were making plans to buy Christmas presents for their friends when Jackson was told that he was no longer needed at the hospital. He seemed confident that he would soon find another job, though, friends said, and each morning used to awaken early and start out in search of employment. Wife Sought Employment. Returning home after a day of dis- appointment he would be met by Mrs. Jackson who would comfort him and encourage him to believe that the next day he would have better luck. During the past week, however, the continued disappointments began to discourage them and Mrs. Jackson attempted to find employment. But she was grow- ing old #nd soon learned that she was not needed in any business. By this time the couple’s small bank account had become depleted and they began to economize on food. Yester- day Jackson started out to search for work before 8 o’clock. Everywhere he went he was told that he was not needed. He returned home about 1 o’clock and went immediately to the room where his wife was waiting. Police reconstructing the tragedy believe that the couple agreed that they would end their lives. Mrs. Jackson called her relatives while Jackson was loading his gun. Then she laid down on the bed folded her hands, closed her eyes while Jackson pressed the gun against her head and fired the shot which ended her life. Then he walked from the room. Standing in the doorway leading to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 1. Armed Man Is Seized At Rites by Cardinal Carbondale, Pa., Dec. 7 (A.P.).—A man armed with a revolver and a sti- letto, who insisted on getting a position close to where Dennis Cardinal Dough- erty, of Philadelphia, was to officiate at the laying of the corner stone at St. Joseph’s Hospital, was arrested here to- city, was perched over the framework of the hospital building, and refused to move when ordered away by police. He said he wanted to have his picture tak- en close to the cardinal. In climbing up to arrest Nelio, Pa- trolman Frank Moran fell to the base- ment of the new building and suffered a broken shoulder. The incident caused little excitement. Robbers Cooperate And Clean-Up Cleaner Chicaso, Dec. 7 (A.P.).—Morris Simon informed a holdup gang last night that he was the manager of the Cooperative Cleaners and Dyers. — “All right,” replied the me leader, “| “we'll cooperate. Clean him, boys.” day. The man, Frank Nelio, 35, of this |. bas 4 ee with pene Index to Today's Issue. Pages 1—Death Pact ‘Ends Lives of Two. Lilliendahl-Beach Jury Locked Up. Senate Bars Oath to Smith. Kansas City Wins G.O.P.Convention 2—Zoning Restrictions Lifted. Told Not to Molest Jury. Schools Bar Anticigarette Men. 3—Remus Carried From Court. Poland Spurned at Geneva. Blizzard Sweeping West. 4—Pershing Hailed as Candidate. Gallivan Hits U. 8. Diplomats. 5—Beautification Plan Advanced. 6—Editorials. 7-10—Society. 8——Gen. Connor Heads War College. 9—Business Sound, Mellon Reports. 10—Next Week in the Theater. 12—Madden’s Charges Called False. Weather and Vital Statistics. 14—Magazine Page. 15-16-21—-Finance. 17-18-19—Sports. 20—Radio and Comics. 22-23—Classified Advertising. | 23—Daily Legal Record. | 24—The News in Pictures. Statue to Be Unveiled Today. Rotary Called Power For Peace. GET BUSY, HESOE ORDERS, TO HALT WAVE OF CRIME Criminals Believed to Have Come In to Escape Baumes Law in New York. STILL HUNTING FOR “CAT” “The police are doing a whole lot— but nothing for publication,” Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, chief of police, said last night when asked what the Police Department was doing to check the crime wave which has swept over Wash- ington. With the three-day record of three jewel robberies, the hold up and rob- bery of a bank messenger and a con- tinuance of the Cat’s activities to wor- ry over, Maj. Hesse yesterday ordered police and detectives to “get busy” and “do something.” Police officials are contemplating a plan of action to be used to rid the city of the horde of safe crackers, burglars and hold-up men who have flocked to this city in droves to get away from the New York Baumes lew, which carries a provision of li im- prisonment for conviction of fourth of- fenders : Detectives continued to examine the seven suspects arrested Tuesday night in connection with the $25,000 jewel robbery Monday of the Whitmore & Co.’s store at 1325 F street northwest, but so far no charges, other than that of “investigation” have been placed against them. While detectives were engaged in making a round-up of all suspicious characters and those known to have criminal records, police early yesterday received the report of the robbery of the Lorenz Jewelry Co., 508 Ninth street northwest, where jewel thieves made a haul of jewelry valued at approximate- ly $7,000. Entrance tu the shop was gained by drilling through a six-inch steel and concrete wall. Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of detectives, believes the best way to break up a crime wave is to round up CONTINUED ON PAGE 23. COLUMN 8. Houses Are Unroofed By Indianapolis Wind Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 7 (A.P.).—A wind of tornado-like velocity unroofed about a dozen houses and tore down telephone poles and trees in a subdivi- sion a mile and a half southeast of the city early this evening. One woman suffered arm injuries when a window was blown in on her. Ambulances and police were rushed to the scene. Only one injury was re- ported, however. Heir to $14,000,000 Is Sought in U. S. New York, Dec. 7 (A.P.).—Police to- day were asked to search for Edouard Orlay, 39, of Louvain, Belgium, said to be heir to $14,000,000, who disappeared in 1914. He was reported last seen in Detroit in 1923. ILLIENDAHL -BEACK JURORS LOCKED UP: DEBATE SIX HOURS Judge Is Asked About Witness Who Changed His Testimony. NO VERDICT IN SIGHT, IS REPORT TO COURT Lawyers for Widow and the Poultry. Raiser Protest Clients’ Innocence. Mays Landing, N. J., Dec. 7 (A.P.).— Unable to arrive at a verdict after al- most six hours’ deliberation, the jury in the Lilliendahl murder case was or- dered locked up at 11:10 tonight until morning. The jurors, five women and seven men, were ordered by the court to be locked up in the bare jury room and told that the judge would be on the bench at 9:30 o’clock tomorrow morn- ing to receive their verdict if they had reached on by that time. The jury was called into court at 11:08 and the defendants were there ahead of them. Mrs. Margaret Lillien- dahl, widow of the man she is accused of murdering, had passed the evening laughing and chatting with friends in the courtroom. Willis Beach, her re- puted lover and her codefendant, had been waiting in his cell. Both defen- dants showed extreme nervousness, “Have you reached a verdict?” Justice Campbell asked, and Mrs. Carrie Cal- kins, the silver-haired foreman, shook her head. Tension Is Relaxed. Mrs. Lilliendahl and Beach seemed to relax with the release of some inner tension and they both smiled with a seemingly strained grimace as the jurors were led back up stairs to con- tinue their deliberations throughout the night, the defendants were led to their cells. The courtroom remained filled with spectators all evening and when the jury failed to return a verdict the crowd filed: out with expressions of disap- pointment. When the jury Was called in to re- port progress shortly after 11 o’clock several of the jurors asked the judge whether or not Harry Sanderson, star witness for the State, could have been’ questioned further than he was by the State and defense. They were told that he could have been. Sanderson was. expected to testify that he had seen Beach running from the scene of the killing, but when he took the stand he said he could not identify Beach as the man he had seen. Later, he requested permission to re- turn to the stand and he then posi- tively identified Beach. Neither the State nor defense pressed him for rea- sons for his change of front. The entire day’s session, the ninth since the trial opened, was taken up with summations of opposing counsel and the judge’s charge. In his charge Justice Campbell told the jury that verdicts might be brought in declaring either or both defendants innocent of any degree of crime or guilty of first-degree murder, second- degree murder or manslaughter. Death Not Mandatory. Even murder in the first degree does not carry a mandatory sentence of death in this State. A jury here re- CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 5, Tornado Hits School; One Child Is Killed Tunnell Springs, Ala., Dec. 7 (A.P.).— One child was killed and several in- jured today by a tornado in the out- skirts of this town. It wrecked a two- story schoolhouse and left a trail of demolished houses and uprooted trees. A heavy rain added to the difficulties of salvage work. Archie Booker, 12, was crushed to death in the wreckage of the school, Nursery ia s Son Bound And Slain; Wife Confesses Mrs. T. Edward West, of Painesville, Ohio, First Denies, Then Admits Using Hammer and Table Leg in Beating Husband, 26, to Death. Painesville, Ohio, Dec. 7 (A.P.).—Mrs. T. Edward West, wife of the young nursery man whose mutiiated body was found in his home at Perry, Ohio, to- day, confessed that she killed her hus- band with a hammer and a table leg, according to Sheriff Edward Rasmussen. West, who was 26 years old, was the son of: T. B. West, en known nursery man, The young wife was arrested this af- ternoon at the home of her mother in Cleveland, and was returned to the county jail here tonight for question- ing. Sheriff Rasmussen said she told him that domestic difficulties led to the slaying. West’s body, with the feet tied by work. night. “Mrs. West said her husband was sitting on the bed in the bedroom when she entered,” said Sheriff Rasmussen. “She said she struck him on the head once with a hammer and he fell over. The slaying occurred Tuesday She also said she struck him a number of times with a table leg. Then she said she changed her clothing and went in an automobile to the home of friends in Cleveland.” Mrs. West first told detectives that she knew nothing of her husband's death until informed of it by police. West’s parents were visiting at Elyria, Ohio, today and did not learn "| so SENATE BARS OATH 70 SMITH, £3 10 28; WILL HEAR HS CASE lllinois Man Is Accorded Opportunity to Argue Claims to Seat. REED, OF MISSOURI, PROMISES FAIRNESS Charges Go to Campaign Fund Committee and Fight on Vare Is Begun. By ALBERT W. FOX. As predicted, the Senate yesterday voted to deny the oath to Frank L. Smith, senator-elect from Illinpis, and then prepared to administer the same treatment to William 8S. Vare, senator- elect from Pennsylvania. The vote re- fusing the oath of Smith was 50 to 32, with Republican lines split and all but five Democrats voting with their party. After the Smith case, for the moment disposed of, the Senate plunged into consideration of the Vare case and the expectation is that this will be decided today or tomorrow. The two Reeds. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and Sen- ator Reed of Missouri, were pitted against each other during the late after- noon, with the former vigorously de- fending Vare’s right to be given the oath and the latter as ee op- posing it. Earlier in the day, Senator Borah made a determined and eloquent plea that the two men chosen by Illinois and Pennsylvania be accorded their right to be heard and have the oath administered to them, irrespective of whatever action the Senate might choose to take after fair play and full hearing. Robinson Offers Proposal. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, replied to Senator Borah, and offered, on behalf of Senator Norris, an amendment to the original Norris reso- lution. This amendment provided. for submission of the Smith case to the Reed special committee, with the pro- viso that in the meantime the oath he not administered to Smith. Senator Reed of Missouri then in- dorsed Borah’s contention that Smith should not be denied the right of a full hearing and announced that he would move the adoption of an amendment giving Smith the privileges of the Sen- ate floor, for purposes of defending him- self, and also according him the right to defend himself before the committee Thus, the die was cast in advance of any test vote, for temporary disposition of the Smith case and, in all prohb- ability for disposition today or tomor- row of the Vare case. The original plan as outlined in the Norris resolution, of summarily eliminating Smith and Vare, without referring. the matter to any committee, was apparently abandoned. which was one of the few crumbs of consolation for the Vare-Smith sup- porters. Reed Promises Fair Play. Another crumb came in the shape of a promise by Senator Reed of Missouri that his committee would extend every courtesy and maximum of fair play to Smith and Vare if their cases come up for consideration. Though Reed of Missourt has necessarily prejudged the “case to some extent and has taken in advance a pronounced stand against both Senators-elect, there is a prevail- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 2 Chess Notes Cause His Arrest as a-Spy (Special Cable Dispatch.) Riga, Dec. 7.—Invited to compete in the chess tournament in Leningrad, Dr, Joseph Kijas, president of the Reval (Esthonia) Chess Club, disappeared after crossing the Soviet frontier five weeks ago today. Friends have dis- covered that the Cheka arrested Dr.: Kljas, claiming his notebooks, filled with chess problems, were a secret cipher. Dr. Kljas is held in solitary confinement in the Cheka Prison in Leningrad, being cross- ined in an effort to force a confession that he Is implicated in spying for a foreign power. Nicaragua President Has Bad Flu Attack Managua, Dec. 7 (A.P.).—President Diaz is confined to his bed with a se- vere case of influenza. Meanwhile Liberals are making prep- arations to receige Gen. Moncada, who hopes to succeed President Diaz at the end of his term. The Liberals are ‘pleased with the reception Gen. Mon- ‘cada received while in the United States. It is believea that after his arrival from New York within a few dezs he will be chosen as the regular Liberal candidate for next year, Daniel Willard Suffers Attack of Laryngitis Grafton, W. Va., Dec. 7 (A.P. -),—-Dan- iel Willard, president of the Baltimore é& Ohio Railroad, suffered an attack of laryngitis today while on his way to Wheeling. W. Va., where he was to speak at a dinner. He returned to Baltimore, Md. : His condition was not serious, mem- bers of his party said. AMIAN” teica holire to” Florida. at afl t by by daylight. ATL COAST L korty Federal Estimates Sent in by President Show Gain of $244,222,641 Above Current Year—Tax Plan of Mellon Is Favored. (Associated Press.). Presenting a budget of $4,258,793,765 for the next fiscal year to Congress yesterday, President Coolidge stressed the necessity for limiting the prospec- tive tax reduction to $225,000,000, as recommended by Secretary Mellon. In his letter of transmittal he also cau- tioned against any action which might jeopardize the “balance budget” of the Government. The total appropriations recommended by the President exceed last year’s bud- get by $244,222,.641, and the amount actually appropriated by Congress for the current year by $118,649,219. The President advised the House and Senate, however, that a supplemental appropriation of $158,441,685 would be needed to meet deficits incurred by various Government agencies this year. The largest item in the new budget is for national defense, an appropria- tion of $645,000,000, as compared with a total of $625,000,000 available this year, being advocated. The increase is CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 3. Million for City In Four Billion Budget Presented $12,156,130 Requested for Schools Biggest Item in District Allotment for New Fiscal Period, Exceeds All Records. A powerful argument in favor of change in the fiscal relations ie here will be based on the budget for the District of Columbia, which Coolidge. The cost of running the District dur- | ing the fiscal year of 1929, which begins July 1 next, is estimated in the budget at $40,431,186. Nine million dollars, the sum that the | Federal Government has been appropri- ating annually as its share of the city’s expenses, would amount to only about 22 per cent of this new budget. At one time the Federal Government paid a definite 40 per cent of the total cost, and before than 50 per cent. It is hoped that the present Congress will vote a return to the 60-40 plan. The budget recommended for 1929 is the largest in the District’s history, and is the first to reach and pass the $40,000,000 mark. Although it is about $2,000,000 less than what the District CONTINUED ON PAGE 21, COLUMN 5. GIRLS. EYES BLACKENED IN FRAY AT WELLESLEY Freshmen Elect Officers’ in Attic and Beat Attack , by Sophomores. DRAG SOME TO CAMPUS Special to The Washington Post. Boston, Mass., Dec. 7.—Three hundred Wellesley freshmen foiled a concerted attack by sophomores on their attic meeting place and, at a secret session just before dawn, succeeded in electing class officers, administered and: received numerous. black eyes and otherwise had an enjoyable time. One girl fainted in the darkness while the attack was at its height. Others were dragged downstairs by the heels The battle lasted an hour. Heroines were plentiful, and the sophomores failed ignominously, for the newly electd freshman president, Virginia Chapman, of Portland, Me., emerged from the melee without a second-year hand being laid upon her. Arrangements had been made with the faculty for the secret meeting in the attic of Noanette House. Fire es- capes were left open, but all exits were secured from the inside. En- trances were blocked, but swift and sudden exit was made possible. Huddled in gloom, close to the rafters, with a flickering candle as their only light, members of the first-year class chose their leaders, but the intra-class election fight was nothing compared to what was then brewing on the campus. Some one had seen the silently moving freshmen as they crept to the meeting place. A sophomore gave the alarm Second-year students were mobilized. More than two score of them held a council of war, then descended en masse upon the freshmen. A muffled cough at the door warned those inside. The candle was snuffed Orders were given for silence. Cau- tiously a sentinel turned the door knob for a peep without. It was a bad move. A well directed kick hurled the door wide open and the sophomores crashed into the room. “Frosh” feet were turned 'tceilingward. Heels were seized and the journey to the campus was on, After a dozen or more freshmen had been »um down their stairs, the tide turned. It was a grand battle while it lasted, but finally the sophomores were routed. Mrs. Laura Gould To Be Actor’s Bride London, Dec..7 (A.P.).—The engage- ment of Mrs. Laura Gould, divorced wife of George Gould, of New York, to Roy Royston, English actor, was announced today. They are to be married in Lon- don soon after Christmas. Mrs. Laura Carter Gould, formenNy a dancer, was married in 1917 to George J. Gould, jr., in-Philadelphia. They were divorced four years ago in Nice, France. Since her divorce Mrs. Gould has been reported several times to have been en- gaged to wealthy South Americans. Gov. Fuller Returns; Feels Fine, He Says Boston, Dec. 7 (A.P.).—Gov. Alvan T Fuller arrived home tonight after a three week's “loaf” in London and Paris in the care-free role of “Peter Bond,” declaring that he “never felt better.’’ He was accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Flora A. Fuller, and by Dr. Charles P Sylvester, his personal physician, who were his companions on his hol amay. The governor said he had |! quiet following upon the hec of the Sacco-Vanzetti agitati other vital Saparen ene and determined to travel abroad and thus avoid the wotkal Baetance that were cer- tain to be “er upon him otherwise. CHRISTMAS, 1927 Buy Now—Mail Early For Better Service DRY PLANK NOT SOUGHT BY ANTISALOON LEAGUE Decide as Prohibition Is Law Demands on Big Political Parties Unnecessary. CHANGE PLAN OF ATTACK Reversing its traditional policy of demanding explicit dry planks in the Republican and Democratic platforms, the Antisaloon League last night de- clared, in formal resolutions, that pro- hibition is no longer proper materia) for party platforms. The principle of prohibition has been embedded in the Constitution, and there is no way of making its position stronger legally, and only orderly repeal can make it legally weaker, the resolutions stated. “We are gratified to observe that in this day all parties of any political sig- nification in the United States alike place themselves before the publi ex- plicitly or implicitly as standing for law and order and the enforceent of the Constitution and laws of the land,” the resolutions read. They make it clear that the league intends to devote its attention .o the individual candidate rather than the profession of his party. “We respectfully call the attention of party leaders to-the fact that the Anti- saloon League can accept their profes- sions as sincere and the party candi- dates as worthy of our support only when they name as their standard bear- ers in national and State elections men who are loyal to the Constitution of the United States, including the eignt- eenth amendment and the Volstead act. The test of such loyalty must be the utterances, acts and records of the candidates themselves,” the resolutions declared. President Coolidge’s utterances upon the subject of the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment in his message CONTINUED ON “PAGE 9, COLUMN 3. ARMY OFFICERS SHOT FOR SALVADOR RISING State of Siege Declared After Revolt Is Reported Crushed. San Salvador, Republic of Salvador, Dec. 7 (A.P.).—An army colonel and a major were court-martialed and shot today for participation in an unsuccess- ful uprising against the government this morning. The officers were Col. Juan Aberle and Maj. Manuel Alfaro. Former President Jorge Melendez and Federico Kreitz, former chief of police, were implicated in the abortive revolt. Many of the leaders have been ar- rested and others escaped. Business and social life were normal this afternoon, although after putting down the movement the government proclaimed a state of siege. In official quarters it was said that the movement had been poorly organized. Several labor and student associa- tions announced their support of the government shomly after receiving the news of the uprising. Motion of Censure For Baldwin Fails London, Dec. 7 (A.P.).—A motion of censure moved in the House of Com- mons against Premier Baldwin for his failure to participate in the coal de- bate on November 16 was rejected to- night, 347 to 142. The vote of censure was moved by the labor leader, Ramsay MacDonald, and a seven-hour debate ensued. The prime minister, in the course of his remarks, explained the manifold tasks imposed upon him, and intimated that the duty of leadership in the house | would eventually have to be delegated ne Ne Cine Ne to Congress Was | sent to Congress yesterday by President KANSAS CITY WINS 6.0.P. CONVENTION. FOR JUNE 12, 1028 Dawes-Hoover Fight for Nomination Looms as Hughes Withdraws. BATTLE OF CITIES LASTS 20 BALLOTS San Francisco Near Victory at Outset, but Choice of Butler Takes Prize. SELECTION TO BENEFIT PARTY IN FARM BELT: Maryland Woman Shifts Vote to Missouri Municipality to Break Long Deadlock. By CARLISLE BARGERON. The Republican National Convention will be held in Kansas City, beginning June 12. It was selected by the na- tional committee yesterday on the twentieth ballot and the presidential situation moved on toward a fight be- tween Hoover and Dawes as Charles Evans Hughes eliminated himself. Perfunctory unanimity followed the fina’ ballot on which Kansas City re- ceived 58 votes and San Francisco 39, with Chicago still holding to 1 and Detroit 4, but there was considerable bitterness that will not be removed in a day. The long balloting necessary to selection reflected the resentment at Chairman W. M. Butler’s active support of Kansas City and suggested the Democratic fracas at Madison Square Garden. It was the longest that the selection of a convention city had ever taken the Republicans. In the end Mr. Butler, opposed by two of his vice chairmen, Charles D. Hilles, of New York, and Ralph E. Wille iams, of Oregon, won, but there was no enthusiasm even on the part of those committeemen who voted for the wine ning city. The inability of Detroit, led by Charles E. Warren, and San Francisco, headed by Committeeman Willlam 8H. Crocker, to get together, made victory for Kansas City possible. San Francisco Takes Lead. On the first ballet San Francisco polled within twelve votes of victory and the second wtihin four. It kept within this range through the fourth ballot when it dropped back to 46 and from then until the end, although it came many times near to going over, it was an uphill] fight. At virtually any time Detroit, with ambitions to be the compromise choice, could have thrown the choice the California city’s way. 2 Kansas City started off with but 34 votes, but steadily moved up to 6l, one less than a majority, on the nine- teenth ballot. Then it remained for Mrs. W. Bladen Lowndes, of nearby Maryland, to break with her colleague, the boss of the Eastern Shore, W. P. Jackson, and clinch the victory for Kansas City. Throughout the balloting Jackson had voted for San Francisco, and Mrs. Lowndes had echoed him. No one in the house was more surprised than Jackson when she failed to do so on the twentieth ballot. He ran over to see her, but his persuasion was of no avail. ' The selection was considered to be about as neutral as could be made. Hoover will have the advantage of a friendly and powerful press, and the disadvantage of the enmity to him that has been created out there by Sen- ator James A. Reed. Dawes to Be Benefited. Dawes will be benefited by a Mise sour! delegation that will likely be une instructed and most certainly not un- friendly to him. Two of the four news- papers there, of lesser influence than the other two favoralbe to Hoover, are friendly to Dawes. In so far as Chairman Butler’s sup- port of the selection is concerned, he is believed to have had friendly gesture to the dissentient corn belt in mind, It is believed to be his thought that it will be the nominee who will get the real benefit. The reiteration by Hughes, in. New York, of his statement last May that ““ would neither seeks nor accept the nomination,” coming on the heels of what the committeemen generally in- terpret as President Coolidge’s definite elimination of himself, caused conside erable discussion and seemed to foree cast a race, in the final analysis, be- tween Hoover and Dawes. sts only net effect on the situation, though, Was to cause some concern among the New © York leaders The introduction of Mr. Hughes’ name some time ago had met with a very cool reception, but the New York leaders did hope to be able to take his name to the convention as a — favorite son. Now the situation in that State will be somewhat involved. _ Favorite Sons to Gain. Hughes’ decision is not expected to_ muddle the situations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, because they can very easily fall back on their favorite sons, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Serfator Edge, respectively. In so far as the final effect is concerned, Dawes, 1t is believed, stands to s to profit by the de- CONTINUED ON “PAGE 8, COLUMN mh ite 4 Mi ey, >» ee Pere, Re mA