The Washington Post
February 17, 1930

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; ; 4 ; 4 cloudiness and and warmer. est, 24; lowest, Weather — Increasing Monday; Tuesday fair Temperature — High- Details on page 8. warmer 7. rT AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER, POSTOFPICE, WASHINGTON. D. C. WASHINGTON: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1930. COPYRIGHT. 1930. BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO THREE CENTS. WOMAN FOUND OVERCOME AS GOLD HITS CITY Victim Discovered Lying Unconscious in Street, Slowly Freezing. MERCURY SINKS TO 7: RISE EXPECTED TODAY Three Seriously Injured, Others Slightly in Col- lision Series. STREET CAR AND AUTO CRASH MAY KILL MAN Driver Is Taken to Hospital, Where Skull Is Reported to Be Fractured. Near-zero weather caused one case of exposure and three serious injuries in automobile accidents yesterday in Washington. Following a snowstorm Saturday, the temperature fell to 7 degrees at 6 o’clock yesterday morn- ing and remained there for two hours. Bright sunshine dispelled some ‘of the rawness later yesterday morning and afternoon, but the mercury failed to rise above freezing. The highest point came about 4:30 o’clock, when the temperature at the United States Weather Bureau was 25 degrees. Warmer weather with increasing cloudiness is predicted for today, with fair and warmer on the program for tomorrow. The victim of the cold was a 52- year-old woman, found in the 1800 block of G street northwest shortly ‘after 7 o’clock yesterday morning. Came From Staunton. Letters and cards on her person revealed th she was Mrs. Mary Clark, of Staunton, Va., residing in Washington at a ‘boarding houge on L street near Thirteenth street north- west. She was found by a pedestrian, who gave his name to police as A. G. Davis. His address was not ob- tained. When found, the woman was in an unconscious condition and was still unconscious at a late hour yes- terday, at Emergency Hospital, where she was taken. Hospital attendants described her conditoion as serious. Doctors said that she was badly frozen. The woman was well dressed. At her boarding house it was learned that she had come to Waashington about two weeks ago and was seek- ing employment. Roomers at the boarding house did not know when Mrs. Clark left the house, and police had no way of determining how long she had been exposed to the icy blasts. Taxi Driver Burned. Scalding water, shooting out of the yadiator of a taxicab, severely burned Milton Davis, 25 years old, of 1233 Shepherd street northwest, driver of the cab, yesterday morning. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for face and head burns. Davis, a driver for the Black & White Cab Co., was examing his car in front of the Willard Hotel at the time of the mishap, police reported. Slippery streets made driving dan- ' gerous early yesterday morning. Herbert L. Moon, colored, 23 years old, of 2256 Twelfth street northwest, received possibly fatal injuries when the automobile he was driving col- . Jided with a street car at Seventh and _R streets northwest, according to Second Precinct police. Moon was taken to Freedman’s Hospital, where he was reported to be suffering from a fracture of the ekull and other injuries. His condi- ' tion is serious. Police reported that ' the conductor on the street car was William B. Grigsby, of 1253 C street nortleast, while the motorman was Elmo A. Conrad, of 81314 Seventh | gtreet southwest, police said. Another Seriously Hurt. Harry Furr, 50 years old, of 414 | Gixth street northwest, was seriously injured when he was struc : automobile yesterday morning while by an crossing the street at Pennsylvania avenue and Third street northwest, Sixth Precinct police reported. He was taken to Casualty Hos- | pital, where it was reported that he was suffering from a fracture of the | left hip and contusions. His condi- .; tlon was reported to be serious. Po- lice said that the driver of the au- tomobile was Willard Morse, of 666 Maryland avenue northeast. Trugk Damage $1,500. Two firemen were injured and a | fire truck badly damaged when the truck collided with a street car at) Ninth and N streets northwest yester- “| day morning. * The truck, from No. 4 Truck Co., was returning from a fire in the 1200 block of Eleventh street northwest, when it collided with the street car. The truck was traveling east on N _ street and was struck by the street car ' w, 3 : While crossing Ninth street. The truck suffered the most dam- age. ne damage to the truck was Continued on Page 3, Column 2. ‘Act of God’ Baby Girl Born to Helen Hayes Infant Closed Broadway Show and Started Court Suit. “An act of God,” in the form of a baby girl, was born yesterday to Helen Hayes, who rose from amateur theatrical ranks of Washington to the pinnacle of success on Broadway. In the York House in New York City, the baby that closed a Broadway show was born. The infant, whose coming precipi- tated one of the most fiercely fought theatrical law suits in stage history, is an object of pride and some con- cern to its father, Charles MacArthur, playwright and former newspaper- man. It was last July in Los Angeles that the show “Coquette in which Miss Hayes was starring, was folded up with the announcement of her coming maternity. Jéd Harris, man- ager, refused to pay the company for the two weeks’ notice that he was supposed to give. In subsequent law suits, he main- tained that the baby was “an act of God” and that he,-therefore, was not required to give adyance notice of the termination of the show. An arbitration board ruled against him. The rise of the Washington girl, we Mac THUR, HELEN HAYES from amateur productions to the heights of stardom in Broadway’s firmament, is a story of persistency and patience. In her early childhood she played with the Columbia Stock Co. here in “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” Periodical- ly she left the Sacred Heart Academy to play juvenile roles in major pro- ductions, UL MAN MISSING: POUL PLAY FEARED Continental Employe, Who Disappeared Thursday, Sought by Police. PRIVATE SEARCH FAILS Missing since last Thursday, Alfred Joseph Lefebvre, 32 years old, local representative of the Continental Oil Co., was being sought last night by police, who feared foul play in the absence of any apparent motives for his disappearance. Leaving the residence of Mrs. Mar- garet M. Bachtell at 1902 Calvert street northwest, where he has. made his home for almost a year, Mr. Le- febvre at 7:40 o’clock Thursday morn- ing drove his automobile to his usual parking place in front of a filling station’ of the company he represents at Tenth and E streets northwest, and has been missing since he was seen by employes there to walk away from the machine. An intensive search conducted by R. W. Berry, manager of the station, and W. E. Buckingham, district en- gineer of the company, stationed in New York, proved fruitless and the case was turned over to police yester- day. ~ Mr. Buckingham last night re- turned to New York after no clue to the whereabouts of the man had been uncovered. Mrs. Bachtell said that a small handbag and military brushes which Mr. “Lefebvre customarily took with him on trips were in his room, She declared that Mr. Lefebvre upon leav- ing the house told her that he planned to meet officials of his company at a downtown hotel, naming a well- known hostelry. . Mr. Barry said he knew of no com- pany conference on Thursday at a hotel. He declared that employes at the filling’ station saw Mr. Lefebvre park the car and walk away. He said the man frequently left the machine at its parking place for several hours at a time and that no one suspected that he was missing until consider- ably later in the day. He declared that in the machine were found Mr. Lefebvre’s keys in the ignition lock, his driver’s permit and several letters. Mr. Barry said that a check of the company’s finances failed to reveal any shortage. Mr. Lefebvre came from Troy, N. Y., where is mother, Mrs. M. Lefebvre, resides. Other relatives are in Albany, N. Y. CAPITAL MAN KILLED IN FALL DOWN STEP Joseph Leo Slingland Hits Head on Radiator; His Skull Fractured. TWO'DETAINED BY POLICE A fall down a flight of steps, be- lieved by police to have been acci- dental, caused the death yesterday morning of Joseph Leo Slingland, 33 years old, of 1009 North Capitol street, a native of Washington and well,known in local business circles. The fatal fall occurred at a lunch room and rooming place on North Capitol street between G and H streets, police said. Chris James, 35 years old, proprietor of the place, and Donald William King, 32 years old, of Eighteenth street northeast . -ar M street, who was with Mr. Slingland at the time of the fall, according to police, are being held at the Sixth Precinct pending the outcome of an inquest to be held at 11 o’clock this morning. After falling down the flight of steps, Mr. Slingland struck his head on a radiator, receiving a skull frac- ture which caused death, according to a story given police by Mr. King. Mr, King is quoted as having told police that he and Mr. Slingland went to the lunch place about 8 o’clock yesterday morning. The pro- prietor called from a room on the second floor that he was ill. The two men went up to the second floor to see him, police learned. A conversa- tion ensued through a closed door. “We decided to leave,” Mr. King said, according to police, “and started down the stairs. Mr. Slingland was ahead of me. I saw him stumble and crash down the stairway. He struck his head on the radiator.” olice and a physician were then called. Mr. Slingland was pronounced dead on the arrival of the doctor. A priest was summoned but was denied admission. After headquarters was called and informed of the situation a bicycle policeman was dispatched from the Sixth Precinct and the Rev. Joseph J. McLaughlin, of St. Aloysius’ Church, was permitted to enter the room and administered the last rites of the Catholic Church. Born in Washington, Mr. Slingland was educated at local schools. He graduated from Gonzaga College. He Continued on Page 2, Column 5. 39 Stranded on Cold Beach As Pacific Liner Hits Shore 17 More Left on Ship When Breakers Capsize Lifeboat and Prevent Use of Breeches Buoy; Rescue to Be Attempted Again. Astoria, Oreg., Feb. 16 (A.P.).—Lift- ing of the heavy fog from the mouth of the Columbia River today disclosed the coastal liner Admiral Benson fast aground and 39 of the passengers and crew scattered along a 3-mile beach on the Washington side of the river. Three women and fourteen men re- mained aboard the vessel. The Admiral Benson, a coastal liner -@f the Pacific Steamship Co., ran aground last night en route from San Francisco to Portland. Attempts by crews of Coast Guard cutters to ef- fect a rescue failed until a beach howitzer cast a line aboard the ship ‘early today. An attempt to land passengers by a breeches buoy proved unsuccessful when one, Mrs. A. B. Reynolds, of Portland, was bruised severely in the breakers. A lifeboat was then launched from the Admiral Benson and a boat crew rowed 30 of the passengers to the beach. The lifeboat followed the breeches buoy line successfully until the last trip, when, returning empty, the craft overturned in the choppy sea. The rest of the passengers then decided not to risk the trip. Rescue work will be resumed if an attempt to float the vessel is unsuc- cesstful. The boat is resting lightly, but firmly. The shaft alley is taking a small amount of water. Steam has been kept up and lights kept burning. The ship is lying about one-quarter of a mile north of the north jetty and about 225 yards off shore. Two tugs were sent to the Columbia River from Puget Sound. They will attempt to float the Admiral Benson at flood tide. Marine observers, however, said they did not believe the steamer could be removed from the grip of the sand. Passengers from the _ stranded steamer met their predicament in the spirit of a lark. They laughed and joked with one another on the beach. HEARINGS BEGIN TOOAY ON QUI IN PROHIBITION Wheeler’s Resolution on Enforcement Inquiry Is Scheduled. ROBSION ADDRESS CITES DRY GAINS Substitute Move Offered to Offset Montanan’s Request. HOUSE STUDYING CRIME LEGISLATION Blaine Move for Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment Pends in Senate. With resolutions asking for an in- vestigation of the enforcement bu- reau and for repeal or amendment of the eighteenth amendment slated for hearings before the Senate judiciary committee, prohibition is likely to hold the boards on Capitol Hill again this week. Senator Wheeler’s resolution, pro- posing a searching inquiry of the en- forcement of the 10-year-old dry law, will be taken up by the judiciary group today, and the resolutions pro- posing repeal or modification of the prohibitory amendment will come up for hearings beginning Wednesday morning. Scouting all charges and allega- tions concerning prohibition, Senator John M. Robison (Republican), of Kentucky, in speaking at the Frances E. Willard memorial services, »pon- sored by the District of Columbia W. C. T. U. in Statuary Hall of the Capi- tol, characterized demands for a ref- erendum on the question as “pure politics.” Sees Increase in Dry Strength. Prohibition forces are constantly in- creasing in Congress, he pointed out in-assuring the assemblage that there is little likelihood of the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act being repealed. Whether a showdown will be reached at today’s hearing on the Wheeler resolution remains to be dis- closed. Senator Wheeler was out of Washington last night, but is ex- pected to be on hand when the reso- lution comes up and to press for ac- tion. Whether the Republican leaders of the Senate will be able to head off the proposed investigation also is un- certain. Senator Norris, of Nebraska, who has frequently complained that prohibition enforcement is mixed with politics, is chairman of the judi- Continued on Page 2, Column 6. NEW LEHLBACH PLAN OPPOSED HY NAWY GROUP Mass Meeting Contends Retirement Proposal Is Objectionable. MANY PROVISIONS HELD DETRIMENTAL Workers Vote to Petition’ for Favorable Report on Old. Measure. RESOLUTION URGES EARLY HOUSE ACTION “Forfeitures” in Case of Death Are Placed Under Fire of Employes. Contending that the recently intro- duced Lehlbach retirement bill, offer- ed as a substitute for the Dale-Lehl- bach measure, is objectionable and that many of its provisions are det- rimental to the best interests of civil service workers, employes of the Washington Navy Yard, at a mass meeting at the Avenue Grand Thea- ter yesterday, voted to petition for a favorable report on the Dale-Lehl- bach bill in the House. In a resolution adopted it was pointed out that the substitute amendment has not been approved, after careful study and thought, by the several employes’ organizations in the Government service, “and, in fact, many of its provisions have not been fostered, proposed or encour- aged by them.” It was declared in the resolution that the proposed Lehibach Dill “grants too liberal powers to officials charged with the administration’ of the bill, and also that it provides for forfeitures in case of death of amounts credited to an annuitant rather than a return to his estate.” Inequitable Features Cited. “Such a provision,” the resolution states, “would place an inequitable mandate on those.who are engaged as skilled mechanics, laborers and those engaged in hazardous occupa- tions, in that they are more or less subject to occupational disease and extra physical strain, which in the event of death soon after retirement would result in forfeiture of their vested rights.” It was charged further that the $1 to be impounded monthly from the contributions of employes would be “a perpetual source of bitter com- plaint every time an employe re- ceives his retirement fund deductions on separation from the service and every time a poor widow receives the retirement fund deductions made Continued on Page 5, Column 2, American Reclaims Air Altitude Record Rises 27,350 Feet in Try at St. Louis; Coste Sets New Marks. St. Louis, Feb. 16 (A.P.).—America apparently reclaimed another world’s air record today when D. 8S. Zimmer- ley, Marshall, Mo., piloted a Barling NB-3 to a mean altitude of 27,350) feet. The old record of 22,250 feet for light planes was held by Paul Baumer, of Germany, and had withstood as- sault since July 8, 1927. Zimmerley carried two barographs, one registering 27,800 feet and the other 26,900 feet. The record will not become official until the instruments have been checked by the National Aeronautic Association and the mark honored by the Federation Aernau- tique Internationale, Paris. Maj. Luke Christopher, secretary of the contest committee of the assocta- tion, was official observer of the flight, which was staged in connec- tion with the international aircraft exposition. Zimmerley, test pilot for the Nicholas-Beasley Airplane Co., took the plane from the company's stock exhibit for the feat, his second at- tempt at the record in a low-wing monoplane. He experienced a temperature of 32 degrees below zero at top ceiling and nearly exhausted his entire supply of oxygen before circling down for a landing 2 hours and 10 minutes after the take-off. At an altitude of 15,000 feet, he was struck by a 120-mile wind from the west which forced the light ship backward over the Mississippi River and into Illinois. The plane was powered with a 90-horsepower Lam- bert engine. Zimmerley, who is also holder of the world’s duration record for planes of the class, wore a wool-lined flying suit over a Jumper and heated helmet and goggles. He experienced no ill > OLE Gi D. 8S. ZIMMERLEY. effects except loss of hearing, which returned slowly after his destent, The pilot’s feat adds a second world altitude mark to America’s credit Lieut. Apollo Soucek, Navy flier, holds the seaplane record of 38,549 feet Willi Nevenhofen, of Germany, holds the altitude record for airplanes with a mark of 41,794 feet. Zimmerley’s new record is in the light plane class. Marseille, France, Feb. 16 (A.P.).— Dieudonne Coste and Pilot Codos broke the world endurance, distance and flight duration records for planes carrying one, gross ton of cargo to- day, flying 2,048 miles in 18 hours 1 minute 20 seconds. .- The former distance record was held by the German pilot, Herman S8tein- dorf. Fritz Harm, another German, held the duration record for this type of load. The Frenchmen took turns at the controls during today’s flight. © Coste and Jacques Codos beat an- other of Steindorf’s records January 18 last when they flew 210 kilometers an hour with a load of 1400 pounds, Steindorf’s record for that weight was 205 kilometers. | FRENCH AIMS M ENACE U. S.BRITISH PARITY; TARDIEU ILL IN PARIS" England to Meet Gallic Premier’s . Indisposition Will Delay Work of — Conference. INFLUENZA ATTACKS WEAKENED DELEGATE French Chief Labored Incessantly Since He Took Office. BRIAND CARRIES ON IN LEADER’S ABSENCE No Date Can Be Set for Sick Minister’s Return to London Debate. Paris, Feb. 16 (N.Y.W.N.S8.).—Pre- mier Andre Tardieu has been com- pelled to haul down his colors before an attack of influenza and will be unable to return to the London naval conference on Tuesday or Wednesday as arranged. If M. Tardieu’s return to London is long delayed, his absence from the negotiations there is expected to delay progress. While Foreign Minis- ter Artistide Briand will represent France in discussions of two of the | most important problems before the conference, thé French demand for a navy of 724,000 by 1936 and the Franco-Italian parity dispute, it is improDable that any major decisions relating to these would be taken without Tardieu being on the spot. Despatches from London indicate that conference circles are exercised over the possibility of a prolonged illness of the French premier retard- ing work there. News of M. Tardieu’s indisposition startled the public with which the dynamic prime minister has become very popular, but did not surprise his friends who. {eared that eveu~ his robust constitution would Ul with- stand the extravagant demands he has made upon it since he took office on November 2. Has Worked Incessantly. In the three and a half months since then he has worked like a beaver preparing France’s cases for presentation at the second repara- tions conference at The Hague and at the naval conference. At the same time he has been wrestling with domestic problems, particularly con- cerning himself with the issue re- volving about civil pensions. M. Tardieu has had a slight fever which was a little above 100 when the doctors visited him at 8 o'clock tonight, leaving orders that he should see none of the political. leaders call- ing at his home. A formal medical bulletin announced that he is suffer- ing from “grippe,” complicated by laryngitis. A cabinet council called for tomor- row has been temporarily canceled. If the premier is well enough by Thursday, the meeting may be held then. No date has yet been fixed for his return to London conference. | That will depend upon how rapidly he returns to normal health. Assumed Task on October 31. M. Tardieu, who was Premier Clemenceau’s lieutenant at the peace conference and head of the French war mission to the United States, as- sumed the task of forming the pres- ent French cabinet of “Republicans of good will” on October 31. M Tardieu announced his cabinet of liberals and moderates, with M. minister, on November 2. Seven days later, after a stormy session in the Chamber of Deputies, Continued on Page 2, Column 2. PARLEY TALKER oF. ty" SENATOR DAVID A. REED REED STRIKES NOTE OF HOPE-QN PARLEY Senator Declares “‘Human- izing” of Submarine Is Big Accomplishment. SEES GAIN IN GOOD WILL New York, Feb.,16 (A.P.).—Senator David A. Reed, of Pennsylvania, dele- gate to the five-power naval confer- ence at London, today told an inter- national radio audience that although the conference can not succeed in abolishing the submarine, the pro- pesed’ “hutnanizing” of stbmarinr warfare is an important accomplish- ment. Speaking from London over an American and Canadian network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, the majority leader of the Senate said that “Great Britin and ourselves had | hoped that submarines might be wholly abolished, for we have feared that in any war the temptation to use the submarine in ways that kill humanity would be so great as to be nearly irresistible.” “Our French and Japanese friends do not share these views,” he con- tinued, “and it is evident, therefore, 4 that this conference can not succeed in abolishing the submarine. But, we were delighted to see the prime minister of France arise and propose that all of the nations should agree that hereafter submarines shal] be forbidden to attack merchant ships, in the same way that international law requires service vessels to do. “If this treaty is respected, and we believe that it will be, the events that characterized the submarine in the last war will not again occur.” Senator Reed said that the Ameri- can delegation “has been unanimous in every step that we have so far taken,” and that. “every point of view has been considered before de- cisions were arrived at.” He declared there had been great “Improvement of the spirit between the nations” in recent years; to illus- trate, he pointed out that at the Geneva conference in 1927, Great Britain made an estimate of its cruiser needs that, in the opinion of Briand in the key position of foreign | é the American delegation at Geneva, would have made it necessary for the United States to build 37 new ships Continued on Page 2, Column 2. Catapult Blast Kills Flier A board Battleship Nevada Liedt. Walter George Maser, Honor Graduate of An-. napolis in 1918 and Noted Aviator, Loses His Life in Cuban Waters. (Associated Press.) Maser had been killed by an explo- sion which destroyed his plane as it was being catapulted from the U. S. S. Nevada, at Guantanamo, Cuba. Few details regarding the accident were available, other than that a charge of powder exploded in the catapult, shattering the plane. The Nevada will participate in the joint fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea and off the Panama Canal early next month. Maser enlisted in the Navy June 10, 1915, in North Dakota, and was given his present commission on June 3, 1922. | Norfolk, Va., Feb. 16 (A.P.).—Lieut. Walter George Maser, attached to the U. 8S. 8. Nevada, now in Cuban waters, was killed aboard that ship ered one of the best aviators in his today while taking off from the deck * + “ lof the vessel in an airplane, accord-_ The Navy Department was informed | yesterday that Lieut. Walther George | ing to reports received here. A charge of powder used in the) catapult by which the plane was); launched was said to have exploded, blowing his plane to bits. Lieut. Maser was the son of Prederick Maser, of Dickerson, N. Dak. His widow and 4-month-old baby are in Norfolk. Lieut. Maser, who was 31 years old, graduated from Annapolis in the class of 1918 as one of the class honor men. He had been stationed here and on the West Coast at various times as well as on ships and for three years was an instructor in flying at Annapolis. He was consid- squadron. ‘ While official details are lacki Pp in which is a new type in which a powder chargé is the starti . In some. une Threat Against Her Sea Supremacy. POSSIBILITY LOOMS OF BUILDING RACE Efforts to Get Paris to Yield on Demands Prove Futile. CRISIS IS SHADOWING Probable Security Treaty Is Seen as Only Way Out of Impasse. By JOHN L. BALDERSTON. London, Feb. 16 (N.Y.WNS)-— The word “crisis,” never used before in these dispatches about the London naval conference, is strictly applie- able to the situation created here by France’s demand for a navy of 724.479 tons by 1936, regarded by the British as a challenge to British supremacy in European waters which can not be ignored. In meeting the challenge new British building plans would inevitably upset the tentative Anglo-American parity agreement, forcing the United States to enlarge its program tremendously to achieve parity with Great Britain. With the conference barometer pointing to a storm warning, the influenza germs that have laid Pre- mier Andre Tardieu low in Paris will hold up the progress of negotiations here this week, assuming, which is doubtful, that progress could be achieved if he were here. Foreign Minister Aristide Briand will return to London tomorrow mit his country to aut : Quandary of U. 8. Delegation. Meanwhile, the Americans are won- dering what people will think of our parity agreement with Great Britain up are scrapped and the United States faces prospects of having to build ‘more and more ships to keep pace with British naval expansion motivated by fear of France. A section of the British press is beginning to take up what British naval circles regard, as the French challenge implied in M. Tardieu'’s announced plans for an increased yYrench fleet, including the fastest battle cruiser or cruisers afloat. This question so completely dominates every other that almost nothing else is discussed. There will be talks among all the delegations on minor points and on how to handle France this week, but whispers that the British sea lords want more light cruisers, three more 8-inch-gun cruisers, or alternately, a new battle cruiser or two and 50,000 tons more in destroyers, as it is re- ported they would, have gained cur- rency today and will be published here tomorrow. New Bullding Race Looms. The cries of alarm raised in the more responsible Sunday newspapers will be reinforced tomorrow by an editorial in the Daily Telegraph which puts bluntly whet there is reason to believe is the British service attitude now towards the French program and may be the public attitude in the near future. Either France must re- cede, the newspapers say, or Great” Britain must accept a new building race, and the wholly tentative parity agreement with the United States be discarded. Great Britain, it is sug- gested, cannot permit her security to be menaced by a power at her front is, of course, welcome to duplicate the British fleet. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and his Labor colleagues will no doubt fight the claims of the sem lords for more ships if France dogs not climb down, but all records of such struggles between politicians and 7 NEWS of SUBURBAN Washington and the _ Surrounding States Appears on Pages “ a oa te * 2 ye 3 om 3 and 14 Today © door to please the United States, who — the admiralty show that the admire ALL ELSE AT PARLEY . night, but without the power to com- _ if the figures already tentatively set - *