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Evening star., 1924-04-17
THAW TAKES STAND;
QUESTIONING BRIEF
Asked Five Questions by Own
Counsel-0pposition Lawyers
Refuse to Grill Witness.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April IL
Harry X. Thaw. flushed and confident,
testified for a brief period in his own
behalf in his sanity trial today. Then
his lawyers dramatically turned him
over TO the other side for Cross
examination.
Thaw seemed $elf-po ssessed. For
mer Judge John NJ. Patterson, his
counsel asked Thaw only five ques-
tions. Seemingly, the attorneys for
the opposition were greatly surprised
when he was turned over to them so
quickly. Arthur G. Dickson, counsel
for the trustees of the Thaw estate,
and William A. Gray. representing
FIyeivn Nesbit Thaw's divorced wife,
whose thirteen-year-ol son mas IN
tcryened in his own behalf, discussed
the case with the alienists supporting
their side in low tones and with great
carr eStneSS.
At the end of FIVE minutes Mr.. Dick
son said:
1--WE have TO questions to ask"
Thaw smiled and left the witness
stand.
Another brief conference followed
among the attorneys for Thaw. They
were not prepared for the immunity
granted their client, and asked for a
recess until this afternoon, Whlcn
was granted.
Counsel for Thaw hoped to have
Thaw's mother present this afternoon
when the opposition prepared to start
its case.
The courtroom stirred when Mr.
Patterson announced Mr.. Harry Il
Thaw."
Thaw quickly rose and walked to
the witness stand, his chief counsel
patting him on the back. Persplra,
ton glittered on Thaw's forehead and
cheeks when he started to sit down
and was instructed to stand up while
the oath was administered.
Thaw placed his right hand on an
open Bible and in low tone respond
ed "I do to the oath.
He then dropped in the witness
chair, clasping his hands over his
portly body, and looked directly at
Mr. Patterson.
How old are you. Mr.. Thaw?"
asked his lawyer, gently.
"Fiftythree," was the low-voiced
you are at present confined in the
Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental and
Nervous Diseases. How long have you
been there?"
About seven years" Thaw's voice
you signed a petition asking that
you be given a trial SO that your san
ity might be determined?"
~ eS.
you asked me to put you on the
witness stand so you could be exam
ined on all relevant questions con-
cerning your sanity?'
AS Mr.. Patterson mentioned the
word relevant" Thaw's mouth puck
cred, and his eyes were half hidden
in a frown. After slight hesitation,
Thaw replied:
Yes"
With a sweeping gesture of his
right hand toward opposing counsel,
Mr.. Patterson exclaimed: Gentlemen,
examine him.
Realization by Thaw that he had
escaped exhaustive cross-examina-
ton caused him to tremble. He look
ed appealingly at Mr.. Patterson when
the cross examiners said they had
no questions Mr.. Patterson waved
him from the stand and Thaw mop
ped his face as he started back to
his seat. He seemed to lose his
strength and was helped to his chair.
IT'S all right, Harry" were Mr..
soothing words
Evening star., 1924-04-17
$1,000, 1000 BUILDING
FOR ART ASKED HERE
Lodge Urges $2,500,000 Grant to
Begin Construction of
National Gallery.
MATTER UP TO SENATE
Emphasizes Need for Housing
Valuable Collection Here.

A suitable home for the National
Gallery of Art in the National Capt.
tai would be constructed under the
terms of an amendment to the sec
ond deficiency appropriation bill, in
troduced in the Senate today by Sena-
tor Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu-
setts, Republican leader of the Senate
The amendment was referred to the
committee on appropriations.
1t provides for an appropriation of
$2,5OO,0OO to begin construction, and
fixes S7,000.000 as the limit of total
cost. 1t would be a fireproof struc-
ture with granite front, located on n
site already set aside in the Mall
between the Natural History build
ing and the Smithsonian group and
eth street.
The design for the building is to be
made by Charles A. Platt of New
York, widely known architect, who de-
signed the F'reer Gallery building. Mr.
Platt is going to Europe in May to
make further study OF the famous
galleries there to aid him.
The need of suitable home for the
National Gallery of Art, a collection
now owned by the government and
valued at approximately $4,000, 600, is
very great, according to Senator
Lodge. He is a member of the board
of regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, custodian of the National GAL
lery, and his action today is in accord
with the views of DR.. Charles A Wal
colt, superintendent of the Smith
Sonlan Institution.
The failure to provide a building
for the National Gallery" Senator
Lodge said, has made it necessary
to house the art treasures owned by
the government in part of the
natural history building-except. of
course, the FTeer collection, which
has a beautiful setting of its own,
constructed out of funds left the gov
ernment by Mr.. Freer for that pur-
pose"
Many of the paintings and other OBJ
jects of art which have been donated
to the government by patriotic citi-
zens, forming part of the National
Gallery, are not properly displayed
because of lack of space, and some of
them cannot be shown at all. The
American Federation of Arts has
taken a leading part in urging upon
Congress the construction of a gal
lery. 1t is contended that there
should be in Washington a great ma
tional gallery of art comparable to
the national gallery in London and
to the Louvre in Paris.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
Paderelcski's Dog
Has Cold; Pianist
Cancels His Tour

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 1T.-Illness of
his pet Pekingese, Pingy. caused
Ignace Jan Paderewski, world
famous pianist and former premier
of Poland, to abandon part Of his
concert tour and rush TO Chicago
yesterday to obtain the services Of
the best veterinary surgeons of
the middle west
The dog, said once to have be-
longed to Chinese imperial
prince. contracted a cold two days
ago in Sioux Falls, S. ID. When
his condition became worse the
next two concerts were Cancelled
and the Paderewski retinue re-
turned to Chicago. wiring in ad-
vance for four leading veteri-
narians to meet the train.
Pirgy's ailment was diagnosed as
"rhinitis complicated by gastritis."
A long rest and careful treatment,
with special attention to diet, will
be necessary for recovery, the
veterinary doctors said.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
GERMANY'S REPLY
IS APPROVED BY
PREPARATION BODY
Unanimous Decision Reached
at PIenary Session on Ex-
perts' Reports.
BARTHOU Is OPTIMISTIC
SOLUTION is IN SIGHT
Reference of Documents to Re
spective Governments Is
Ordered at Once.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. April 1.-THE reparation
commission at a plenary session this
afternoon decided unanimously to
take note of the reply of the German
government, adhering to the conclu
sions reached in the experts reports
and to approve, within the limits of
the commissions attributes, the con-
clusions, and to adopt the methods
proposed therein.
The commission also decided to
transmit officially the experts reports
to the governments interested, at the
same time recommending adoption of
their conclusions, in order that the
plans proposed may produce their full
effect in the quickest possible time.
Ask aufck Decision.
The government of the reich will
be asked to submit to the commission
in the shortest possible time acts
and DEGREES destined to insure the
complete execution of the plans out
lined in the reports, such acts and
DEGREES being based on the conclu-
sions and texts of the reports.
Inc commission at the forthcoming
meeting will proceed to the nomi-
nation of the different commissions
of organization provided for by the
report of the first experts committee
and to the preparation of measures
which the report of the first commit
tee leaves to the commission for the
working out of details.
The commission engaged this morning
in an unofficial exchange of views con-
corning the attitude to be adopted
following receipt of Germany's reply
accepting the experts reports as a
practical basis for solution of the
repara alton problem.
At the conclusion of the unofficial
session Louis Barthou, president of
the commission, said: Solution of
the reparation problem appears to be
in fair way Of realization. There
are excellent reasons TO be optimistic,
although all the difficulties are as yet
far from being solved"
Evening star., 1924-04-17
S35, 900 CASH SEIZED
BY MAIL BANDITS
Robbers Take Five Pouches, In
cluding Armour G. Co.'S Pay
Roll at St. Paul.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 17.-Fifty
thousand dollars in currency was in
cluded in the loot obtained by three
bandits who held up two postal en-
ployes in South st. Paul today, es-
Gaping with five pouches containing a
large quantity of registered mail.
The robbery occurred at the Chi
cago, Great Western station, just aft
er train had unloaded the five
pouches, one of which contained the
5000 payroll for Armour & Co.'S
south st. Paul plant
As the pouches were being loaded
on to a atruck the bandits drew up in
an automobile, two sprang out with
drawn revolvers, forcing two postal
employees to surrender the bags.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
TAX SALE DEED ISSUE
is TAKEN TO COURT
Property Owner Challenges Order
of Commissioners-Asserts
Buying Plot Exists.

The recent order of the District
commissioners relating to the issu-
ance of tax sale deeds was called to
the attention of the District Supreme
Court today when Frederick H. Kra-
mer, Washington florist, filed a suit
Tor injunction against the District
commissioners and the collector of
taxes to prevent the issuance of deeds
to John Faust, who is said to have
purchased Kramer's property at tax
sale in March, 1922.
Mr.. Kramer charges an agreement
not to bid against one another
among the persons accustomed to
purchase property offered at tax sales
and asserts knowledge on the part of
the collector of taxes of the alleged
agreement.
Justice Bailey cited the Commits
sioners and the collector of taxes to
show cause April 25 why they shoul d
not be enjoined from issuing the
deeds to Faust.
Hvan Mr.. Kramer prayS the right to
redeem his land from the tax sale
and asks the court to require the
cancellation of the tax sale certificate
issued to Faust.
According to the bill, while Kramer's
lands are worth more than $50, 900, they
were sold to Faust at the tax sale for
$295.65, and Faust now demands deed
The Commissioners, the court is told,
are threatening to issue the deed and,
though he has offered to redeem the
lands from the tax sale, the collector
of taxes refuses to permit him to do SO.
The plaintiff AYERS "It has long been
the practice and custom in the Distric.
of Columbia to permit any taxpayer,
Notwithstanding a greater period of
since the last day of any tax sale, to
redeem his lands and premises from
such sale at any time prior to the
actual issuance of a tax deed"
Evening star., 1924-04-17
VIVID PICTURE OF PRACTICAL AIM
OF LABOR GIVEN BY MACDONALD
Premier, Hitting Bitterly Tactics OF Foes, Declares
Reform He Aduocaes Biggest in Legislative
Way Euer attempted.

room simply fitted as workshop over
looking the Horse Guards parade.
Books, papers. dispatch cases, docu-
ments were everywhere, but the room
is almost bare of ornament, except
ing for two portraits on each side of
the fireplace, one of Charles l, the
other Of oliver Cromwell, and in
corner is a plaque bought by Mac
Donald of II. NJ. Hyndman, Labor
pioneer, who recently died. Above
the mantelpiece Macdonald has
placed Illuminated verses from Asidah
of Hazi Abuel Ysdu that his glance
strays to as he works. The verses
are these:
BE true to nature and thyself:
Fame nor disfame count nor fear;
Enough to thee the small still voice
That thunderS in thine inner ear"
Macdonald began inauspiciously by
recountinG recent disagreeable eX-
perienceS with alleged interviewers.
but when asked for comment on the
defeat the night before of the gov
ernment's eviction bill in the House
of Commons he replied with some
feeling.
The first thing is, that unless there
is going to be some sort of ordinary
decency in parliamentary tactics it
is not only the government which
will suffer but the House of Com
mons itself which will be brought
into contempt. L have never known
Continued on Page s. Column p
Evening star., 1924-04-17
FIND MONEY BANKED
BY BANDIT SUSPECT
$3,695 Discovered in Deposit Box
Reported Rented by Men Held
in Piggly Case.

The sum of s3,695 found in a box
in the safe deposit room of the
Hamilton Trust Company, New York
city, alleged to have been rented by
Dennis ]. Reidy, one of the alleged
Piggly Wiggly bandits, was brought
here today by a deputy marshal and
Detective Ira Keck, the latter having
participated in the investigation that
resulted in the arrest of three of the
alleged bandits.
The money was turned over to
Chief Clerk Edwin b. HeSse of the
police department, to be held as evil
dence in the case. About $1,000,
slightly more than one-half of the
sum the bandits took from the car of
NJ L. Cleaton and John Starnes,
piggly Wiggly Corporation employees,
has been recovered by the police to
date.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
CONSIDERS ACT INSULT.
japanese Diplomat Expresses
Anger at Proposed Exclusion.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 17.-If the Japanese
exclusion provision is made a law
by the United States, I'VE Japanese
will feel that the Americans have
spat in our face" Sadatsuchi Uchida,
former Japanese ambassador to Tur-
key, declared today at a luncheon of
the Pan-Pacific Club.
Another speaker, Viscount Shibu-
sawa, eminent financier, asserted that
the action of Congress in adopting
the Japanese exclusion clause has
tempted him to revert to the Amer
icanophobia" of his youth. IN expla-
nation he recalled the wave OF anti
foreign feeling which swept Japan
seventy years ago on the occasion of
Commodore Perry's visit Viscount
Shibusawa, then fourteen years old,
shared the antiAmerican feeling, he
said, but later repented and became
an ardent worker in the interest of
Japanese American friendship.
Tempted to Revert.
Now seventy years later" he con-
tinued. 81 am tempted to revert. How
ever, 1 am not yielding to this temp
tation. l am still optimistic"
He said he hoped for adoption of his
proposal for n joint nigh commission to
seek solution of the California Japanese
immigration question. Opinion is said to
prevail, however, that the Japanese gov
ernment does not approve Shibusawa's s
commission idea, for which agitation
is reviving, in some quarters.
Mass Meeting Called.
A mass meeting of Osaka citizens in
protest against proposed exclusion of
japanese from the United States was
called today by the Osaka Chamber of
Commerce.
The problem has been added to the
agenda of a meeting of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce of Japan, sched-
uled for April %, at Kyoto.
A delegation representing immigra-
tion societies visited the foreign office
today and urged opposition to the ex-
cluSion measure.
Evening star., 1924-04-17

late and it was
half-past eight in
the morning, just
after a hurried
breakfast, that he
received your cor
respondent for n
b ri e f exclusive
inte r V i e w. Ac-
cess to the pre-
mier'S workroom
at No. 10 Downing
street j S o II ! Y
& a i n e d a f t e +
climbing a great
staircase w h o S e
walls are a pa
geant of British
political history.
Portraits of pre-
miers of England
Evening star., 1924-04-17

American fame, Pitt, Canning, Wei
lington, Walpole, Russell, Peel, Palm
erston. Salisbury, Disraeli, Gladstone,
RoSebery, Campbell Zimmerman, Bal
four, Asquith, among others-are
hung in long procession leading up
to the historic suite of rooms now
occupied by Labor's first prime minis
ter.
Macdonald sat at his desk in a
Evening star., 1924-04-17
Forms New Ministry.

Philip Collier, leader of the parliament
airy Labor party, has formed a Labor
ministry in western Australia, in sue
cession to the government of Sir James
Mitchell, which was defeated in the
recent general election
Evening star., 1924-04-17
PLANNING LABOR RULE,
Union Delegates to Back Stauning
in Denmark.

COPENHAGEN, April 17.-Dele-
gates of the trade unions and other
labor organizations at a meeting xes-
terday agreed to support NJ. Stauning
in the formation of a Labor govern
ment. They also agreed to accept as
foreign minister Count Carl Won
Moltke, Danish minister in Berlin.
Countess Won Moltke was Miss Corne-
liza van Rensselaer, Thayer of Boston.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
DRY LAW PROBE ASKED.
Dyer Introduces Resolution to In
vestigate Enforcement.

An investigation by the House
Judiciary committee into all phases
of prohibition enforcement was pro-
posed today in resolution intro
iuced by Representative Dyer of Mis-
souri,, the ranking Republican on the
committee.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
Mexican Envoy Gets Leave.

MEXICO CITY, April 17.-Manuel
c. Telles, Mexican charge d'affaires in
Washington, has been granted a leave
of absence to visit Mexico. The first
secretary of the embassy, Jose Beni-
tez, will be in charge during his ab-
Sence
Evening star., 1924-04-17
ROYAL Couple Divorced.

PARIS, April IA divorce has
been pronounced between Prince Otto
of Windischgraetz and Archduchess
Elizabeth, daughter of the late Aus
trian Archduke Rudolf. The couple
have four children.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
BY Cable to The Star,

BY Gable to The Star
LONDON. April 17.-Ramsay Mac
Donald, like his predecessor, Lloyd
George. keeps early hours as well as
Evening star., 1924-04-17

PARIS, April 17-Viscount Ishii's
visit to Premier Poincare yesterday
is given much prominence and vari-
Gus interpretations in the French
press, where the belief is expressed
that the Japanese ambassador made
an effort to get Premier Poincare to
offer mediation in the difficulty be-
tween Japan and the United States
over the immigration question, or at
least refer it to the league of ma
tions. This is positively denied, how
ever, on the authority OF the Japa-
neSe embassy.
The visit was originally intended.
it is explained, as one of the period
ical courtesies from the ambassadors
to the premier. Resumption of nego-
tiations for renewal of the CONNER
cial treaties between France and ia
pan was discussed, as we'll as the
Ruhr, the experts reparation report
and the general European situation
but mot one word was said regarding
United States and Japanese affairs"
it is officially declared.
This afternoon the semi -official Ha-
vas Agency issued a denial, inspired
by the foreign office, that Viscount
Ishii's visit concerned the Japanese
American question.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
EMIGRANT SMUGGLING
PLOT is DISCOVERED

BY the Associated Press.
FOGGIA. Italy, April 17.-Another
association to promote clandestine
emigration to the United States from
Naples through France has been dis
covered here. Peasants from the
neighborhood of Benevento and Avel-
limo, it was declared, in some cases
paid as much as 5000 lire for the
necessary papers.
Heads of the organization were ar
rested and the peasants who had fall.
cn victim to them were sent home.
Widespread plots to smuggle Italian
euierants through France to the
United States were discovered at
Genoa, Turin and Naples last Octo-
her and November. In some cases it
was declared the victims were
charged 10000 lire each for falsified
documents, which, it was represented,
would gain them admission to the
United States.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
Asks Drastic Restriction.

Senator Simmons, Democrat, North
Carolina, opened Senate debate today
on the bill with a demand for drastic
restrictive legislation, and offered an
amendment under which preference
would be given immigrants coming
to this country to follow agriculture,
the amendment providing that at
least one-half of the quota of each
nation should be reserved for such
inlmi grants.
Urging adoption of his amendment,
Senator Simmons declared that diver
sification of crops and intensive cul-
tivation are necessary in agriculture
and that scientific knowledge is nee
essary to accomplish that. The pre-
carious condition" of agriculture in
the south, he said, is due to the ''in-
vasion of the boil weevil' and the
wholesale abandonment of farms,
due to the loss of labor supply" The
negro labor of the south has gone
northward with the advance of the
boil weevil and the demand of the
great industrial centers for recruits
to take the place of unskilled immi-
grants, he said.
mo adequate remedy has yet been
found" to meet the agricultural sit
uation, the North Carolina senator
continued. 1.-The one and only rem
edy in sight is diversification in agri-
culture and intensive cultivation"
Evening star., 1924-04-17
CONSULT PRESIDENT
ON EXCLUSION BILL
Lodge and Willis Confer at White
House Concerning japanese
Ban.
BOTH FAVOR PROVISION
No Intimation Given of Cooidge's
Attitude.

The fate of the immigration bill
with its Japanese exclusion provision
was involved in another conference
today between President Coolidge and
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts,, Re
publican Senate leader, prior to re-
sumption of Senate debate on the
measure.
Senator Lodge said the immigra-
tion question had been discussed, but
would not say whether he had OBJ
tained any information as to the prob
able action of the President when the
measure reaches the White House.
Senator Willis, Republican, Ohio,
who, with Senator Lodge, supper ted
the Japanese exclusion provision, con-
ferred with the President following
the visit of the Republican leader.
Secretary Hughes today spent half
an hour with the President, the first
conference he mas held with the
Executive since the Japanese exclu-
sion question was approved by the
Senate. He declined to discuss his
conference.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
HAN|HARA RECALL,
CUSTER OF MATSUL,
REPORTED NEARING
Toxic Newspaper Affirms
Moves, But Both Are Denied
in Official Quarters.
REQUEST FOR MEDIATION
OF FRANCE is CLAIMED
Paris Journals Stick to Interpre-
tation of ENJOYS Visit to
Poincare.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 17.-Ambassador
Hanihara at Washington is to be
recalled by the Japanese govern
lnent, the newspaper Yomiuri de-
clared today The publication added
that Foreign Minister NIatsui will re-
sign in order to appease the storm
expected ut the coming session of
the Imperial Diet over the immigra-
ton problem. Both reports were Of
ticially denied.
Evening star., 1924-04-17
WEATHER.

Showers. with slowly rising tempera-
ture. tonight and tomorrow; moderate
to fresh southeast and south winds.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest, 62, at
p.m. yesterday; lowest, A, at am.
today Full report on page 4.
Evening star., 1924-04-17

Continued on Page 5, Column p
Evening star., 1924-04-17
From Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-05
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