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Evening star., 1928-05-05
WAR DEBT DEBATE
FLARES IN SENATE.
Harrison Charges Admins
tration With Planning to
Cancel Foreign Obligations.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
A charge by Senator Harrison, Demo-
crst, Of Mississippi that the admins
fration was In hurry To pay of the
national debt In order to permit can
collation. Of foreign war debts, and
thereby increase the value Of loans
made to foreign countries by financiers
of this Nation, stirred up a long debt
row In the Senate yesterday afternoon.
Senator Simmons Of North Carolina.
ranking Democrat on the finance COM
rnittee, took cognizance Of published re-
ports from France that Georges Glenn
enceau, wartime premier was prepar-
ing another letter repudiating Frances
debt 70 America, and declared he did
not think Ciemenceau spoke for the
French people.
From all sides Of the chamber came
protests against possible repudiation
by France Of its debt 70 America. The
deb. settlement made by Secretary Mel
ION and former Ambassador Berenger
for payment Of Frances war debt has
not been ratified by either country.
Opposes RefundIng.
Senator Bruce, Democrat, Of Mary
land, who spoke friendly words for
France, suggesting that part Of her debt
be forgiven In return for gifts made by
France 10 America during the Reyolu-
Esonary War, nevertheless depl0red the
attitude Of France towards the debt
and said France rs running great risk
Of being considered q shabby country"
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania and
Chairman E0rah of the foreign relations
est n
fand any more u Frances debt. Borah
argued that France had given only small
gifts 10 the United States during the
Revolution and that these were given
In the place Of loans Ia order that
France might conceal heF identity with
this cOuntFy'S cause. Senator Reed re-
called thai France insisted upon the
collection of every last farthing" Of
our debt ~ her after the Revolutionary
War.
Later Senator Simmons introduced sn
amendment which would have payments
received from foreign governments on
sGCoUnt u the var debts applied ~ TIE
sinking fund tnQs avoiding appfOpfIa~
tlOEs DY that amount ~ this fund The
effect Of his policy would be " limit
retirement ot the public debt " the
terms established Dy Congress IN pro-
Vldifdg TIE sinking fund, However, II
foreign 0sbt payments ezceeded the
amount u the sinking fund apDropri-
alton Tor any year this excess also
would De USED " retire The debt
inheritance Tar Amendment.
Senator Bingham, Republican, Df Con-
keetielIt, who Thursday offered an
amendment for repeal of tFe inherit
&ncs tar. yesterday put ~ au amend
1ent providing fof reductions IN TINS
tsx lie proposed substitute scale
with d maximum rate of 4 pr cent.
Instead u the rs per cent now pre-
vail!ng tne scale would begin wiih a
rate II tWo~tentns If ! per cent. Eing~
ham explained he would offer this rate
schedule Ia the event he Was defeated
IN the move for repeal Of The inhsri~
t6ncs tak
Senator EFookhart II Iowa. one III
the Western Republican independents
who afe bitterly opposed ~ repeal Df
tns inheritance tax, gave notice that
6s VIA s2aigAst Lax reduction aud. IA
Evening star., 1928-05-05
PLANS SPECIAL SESSION.

CHICAGO. May D Ap,-~dov. Len
Small, after a conference with Mayor
Thompson, has announced he will call
q special session OF the State Iegis-
Iatiire on May 10 10 consider home rule
over public utilities for Chicago.
The only other subject 10 be taken
up al this special session. the gov
srn0r intimated would be the DISPOSE
lion Ot The sg.S00 900 collected under
the gasoline tax law. since declared
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TESTS DUE MAY IL.
Aircraft Carrier 10 Re Put Through
Another Speed Trial,

SAN PEDRO. Calf. May 5 tpl.-
The naval aircraft carrier Lexington
whose speed tests were halted last week
due 60 faulty mechanism will he ready
MAY Ia to try again 20 make the Sa,o
knots required for acceptance.
OffieerS aboard the ship said today
that faulty turbine blades. held re-
sponSlhle for failure at the ship 20 make
It's speed requirements IN the firSt test.
were being replaced temporarily. Per
present work Is heing done by civilian
engineers while the craft swings at
anchor IN the hArhoE,
Evening star., 1928-05-05
TWO MEN SOUGHT
IN PLANE PLUNGE
Student Believed One of VIC
Tins When Machine
Dropped Into Lake.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONG POINT, Ontario. May S.
There was a mystery today as to the
identity Of the occupant or occupants
of a biplane which exploded and
plunged into Lake Erie yesterday. 1t
was of the United States mail type.
The plane fell into the water half a
mile from the Long Point lighthouse.
The engine exploded before the boats
could reach it, leaving only scattered
bits of wreckage and few articles Of
clothing.
A piece Of wing painted gray with
a blue stripe bearing the number "90,"
a map with the route from Boston TO
Chicago underlined and felt hat were
among the clues found.
Evening star., 1928-05-05
Found on Street, Man Dies.

William Costin, eolored. 50, 1924
sixth street. was found unconscious ON
the street about p,S0 o'clock last night
and taken to F'reedmen's Hospital
where he was pronounced dead ON al"
6Glvai, Death was due To natural causes,
Evening star., 1928-05-05
BELIEVE VICTIM WAS STUDENT
Harvard Man and Companion Were on
flight East.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5 CD.---Oc-
cupants Of the airplane which fell into
LAKE. Erie of Long Point. Ontario, yes
terday might have been John Rosecrans,
%, Milwaukee student at Harvard Uni-
yersity Law School, and James M Latey
Of Buffalo, ". r., II was believed here
today.
Rosecrans, flying from Milwaukee 10
Cambridge. left here at o'clock yes
terday afternoon, accompanied by Latey.
No reports had been received here Of
their arrival at Buffalo
A cap similar 10 one borrowed by
Latey just before he left Cleveland was
reported TO have been picked up from
the wreckage.
Evening star., 1928-05-05
Chief Old Dog, 82, Dies.

GARRISON, NJ. D., May up Chief
old Dog az years old, headman OF the
Gross Ventre Indian tribe for 10 years,
Is dead on the Fort Berthold reserva-
ton, In recent years he had done much
10 help his tribesmen learn the white
mans method OF farming. -.
Evening star., 1928-05-05
SpinnerS Plan Lockout Vote.

MANCHESTER. England. May 5
OaA The Federation of Master Cotton
Spinne1s has dectCsed 50 take 4 ballot
OF the trade 60 determlne whether
members are willing tn close the milk
In order a. entorce the lS1a per cent
reduction IN wages recently imposeA
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Hints At Vetoes

"I am certain" he said, "that
aIne Congress would not pass and /
should not feel warranted in ap-
proving legislation which would in
yolve us in that financial disgrace"
That was tantamount to saying
that even IL Congress does exceed
the speed limit on spending at this
F1an1e.duck session, he will apply
the brakes with yetoes.
Nowhere in the nearly 10000
words that comprised this last an.
'uuaI message from Calvin Coolidge
did he mention his own impending
retirement, nor the Administration
that will succeed him after March
A.. There was not even a hint nor
ban indirect reference to the cam
fpaign and its momentous results
i Mr.. Coolidge merely rendered an
geccount of his own stewardship, and
accompanied it with some general
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DEV|NE SEEN AS
BUTT Of NEW
At TACK
Photo by international

A thinly veiled attack upon DR..
Edward T. Devine, dean of the
graduate school of the. American
University, who espoused the cause
of Governor Alfred f. Smith in the
recent presidential campaign, was
launched today by DR.. Clarence True
Wilson, general secretary of the
board OF temperance. prohibition.
and public morals of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Without naming DR.. Devine, DIR.
Wilson spoke of professor in a
great university" who was follow
ing Tammany Hall" while his uni
Versity associates were loyal to the
cause of temperance and public
order.
A movement to oust DR.. Devine
as head of the graduate school soon
will reach a climax, and DIR. Viii.
sons remarks today were construed
as placing his powerful organiza-
ton squarely behind the campaign
TO dismiss him.
The address of DIR. Wilson, made
at the annual meeting of the board,
was notable chiefly for its defense
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BEAUTY DEFIES
DEPORTATION
ORDER

HAVANA, Dec. S.l.--Im-
migration officials declared today
that an order has been issued for
the deportation of Miss Frances
Porter. former American actress and
Atlanta, Ga. newspaper writer, who
gained public attention here when
C.. p. Whitehead, Atlanta million
aire, asked for her arrest. The
order has not been executed as Miss
Porter is living on board White
heads private yacht, the Malvern,
upon which she came here from
Florida.
Pin-Sticking Charge
The quarrel between the two
started on the Malvern. There have
far they have been futile. White.
head charged Miss Porter with
sticking pins into him and other
wise iniuring him aboard the yacht.
The case is to come up in police
court next Saturday, but may he
settled in the meantime without any
public hearing.
immigration officers said they
could not molest Miss Porter while
she was on the Malvern, as the
Yacht flies a foreign flag. They
declared, however, if she comes
ashore, she will be taken into Gus.
today and deported to the United
States. =
Many Seek Look
Friends of the couple, who hoped
for a reconciliation, said that the
quarrel was renewed every time
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FREE ON
RUM HAULING
CHARGE

Lindsay Spencer Stott, son of
Capt. William G. Stott, of the Third
precinct, was ordered released to-
day by Commissioner Turnage, be-
fore whom he was brought on
charges OF transporting liquor. The
arresting officers failed to produce
the liquor as evidence.
Herbert Ruff, who is said to live
with Stott in the 1900 block Of
Columbia Road n. W., was held on
$500 bond for trial in the Police
Court on charges Of possession and
transporting, it being alleged that
"a quarts of whiskey were found in
which Officer w. r. Iafflin, of the
Eighth precinct, is said to have sent
bullet through the windshield of
Ruff's car.
According to the police Stott and
Ruff were in two ears Stopping
before house in the 1400 block Of
Swan st. n. w. Stott is said to
have taken a package from Ruff's $
car for delivery. The police closed
in on Ruff and after wild chase
he was caught. Officer I.affIin,
perched on the running board,
ordered Ruff OF drive TO the Eighth
precinct.
Stott. 1t is alleged, followed his
friend part of the way. but es.
| capped pursuit on foot until a bicy.
Gle officer captured him.
Stott is now out on bail of 81 900
awaiting a jury trial on charge OF
| possession of liquor in garage
where his car was parked. He gave
| he srresting officers a hard fight
before surrendering. He is a former
| prohibition agent and is % years
old =.
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R0THS IN
Won ON
HOOVER

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (I.N .S.
When Arnold Rothstein, muir
dered gambling magnate, died
on election day, he had won
81, ,O00, 900 in bets on the cleo
ton of Herbert Hoover for
President enough Of haul
to pay the $500, 900 4. @. NJ.
for which he was slain and d
series Of gambling debts con-
fracted over a twosyear period
of | bad business
This was learned today by au-
thorities as the grand jury con-
cluding It's investigation into the
Rothsteir assassination prepared to
find three indictments.
All for Hoover
Following the cue of their leader,
members OF the Rothstein gambling
clique also heavily backed Hoover
as a winner. Some OF the Rothstein
mob even visited national Demo-
cratic headquarters on the night Of
the election and placed Hoover bets
over the telephone, international
News Service learned today.
George A. McManus, whom Dis
trict Attorney Joab Al. Banton prom
ises the grand jury will indict in
connection with the murder, today
continued to smile confidently in
his Tombs prison cell.
Banton deprecated the reported
McManus a1ibi claim that he could
show he left the hotel death
suite" shortly after Mrs. Patsy Ruth
Keyes, Chicago mannequin, de-
parted. Mrs. Keyes. the witness
who identified McManus, left a
party" in the room a few hours
before Rothstein was shot.
The unnamed companions of Nc
Manus will be named in the bills
but their identities will not be
revealed to the public until and II
they are arrested.
McManus. a former pal OF Roth.
stein and the brother of police
lieutenant. faced the probability OF
indictment calmly. with friends as
serting that he has an air-tight
alibi. They say he will admit he
was in Room $40 a few hours
before the shooting. but left to
get some fresh air, leaving his
coat behind him.
These friends declare that many
witnesses will place him in another
location at the time of the crime.
Banton's reply to the alibi re-
port was that "the case had been
prepared to take care of this and
every other possibility" Previ-
ously Banton had announced he
did not believe the gambler guilty
but was convinced that McManus
knows the identity of the murderer.
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RLQ Is FOR
KING

LONDON, Dec. 4 (I.N.S.)s
.A council Of state was ap-
pointed today to carry on the
duties Of the Crown because
|of the protracted illness Of
King George.
Owing to the fact the King IS un-
able to sign state documents, the
cabinet decided upon the appoint.
lment OF = state council 10 carry on
the admI nIstration 81 the govern.
rnent Ia the name of the King.
Announcement that d state council
had been appointed was made in the
House Of Commons by Premier Stan
ley Baldwin this afternoon.
The appointment was made at a
meeting of the royal privy council at
Buckingham Palace at noon.
Not Surprise
Ordinarily appointment of a coun-
ell of state is made by proclamation.
but this course was not followed
today.
In addressing Commons. Premier
Baldwin said:
IT am glad to say that King
George was well enough this morn
ing to permit meeting of the privy
council to he held"
News that state council has been
appointed to take over the King s
duties did not come as surprise.
1t was forecast last week by Inter-
national News Service.
The duration of the council is
probIematical, depending upon the
future progress of ne monarch to-
wards recovery.
The state councillors are: Queen
Mary; the Prince of Wales, heir
apparent to the British throne; Duke
of York, second son of the King:
Archbishop of Canterbury; the
Lord Chancellor Uord Hailsham),
and Premier Stanley Baldwin.
Increase i'm Temperature
A slight increase in the tempera-
ture of the King was noted, al.
though not specifically mentioned,
in a bulletin issued at buckingham
palace at $3.50 this afternoon. 1t
follows:
"The King passed a quiet morn
ing. His temperature is now 1902.
The slight Improvement in his
general condition noted in the last
bulletin is maintained"
The bulletia was signed by the
five physicians-Lord Dawson of
Penn. Sir Stanley Hewitt, Sir e.
Farquhar Buzzard, DR.. i. Z. H.
Whitby, and Sir Humphrey Roi-
lesion.
The afternoon bulletin did not
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A|()RTHG(IT |
Tells Of
GRIMES

\ RIVERSIDE, Calf, Dee.
8(IN.S. Following dra-
matte recital Of brutality that
rivals anything III fiction,
Gordon Stewart Northcott to-
day stood out az the most
astounding criminal in the his
tory Of Southern California.
IN j voice deadly calm. the young
rancher who IS only "a years ola.
last night confessed to OFFICERS that
nfns youths we're slain at his win
wis chicken ranch ana that he HIM.
self had killed five ~ them,
Sanford Clark, his 15-year-oid
nephew. whose weird story 81 mis-
treatment and murder Of boys
brought about Northcott's arrest ia
Canada and extradition 10 CALIFORNIA;
killed d sixth boy. according 70
Northcott. He refused to say who
killed the other three.
Plans for Northcott's preliminary
arraignment in court today may now
be changed to allow the young slayer
victims.
Feared to Be Thought Liar
'Let's hurry and find the bodies,
said Northcott at one stage III his
grewsonne confession II don't want
you fellows to think I'm = pre-
varicator."
Northcott,s 'sbreaking' was grad.
ual Earlier in the evening he
confessed the murder OF one boy,
named Alvin Gothea. q Mexican.
But that was all, he said. He adj
n1itted that much on a promise that
today and plead guilty to that one
staying.
District Attorney Earl Redwins
agreed.
Later. however. about 20 miles
northeast of San Bernardino, as
officers were driving the. prisoner
to Riverside. he asked them to
halt the car, that he had something
to tell them.
There is no use Of me going
any farther until I tell it all. he
said.
Monstrous Story OF Crime
That was the signal for the most
weird tale of crime ever unfolded
to the veteran police officers ears.
Northcott told how he killed one
OF the boys because he was afraid
someone else would take the boy
from him,
This boy, whom he named as
Walter Collins. was his fayorite OF
all his victims. Northcott told how
he used to dress him in girls
clothes and take him places.
Everybody thought he was d
girl" he srniIad. ''I was real
proud of him."
Even the hardened police officers
shuddered when Northcott asked
them If they remembered the altar
they found at his ranch home.
They did.
Made Them Pray
''Well that is where made tho
boys say their prayers before shot
them" he added calmly. You see.
wanted to be sure the little.
darlings would go to Heaven"
Northcott hinted that only part
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The scene is set for the years
climax and the appeal to the hui
man spirit--the appeal to all good
fellows-soon will be Irresistible.
There is a command for all to
surrender to Kris KrinGle's idea.
Christmas is the great touchstone
of human feeling. Those who are
overflowing with the worlds goods
and those whose goods are almost
non-existent find some common
ground of understanding by which
generous instincts are made quick
with feeling and the straits OF poY-
erty are made less harsh.
Good Fellows Marshal
That is why the Good Fellows are
marshaling in the annual array
to volunteer in the cause of Christ
mas, to pledge themselves to aid
the poor and needy, and to do their
bit" towards showing what the
Yuletide means.
When the Good Fellow sees the
stores alight with Christmas toys.
when he sees the evergreen trees,
ADVERTISEMENT
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BANDITS CAP
NOT HIS, SAYS
NJ DANIEL

Hugh Lasson Mcdaniel, Takoma
Park photographer on trial in the
Montgomery county circuit court
toay, charged with robbing the
Silver Spring National Bank of
$2,280 on the morning OF October
%, took the stand today in his
own defense. at the opening OF the
second day of the trial.
The defense counsel, beaded by
David Hornstein of Washington
endeavored to prove that the stale
witnesses who have positively iden.
titled Mcdaniel as the robber, were
mistaken.
Mcdaniel was shown an old gray
cap, which the State alleges the
robber wore. He was asked if he
had ever seen the cap before.
Denys Cap is His
He replied that Chief of Police
A. A. Monkey and another officer
brought Fred l.. Lutes, assistant
cashier of the bank. from whom the
money was taken and taxi driver
in to see him. He said that the of.
ficers removed the eye glasses and
placed the cap on his head and told
the witnesses 10 identify his as the
rObbeF.
Under direct examination he said
that the cap was too small and
would not fit.
He also stated that he was placAo
in a lineup with four large men on
either side of him and that wit
nesses were asked to pick him out
from the group.
Verdict Today
Mcdaniel testified that the 81 400
officers when he was arrested was
the accumula tion of his savings from
his salary during the past three
years. He stated that he lived very
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ADVERTISEMENT

Out of town telephone calls cost little
saaie rata ia Philadelnhia only eSc. =,
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.P TINIS|VI
STRESSED /
IN Final
REP|)R
Full text Of President Cool
idge's message to Congress on
pages IL and Is.
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
ernatIonal News seryice

mo Congress ever as
seanbled has met with a more
.pleasing prospect than that
which appears at the present
time. The country can regard
the present with satisfaction
and anticipate the future with
optimism.
Tlsas plainly and simply. without
any fIourishes, did Calvin Coolidge
sum up the state of the Union to-
day IN his valedictory report to
the Congress that goes out Of office
with him three months hence. he
was rendering an account OF MS
five and one half years stewardship,
as well as peerifg into the future,
and he found both views eminenfiy
satisfactory.
Times Never Better
Never. he said, have the times
been betteI-the country is prosper
Gus to a degree unriyaled in his
tory; wages are high; business IS
good: taxes have been four times
reduced: the national debt is third
paid off; America is at peace with
the world; notable steps have been
taken to outlaw war; weak and
struggling nations have been helped
along the road TO sovereignty and
stability-and nowhere on the hori-
zon of American affairs is there
gdiscernible a single dark cloud.
But all this. he warned, can be
maintained only by adhering to
those policies already marked out
strict governmental economy; no
excursions up strange legislative
roadways; and ''unremitting toll to
preserve prosperity at home and
tranquility abroad.
The President left one solemn
earning with Congress and the
Hcountry. It was this: Watch your
spending" Time and again he re.
turned to his favorite theme of
economy. He admonished Congress
against going on any appropriation
.eprees, and said if it did it meant a
deficit and an unbalanced budget.
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the packages tied in bright-red rib
bons. the plum puddings and the
other items of Yuletide feasts, he
knows that the hour has arrived
when he must help in making some
other members of the human family
glad and joyous along with him.
Are you one of those to join
the Good Fellows? Consider what
real Christmas spirit will be yours
when you know that you have aided
In relieving the emptiness of those
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THE OFFICIAL WEATHE K

~ Rain tonight and probably tomor.
"a row morning; colder Wednesday;
lH increasing southeast and east winds.
~ Temperature yesterday Highest,
81; lowest, "a.
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Made Them Pray

''Well that is where made tho
boys say their prayers before shot
them" he added calmly. You see.
wanted to be sure the little.
darlings would go to Heaven"
Northcott hinted that only part
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BANK STATEMENT

Washington Clearing House,
{. 50 .594, ,3O4.S7.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $191, ,OOO, 900.
New York Clearing House ex.
change. S2,286, 200, 900.
Treasury balance, $S9. .851 ,6SA 20.
Customs receipts. 1,945, ,856.62.
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Good FeHows Eager
To Assist Santa

The threshold of the Yuede already has arrived and
the Christmas spirit will be throwing glow
this favored CITY