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ment will command the requisite sup
port in this country, but what more
likely than that when any of these
nations get fighting mad at each other,
and yet cannot fail to reflect upon the
awful sacrifice involved in war, they
would welcome the good Offices of the
United States as a perfectly djsinter-
ested party and delight to see it sit at
table in an effort to avert the cataS-
trophe they must all dread. 1t ought
to be realized now that we are more
than likely to be involved in any gen.
eral war in Europe. In their frenzy
some one or all of the belligerents are
likely to violate clr rights and to bring
us into the conflict to maintain them
or to redress wrongs from which we
have suffered. To my mind we take
less chances by helping 10 avert such
conflict than we do by keeping out
OF it with honor once the confiagra-
ton is lit.
The same increasing dread of any
kind of association with European
powers lest thereby we should he again
drawn into war among them ac-
counts for no little of the opposition to
our participation in the maintenance
OF the Permanent Court OF Interna-
tional Justic, generally referred to as
the World Court. BY no stretch of the
Inauguration can the United States be
held either legally or morally bound to
JOIN In coercing observance of any de-
cision that tribunal may render
whether there is an American among
its judges, as there has been since its
organization eight years ago, or is not
whether the United States adheres OF
does not adhere to the protocol by
virtue Of which it exists. The prestige
OF the court, constantly growing, would
quite likely, be enhanced IL our country
should become one of its supporters
but that the risk of involvement in
European controversies would be
heightened is a wild dream without
any reason to support it. On the con-
trary, the risk would be mcasurably
diminished by the added respect that
would be accorded to the decisions Gl
the court and the consequent reluctance
| of any nation to resort to arms In dis
regard Of its Judgment"
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GAMING CHARGED
AFTER HOTEL RAID
Police Report ParaphernaIia
Guarded by Steel Doors at
the Commercial.

The Commercial Hotel, 920 F street,
where many theatrical people stop,
was raided yesterday by the police vice
squad, which reported the discovery of
an elaborate gambling establishment,
occupying almost an entire floor of
the hotel and guarded by steel doors.
Thirty men were arrested and a large
quantity Of alleged gaming parapher-
MALTA was seized.
Two patrol wagons backed up to the
building to convey the prisoners to the
first precinct quickly attracted a crowd
of hundreds Of pedestrians.
Gaming Charges.
Five of the captives were charged
with setting up a gaming table and 10
were booked as witnesses. The names
of the others were not recorded on the
police blotter.
The establishment, allegedly equipped
with roulette wheels, card and dice ia
bles, and telephone booths for horse
race betting, was on the fourth floor of
the building, and was accessible only
by means of the elevator. Heavy metal
doors blocked the Stairways leading
from the third and fifth floors.
oscar j. Letterman and Detectives
Richard j. Cox and James A. Mostyn,
quietly entered the hotel and went to
the elevator, which they found loaded
with baggage. At first the operator re-
fused to take them to the fourth floor
with the baggage, saying it was against
the rules of the house. The raiders
finally forced the man to remove the
luggage and proceed upward.
Occupants In Flight.
When they emerged on the fourth
floor, the occupants of the alleged gam
ing chambers were fleeing to adjoining
rooms. Obtaining a master key, the
officers followed them, and in half an
hour all the men were under arrest.
According to Letterman, information
which led to the raid had been gained
by a policeman working as an under
cover agent, who had patronized the
place for q week.
Those charged with violation of the
gaming law were booked as Leo Cohen.
a. of the 1900 block of Holbrook street
northeast: Louis Lehrfeld, SO; Harry
Wilson, So; Joseph P. Mack, 46, and
Charles A. Jones, 40; all Of the Com
mercial Hotel.
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CHICAGO HOODLUM
NET GETS 100 MORE
Five Armed Men and 81 With
Crime Records Taken-Killers
Of Lombardo Sought.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, February 15.-One hun
dred more suspects, including five who
were armed and 81 men with criminal
records, were corrraled in the police
roundup of hoodlums today, while In
vestigators sought a clue to the assas-
sins of Tony Lombardo, a thief, who
was "given the rod" last night appar-
emily for poaching on racketeers. The
killers of Lombardo ran away so quickly
they left a Sawed-off shotgun on the
scene.
Since last Sunday police have ar
rested more than 5000 suspects in q
campaign against crime. Most of the
known gang leaders have been in hid
ing and have evaded arrest. although
Myles O'Donnell, reputed West Side
gang chief. was caught in a surprise
raid on a West Side cafe. He obtained
his freedom on a 81 400 bond for dis
orderly conduct.
Police records show a SO per cent re-
duction in crime last week, attributed
to the concerted drive. Commissioner
of Police William r. Russell today reit-
Grated his orders Tor harraSSing the
underworld until undeSirables have been
driven out of town.
The killing of Lombardo was the
only gang Staying of consequence during
the week. He was shot down in a
Northwest side alley, where he evidently
had been put on the spot" The only
motive police could evolve for his slay-
ing was that he had tried to muscle
in on the racket game. He was not
related to Tony Lombardo, the Italian
leader and ally of AL Capone, who was
shot down in the heart Of the Loop Is
months ago at midday.
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out the country and each individual
citizen cooperate.
House Leader Tilson, a member Of
the Bicentennial Commission, will pre-
side and will introduce William Tyler
Page, clerk Of the House, as the flrst
speaker, who as executive secretary of
the commission will explain the bicen-
tennial plans. He will be followed by
eight members of the House, who are
being selected to make brief speeches
on various phases of Washingtons life
AS youth, as a soldier, in the Con-
stitutional Convention and as Presi-
dent.
The Bicentennial Commission Is
headed by President Hoover as chair
man. There are two other ex-oficio
members, Speaker Longworth and Vice
President Curtis. There are four Sena-
tors, Fess, Ohio; Glass, Virginia, Cap-
per, Kansas, and Overman, North Caro-
Ina, succeeding Bayard of Delaware.
The four House members are Tilson,
Connecticut; Hawley, Oregon; Byrns'
tennessee, and Moore, Virginia, sue
ceeding Minority Leader Garner. Eight
members at large were appointed by
former President Coolidge: Henry Ford,
Bernard M. Baruch, Judge Wallace Nc
Camant, Hanford MacNider, @. Bascom
Slemp, DR.. Albert Bushnell Hart, Mrs,
Anthony Wayne Cook, former president
general OF the D. A. r., and Mrs. Mary
Sherman, former president of the
League Of Women's Clubs.
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- WHEN
WILL WASHINGTON HAVE
A Children's Sanatorium?

On March l. 1929, President Coolidge. of his
last administrative acts, signed the authorization bill
H. R. 1872 to provide for the construction of Chdrens
Sanatorium for the District of Columbia.
In April 1929, special clinic for children opened,
under the joint administration of the Health Department
and the Washington tuberculosis Association, for two
half days each week
Between April l, 1929, and February |. 1880, 1881
children have been Xrayed and thoroughly examined by
specialists and 5o of tuberculosis have been
found. How many will be found when our
10000 child population examined and where will we
care for hem especially the large number who need hos
ptal care?
On February 4 1880 appropriation bill of $685.
OOOOO for this sanaorum recommended by the District
commissioners and approved by the Director of the
Budget introduced in the Senate by Arthur Capper
Chairman of the Senate District Committee
is hoped that this bill lUiH be acted promptly,
tor the people of the District united in the belief that
to construct sanatorium for children suffering from
tuberculosis is the reasonable the economical
and the wisest health protection to the greatest number
of children"
Association for the Prevention of tuberculosis
Telephone Main 6SS3 1922 18th Street NV.
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marked by addresses by DR.. H. Bar
rett Learned, member of the Board of
Education; DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent of schools, and Joy z. Nor
gan, editor of the N. e. A. Bulletin.
DR.. Ballou also read a letter from
Secretary Wilbur of the Interior De-
partment on the work Of the Federal
Bureau of Education.
Commenting upon the work of the
teacher today, Mr.. Morgan declared
that because of the increasing efficiency
of machines in labor, educators must
prepare to train people for more leisure
Train People for Leisure.
I'VE have in the United States q
chronic state of unemployment" Mr.
Morgan said in referring to the teach
ers' problems. 1T is an unemployment
which must come Of the effects of the
mechanical age in which we are living
and we all must come to realize that
sooner or later we must have fewer
working days in our weeks. Our duty
then-the teachers duty-iS to train
people for more leisure than they ever
have had before
In the statement which DR.. Ballou
read for him in his absence, Secretary
Wilbur declared that the next 20 years
will witness more rapid advances in
education and general progress than
the past two decades presented. The
newer inventions, including radio anc
talking motion pictures, he said, natu-
rally will contribute largely to the &C.
celeration of education. He declared
Of iOV-
Is anxious to receive ideas for educa-
tional radio broadcaSts, and he asserted
in his statement that close surveillance
Is being maintained. over the develop
ment of sound pictures in an effort Il
guide them into channels which viii
make them most valuable educationa
instruments.
Urges Teachers College Here.
Or. Learned advocated stronger ap.
probation of teaching as a profession
and declared that the establishment ir
washington of the two teachers col.
legeS should 60 far toward placing thu
field of education in Washington on Z
higher plane. Commenting upon the
''old" and the new" education, DR.
Learned declared 1.-The new education
takes account of human and pSy.
Geological factors in connection with
pupils and teachers and everybody con.
cerned with education, while the ole
education was essentially scholastic anC
often regarded as entirely inhuman."
Miss Pyrtle spoke briefly to present
to the District Association the greeting,
from the national body. She declared
that school people in the States looI
to Washington for many things.
Because of your opportunities, she
said, "the people in the States believe
you ought to have better schools thar
they, but since I've been here, I've
heard that you do not always get thu
best, nor what you ask for
The dinner was presided over by Mis-.
Edith GroSvenor. Business High Schoo
teacher and president of the loca
Education Association. Among those
present were: Stephen e. Kramer, frs
assistant superintendent in charge Of
high schools, and Robert L. Haycock
assistant superintendent in charge oil
white elementary schools.
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DRY AGENT FREED
I'm LIQUOR DEATH
federal Court Jury Acquits
White, Tried for Staying
Suspected Rum Runner:

DULUTH. Mimi, February 15.-
Emmett j. White, United States customs
patrolman, tonight was acquitted by a
Federal Court jury of a charge of
numbering Gust Henry Wirkkula of Big
Falls, Mimi, while attempting to stop
his car to search it for liquor last
June 8.
When the verdict was read the "a
year-old customs officer smiled for the
first time during the trial, which started
wednesday morning. He shook hands
with the chief of defense counsel and
listened as Judge Cant discharged the
jurors. Then he rose stif1y and walked
to the jury box and thanked each mem
Der OF the panel, stopping to chat for
q moment with the only woman men,
Der, Mrs. j. M. Hardy, Mahnomen,
Mimi, who was selected foreman Of
the panel.
Later White turned to receive the
congratulations Of his 20-year-old wife,
wnom he married last May when he
joined the customs service, less than
six weeks before the tragedy in which
Wirkkula lost his life. Since Wirkkula'S
death, White was transferred from his
nrst station at International Falls to
the Duluth customs ONCE. He intends
10 continue in the customs service.
Inc case was given to the jury of IL
men and woman at 1850 pm.
Three Courses Open.
Three decisions were possible under
instructions from Judge William A. Cant,
who eliminated on the ground of in
SUFFICIENT evidence the charge of second
degree murder on which White was in
q
this charge would have carried a SEN
tence OF life imprisonment.
Either the jury could acquit White or
md him guilty of third degree murder
or second degree manslaughter under
the courts instructions.
Long arguments by counsel. the State
OF Minnesota in the position Of the
prosecutor and the United States dis
trict attorneys Office as the defender,
marked the session.
Says Shooting Was Accident.
George A. Kelsey, assistant United
States district attorney directing he de-
tense, declared that the shooting OF
Wirkkula was an accident. White dis
charged riot-gun four times when
Wirkkula failed to halt in answer to a
signal held by E. v. Servine. another
customs officer with whom White was
working, stopping automobiles to search
them for liquor.
o. j. Larson, former Representative,
reained as special counsel Tor the
State, declared that White shot reck-
lessly without regard for life.
Court records at International Falls,
Mimi, Wirkkula's former home. showed
that about six months before his death
he pleaded guilty to a charge Of VIC
lating the prohibition law and was
fined 500 and costs. No reference to
this was made during the trial.
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best AIRPORT DEAL
POSSIBLE ASSURED
Bingham Says Commission
viii Not Be Swayed by
Propaganda.

The Joint Congressional Airport Com.
mission viii do what it thinks best fol-
the District in providing the city with
air terminal facilities, Chairman Bing-
! ham declared last night.
I'VE are going to do the very best
we can for the District without regard
to the wishes of any person, or of any
propaganda" was Senator Bingham's
comment when he learned of the state
ment issued yesterday by Lieut.. Walter
Hinton, chairman of the aviation COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, in
| which Lieut.. Hinton reiterated his com
mittees approval of the Gravelly Point
site and joined with the Board OF Trade
committee in opposing the plan to APP
propriate funds that might be used to
purchase land outside the District fol-
an airport.
Senator Bingham said the commission
held open hearings at which it gathered
all the information that could be OBJ
tanned in that way.
May Meet This Week.
The commission may meet again
some time this week to give further con-
sheraton to the problem, but it is not
certain at this time whether action will
be taken at the next meeting. The
commission held an executive session
yesterday, at which it considered as one
possibility the establishment of the air.
port on one or both of the existing fly
ing fields near the south end of High
way Bridge
officials of the washington Airport
and OF Hoover Field, which are on op-
poSite sides Of a Government highway
on the Virginia side of the river, were
in conference with the commission yes
terday, but no action was taken. The
two fields together would make available
250-acre airport.
The Chamber of Commerce aviation
committee also will meet this week, al
4:30 o'clock, Thursday afternoon. to
give further impetus to the fight for es-
Enlistment of the airport at Gravelly
Point.
Gravelly Point Testimony.
After yesterdays meeting of the COM
mission Senator Bingham said he
thought the people generally have not
had in mind all of the testimony re-
garding Gravelly Point that developed
at the hearings last year. and which
had caused the commission to hesitate
with regard to that site. He said that
in order to fill in the made land al
Gravelly Point quickly would run the
cost to approximately $4,000, 900, and
that five years would be required for the
proper settlement of the fill
The only proposed legislation relating
to the airport pending In Congress il
the resolution recommended by the
commission last year, for an appropria.
ton of $780, 900 to be used for the pur.
chase Of options on site or sites. In
recommending the resolution the com.
mission did not specify any site. The
meeting yesterday was the first the
commission has held at this session
Congress has taken no action on the
commissions resolution.
In the statement he issued yesterday
Lieut.. Hinton Of the Chamber of Com
merce, who is a noted flyer, took the
position that the Gravelly Point site
has been approved by flyers and Gov.
eminent experts. as well as by local or
CARNATIONS, and that some attention /.
due the wishes of the District in the
matter.
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MACDONALD HOST
TO NAVAL WRITERS
Shows Newspaper Men Art
Treasures in Country Home
of Prime Ministers.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 15.-Laying aside
all formalties, Prime Minister Mac
donald this afternoon received about 80
American, French, English, japanese
and italian newSpapermen, who are in
London covering the Naval Conference.
They were his guests as Checquers, the
historic Elizabethan country home OF
British Prime Ministers.
Mr.. Macdonald, dressed in a gray
jacket and plus fours, showed them the
art treasures in the house, which vas
donated to the nation by Lord Lee of
Fareham, husband of the former Ruth
Moore of New York. He was assisted
by his daughter Ishbel and his son
Malcolm.
After tea, scorning to wear his over
coat despite a bitterly cold wind, he
showed the newSpapermen over large
part of the estate. leading them to q
hilltop to point out the spires of dis
tant oxford.
Returning to the manor house, he
discussed books and history with his
guests in front of an immense open
fire. Ishbel. wearing a red and black
Macdonald plaid skirt, fiat heel
shoes and tight-1itting black jacket
sat in one corner of large settle listen
ing attentively and occasionally making
q comment on the discussion.
The Prime Minister expressed his ad-
miration for John Browns Body" q
poem by the American writer, Stephen
Vincent Benet, and also for Henderson,
life Of Stonewall Jackson.
Some one suggested that he was fond
of Southern history.
All" he said, the history of the
South has never been written" indicat-
ing that he spoke in a figurative rather
than in literary sense.
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Farley Highlights

BY the Associated Press.
At the end of the fourth week of the
Naval Conference three definite achieve
mentS were listed by the delegates
They were: Cd A prospective five-year
battleship holiday; CD a program fol
"humanizing" submarine warfare: CD
settlement OF the global tonnage ques-
ton.
The American delegation today took
up in earnest the problem of Franco
Italian naval parity. Ambassador Nor
row, who has taken part in all the
Franco American conversations, had q
Grand of Italy.
AS the chief French delegates left
London for Paris over the week end
Great Britain and the United States
postponed their attempt to persuade
France TO lower her feet tonnage de-
mand. France asks for a total OF
$4,000 tons, mostly requirements, by
the end of 1885. Premier Tardieu will
face an important debate in the French
Parliament next week.
Toxic dispatches said that Japan had
maintained her demand for 10 pei
cent ratio in heavy cruisers in the
tonnage figures she is discussing with
the United States.
The best inforomed London Sunday
newspapers issued editorial warnings
that grave diflculties were lying ahead
of the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
DANIEL SMILEY DIES
AT M0H0NK LAKE HOME
Member of Board of Indian Com
missioners Was Appointed by
Taft in 1919.

Daniel Smiley, head of the Lake
Mohonk Conferences on International
Arbitration and member of the United
States Board of Indian Commissioners,
died suddenly Friday night at his home
IN Mohonk Lake, N. Y, at the age Of
rs years.
He was appointed by President Taft
in 1912 to the United States Board of
Indian Commissioners, which ONCE he
held until his death. He was for 20
years a trustee of VaSsar College, as
we'll as a trustee of Haverford College
and of the University of Redlands, and
was a member of the American Society
Of International Law, the American
Peace Society, the American Civic As
ISOLATION, National Audubon Societies,
Association for the Protection Of the
Adirondacks and numerous outdoor
recreation and park commissions.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Effie Newell Smiley; three sons, Albert
K, Francis G. and Hugh Smiley, and
a daughter, Ruth Smiley Sanborn.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the
Friends Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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STIMSON INSISTS
AUXILIARY CRAFT
BE ACTED ON FIRST
Continued From First Page.)

United States indicated it was ready 10
build, has abated. The view in the
American delegation is that submits
sion of the proposal has accomplished
Its purpose. Even the outburSt of
populaf opposition at home isn't I'M
palatable to Stimson'S colleagues. The
episode has had two very definite re-
suits. It has Shown-at least as lar
as is observable here-that the coun-
try is opposed to any excessive Amer
lean big navy program at London. On
the other hand, the delegation will
be able to point to its gesture in be-
half of utmost battleship parity with
Great Britain If the eventual London
treaty comes under fire in the Senate
on the ground that the delegation did
not ask for and get more at the con-
ference.
Threat Proves Effective.
OF even deeper importance, however,
is the undoubted effect which the So
called "Battleship Henry l.. Stimson'
has exercised on conference strategy
and psychology. It has revealed Amer
ica's readiness in certain emergencies
to spend money on q new nattleShip
program if there is no other way out.
Probably this state of affairs carries
more weight with the japanese than
any one else. Their anxiety to 60 home
with a treaty which will impose no
more 100000 battleships on the bend
ing backs Of japanese taxpayers is
notorious.
Our delegates in London aren't ad-
verse to letting their European and
Asiatic colleagues bear constantly in
mind q Yankee paraphrase of bit Of
ancient British doggerel, dating back
to the Crimean War. The present hour
version runs: I'VE don't want 20 build,
but by lingo If we do we have the way,
we've got the will and we've got the
money, tool"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16
Coste speed Record Ratified.

PARIS, February IS (P).-The Aero
Club of France yesterday ratified the
Dieudonne CoSte record for speed and
distance over a closed circuit set Janu-
airy 18. Coste's plane, carrying 1,100
pounds of useful load. made 2,725 miles
in % hours and 20 minutes and 20
seconds-an average Of ll6.57e9 miles
an hour.
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Marines Are stimson,s Guests.

LONDON, February is (P).-Another
victory for the Marines. They are to
get acquainted with the beautiful
stenographers attached to the Ameri-
can naval delegation. Secretary Slim
son Is inviting all to week ends at his
country home. Something or other has
been keeping them apart.