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NASHVILLE TACTS KnihvliW has free aiilmml transfer crric mm Ita street railway system. raL Supplied Br Kahllle Chamber ef Ceounerc TEXXF-SSri: AND ETCCKY Ie-ralljr fair Monday ami Taeadar) toie- bat warmer Monilv ALABAMA Fair anil mtwjta warmer) Xacaday part If ciuudy. ft 1 VOL 23. NO. Sl4.

FULL rep6rt or ASSOCIATED PBES9 NASHVILLE, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER lo 1928. FOURTEEN PACES PRICE ITIREE CENTS FIT! CENTJ VI AN OBS CLAMORING WAM LI FOR I POLITICAL CLIQUE- WILL FIGHT ROW OVER DIME IS 6LMIED FOR KING'S PROGRESS IS SLOW BUT DOCTORS TWO MEN KILLED -AS MOTORCYCLE IF NEED ARISES. PERILS PROGRAM MORTON-ASSERTS STREET TRAGEDY RUNS INTO.TRUCK SAYS Albert H. Scott Shot Francis Stokes, George Governor Declares Two Physicians Atten cling Him Issue Bulletins Which Do Not Minimize His Danger Down After Alleged I Crap Envoy to U. Fired W.

Seitz Die Instantly. 1 n'- War on Memphis Ma Asuncion Calm In Face of Crisis Communique Issued to Throw. I Blame for Border Skinrrish chine Banner Lou- SUSPECT IS HELD London. Dec. 0.

MP)-r-The prog WRECK MACHINE than Alliance. ress of King George today as shown Upon Paraguay. fi uy meaicai bulletins issued in the Over Boundaries morning and evening, was less fa' T. E. Smith Surrenders vorable than might have been hoped CITES DANGER for but was not altogether diB- Identification Delayed After Eighth and Bass Accident.

Paraguay, Dec. 9. Following Tenth Avenue Killing. morning and evening visits I they both paid a visit in the afternoon. morning report was; "the King has had several hours sleep.

The prologation of the fever is having the inevitable, effect of producing a certain measure of pulse, however, remains Their bulletin Issued at 8:30 tonight was even more terse. It read: The King has passed a quiet day, but there Is no diminution In the exhaustion referred to in this morning bulletin. The pulse remains (UPj-f-A state of comparative- out' Legislative Contro nouraging. They royal patient stilt has been able, to sleep and again had ah undisturbed day, but the persistence of fever conditions noticed in both bulletins is producing the inevitable exhaustion. ward calm held the capital of Para CRISIS IS TENSE Elections 3 Scheduled for Today Postponed as Country Waits "for guay today- as the government' met In great to consider the criti Two youths were" Instantly i kill Disagreement over, a dime in a dice game is said to have been the Through Speakership Is Enemy's Goal, He cal situation resulting from a mili This persistence of the fever tary clash at Fort Vanguardia, on ed early Sunday night when their motorcycle crashed into a light shows that the local affection In tn long-dlsDuted Bolivian-Para the lung still is giving trouble.

In Warns People. guayan frontier. Action. truck turning from Eighth avenue. the favor of His Majesty is the fact.

lullas Ayala, Paraguayan charre twice announced today, that the Kieaay. For the first time today In the whole course of his the affairs at La Pax. has been asked south, into Bass avenue. They were Francis Stokes, 24. oulse remains steady, which would to leave the Bolivlaa capital.

Governor Henry Iforton declared teem to indicate his exhaustion has I Li I i JSliglo Ayala, former president oi Ul0t9 Pope avenue, and George W. pulse of the King was specifically mentioned In an official bulletin. war last night on the politicians not yet reached a staee reacting Fa-aguay (1S24 192S), left for adversely on the action of his heart This jvas done, apparently, not be Buenos Aires upon a confidential who are soeklng to destroy his by organizing the legislature Another favorable point todav. cause of the shooting to death of Albert Hadley Scott. 24, by Tom K.

Smith, 30, at Tenth avenue and Jefferson street' about 4 o'clock dundav afternoon. While relatives are declared to have stated that Scott had only left his home, 1024 Monroe street, 10 minutes before the shootlj j. Smith told of having a disagreement' with his victim duiing a dice game that preceded the shooting. He said that this difficulty occurei ovef a dime in a deserted black -ause of any special anxiety about the condition of the heart of His In the view of the general public. misstch to the Argentine govern meat in connection with the pres against the administration.

Majesty, but rather as a reassur ent situation- ance that the pulse is keeping its Foreign Minister Zubizarretta In sreaay oeat aitnougn trie fever per formed diplomatic officials here of was that only two regular physicians were in attendance at Buckingham Palace. Sd far as 1s known neither Sir B. Farquhar Buzzard, Sir Humphrey Rolleston, nor Dr. H. Graham Hodson were at the palace Pointing oat that he favors abolition of the state tax and.

retention Ot the pa-as-you-go highway plan. Horton said he feared for La Pax. Bolivia, Dec I. (ff) The country Is in a great atate of excitement over, the Veaklngr of diplopiatio relations with Pain, guay, which followed a border clash between troopa of th countries last Thursday. Demonstrators-- in the here lastji night shouted beforrth presidential palace "Wa want'trnr M.

President" President Hernando Silei', pi peared on a balcony and replied "It war is "necessary will nil the clash at. Fort Vanguardia and Queen Mary, who had remained Seitz, 23, 317. Treutland street. Necks of both youths were broken, their skulls crushed and their features disfigured. The motorcycle was demolished.

The truck, owned by the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company, was hit at the front fender and running board. The Impact caved in the front of the truck. So terrific waa the speed of the motorcycle that a doo' of the truck was wrenched from its hinges. J. W.

Boyd, negro, 1120 De- later conferred with Ballon Mercado. at the palace Saturday and did not Bolivian minister. roaay, All of these had joined Lhe success of the program if the He presented Mercado with a gov take her customary drive out. was today evidently more satisfied witn of the legislature is ernment note Claiming that Boll vwnterday in signing a bulletin, and theV non-appearance today showed the condition of her consort and smith shop on Tenth avenue near accomplished by a combination of Dr. Don Manuel Malbran.

Argen vlan troops had penetrated Para- ventured a visit to the residence or tine ambassador to the U. has the scene where he was later to Shelby machine and the JJasn-, ville Banner. He named frank the Duke and Duchess of York in (Continued on Page 6) been relieved of his position by a that further consultations are considered unnecessary at the present staee nt the illness. Sir Stanlev and Lord Dawson, however, still are constantly In attendance, for in addition to the Picadllly. She stayed there for luncheon, the first time since the llioa of Memphis; E.

K. Btaniman i publisher of the Banner and A. V. presidential decree at Buenos Aires, The announcement followed a con i Louthan. editor and as a ference between Malbran and the Congress is ti r.i King wak taken ill that she has taken a meal away from the palaoe monbreun street, was driver of the truck.

He suffered onIy. minor Injuries. He was not arrested. Both youths were when thi- SPEAKER WARNS triumvirate which seeks to destroy foreign minister. sth program.

I V. The 'governor said he accepted th gage of battle and will support f.for speaker' of the Senate, first person reached them. An immense crowd was attracted by the sound of the crash. Officers, who visited the scene o' the accident, were of the belief LIPSCOMB, it has been learned that it! his voted indorsement of the forrifn policy of the. government and" au-plauded Us Two commis, slons of leading statesmen "htye been named fro advise the govern ment They will remain ia 'continuous session draw, up meriT-ency measures.

-t AGAINST OPPOSING MODERN THOUGHT HOOVE PLEASED AS FIRST LAP OF candidate among his political friends Jn the. Senate, "poors to have the most InlrUl meet Scott and kill him. The man, who asserted that he and Bcott had been unfriendly for about two years, told of having fired one shot in the ground in front of Scott and of then firing four moio shots at the man's chest, emptying the weapon. Only one shot took effect. It struck Scott in the breast.

While officers were searching for Smitli he walKed in the county Jail and surrendered at 7:15 o'clock. Ha was charged with murder and furnished no bond during Sunday night. Bfore Smith hnd surrendered. Investigating officers were told witnesses that Just before he started firing. Smith had shouted to Scott, "Drop that!" In relating his version later Smith said he meant for Scott to "drop the dimo." He maintained that that the men were not thrown far, but had their lives dashed out as their bodies were flung against the strength and who wilt have th? to tebuke publicly the ORPHANAGE HEAD FOR 45 YEARS, DIES President Siles.

In his till- HIS MISSION ENDS forts of the opposition to defeat side of the truck. Meter at 82 ilea. STATESMEN HOPE TO SHOW LOCARNO SPIRIT SURVIVES Germany Pessimistic as to Powers GoodWill. promptu speech to tha people' last night said. t'Serenlty and firmness Duke University Head Delivers M.

E. Coun- cil Sermon. The red hand on the speedome ter of their motorcycle, which reg me uunoutes or great peoples: it la necessary to be lit, full possession of The govris ment will do Its duty. We will lstere a maximum speed, stood at Death Comes to Mem nil miles an hour. But authorities as one the defense Of our coun Believes Time Is Well Spent With Good Will Tour.

stated that this speed may have ber of Family of been obtained on some other trip. The motorcycle, believed to have -Draws Loud. Applause, He was londir nhu mi noen sorrowed from a special de Hcott apprcached him with his hand a jiu President Ttoman Pn r' iivery messenger, however, was on his blp and challenged, "Go on traveling at aVhigh rata author'. u. s.

s. Maryland, En Route to Dec; k-UVr X-iigano to David Lipscomb, superintendent tip said. A. policeman is reoortod Pwk.tr.'V,y- been deeply moved jot patriot, ism, said. Th m0t I don that Chile, Dec.

night began thJob; of proving-', that have warned the -riders against HerberJS Hoover ii of the Tanning Orphan School tnr 48 years, the past ieo -s Locarno, Tha Big "Three' traveling1 ar i'nn a rot. faw im n. Uoott was holding up his hand body Will COlLnhnral utea before the fataf crash 01s begging. do that." 'when he statesmen who worei' the Locarpo until vlctorjMs assured! 'Warning 'leaders of modern youth not to run against the trend of modern thought, and the great Intellectual of today, Pr. Frank tHlckman.

professor reiiaious, edilcation at Duke University." delivered tha twentieth, annual anniversary sermon of the general Supdoy school council at West End Methodist church Sunday morning. Dr. Hickanon's address marked the official opening of the Methodist Sunday school meet, which of lrifikt 'period continuously, and a peace pacta promptly got to grip was killed, according to the statements of witnesses who were quest rriy policies in the legislature an-1 tfa organize It upon the basis of 'hostility to the administration 4 Blow at Memphis Machine The statement of the governor mun dropped into the boiling port without advance warn- ins. It is considered one of the ftmosf vigorous statements Governor Horton has yet made and revealed that meetings are now be Ong held to wrest the State Senate from friendly hands and organize around tha Merophla machine, went "down to moat trfushlng defeat in the August pri-V rtnary whn Governor Horton triumphed. The governor riddled the state-Tnent of the opposition that the ad-ministration favors a bill for the tate to take over the drainage Tionds of West Tennessee.

Ho said he would veto such a bill. If passed, and pointed out that It was presented at the 1927 meeting of the legislature by the Shelby county flolegation itself. Likewise, be asserted the power policy of the Banner has been re- peatedly repudiated by the people who fear It would Impede the rapid (development of tha state's iu uoiajn sovereignty of our rivers, which hav member of a family long Known in currecl. It was a 1925 model. Harley Davidson manufacture, and motor an effort, to demonstrate to one tioned by State Ihvestigators Joe ours." Middle Tennessee for its 'eduoa- fThla ihanutnt cycle policemen, who visited thi tional and religious leadership, died Williams and Ted Vaughan and Deputy Sheriff Will Walton.

Tlrls another and to the world that despite many ominous warnings from, public opinion, the spirit of Lo scene, do not believe that It could at the school off the Murfreesboro bctW8e" the Pilcomayo end Paraguay rivers.) Similar demonstrations h. nave been more than 00 pike about four miles from Xash-ville at 1:10 O'clock Sunday after carno still animates Europe. curred at Cochabambe, TsYlJa. Santa Cruz. Oru toJ.K: differs from Smith's statement that b'cott had his on his hip when he was shot, Scott was unarmed.

Mr. Williams declared that the witnesses said that after telling Scott to drop something they didn't hear him finish the sentence noon followina a period of 111 health of about two years. Aristldo Brland, French foreign minister, took the first step when he called on the convalescent German Minister of foreign affairs, lap or nis wiun-American gooo will tour more satisfied than ever that he decided to devote his spare time before his inauguration to gaining personal acquaintance with the people and problems of other American republics. The program which, he has carried out on the west coast of the Americas is as strenuous as those he followed in his campaign, but he finds himself in fine physical condition and eager fpr calls upon the 13. nations.

These begin tomorrow with the arrival of the Maryland at Valparaiso and end about ten days hence at Rio De Janeiro, when he will start homeward by way of Havana. Mr. Hoover will spend a night and most of two days at Santiago. Thrcusch his love of teachins the opened in-, sectional and group meetings December and. which will hold ita first collective business sesslop this morning at the Methodist publishing House.

The subject of Dr. Hickman's young intierltea irom iatner Gustav Stresemann, on whom phy-ilclans still keep watchful and anx or miles an hour. Stokes, a member of the 105th Aero squadron, and' his companion (Continued on Page 8) Horton to Greet Tennessee Health Officers Today nother well-known teacher. Pro- feasor Lipscomb rounded out his 70 ious eyes. Later, M.

Brland had a years only a few feet awav from the (Continued on Page 2) Nashville Man in Air Mail Crash address was "Christian Education In America." and he urged the correlation of the material spot where ho was born. For 11 conversation with Sir Austen Chamberlain. British secretary for foreign affairs was while his father, the late l'ror. spiritual in home training and edu- ration, as he decried' he cynical William Lipscomb was president of A Appeals to People. Franklin Oollece.

a literary school and skeptical attitude of modern The governor said he had been On the eve of the 53rd Session of tha council of the League of Na young people. informed he could secure the sup SnL Cavalry patrolled the streets of the 'c't'M but there v.as no disorder. rv wns ent to- Charge Affaires Ellas AVala, of Para? Ruay. yesterday with his "In the absence 6i th foreign -minister. I have been entrusted bv my government to tell you In reply of D'r 7.

that official odvlcs received in the foreign offic, prove withoutliav doubt that the clash between Paraguayan And Bolivian -ioiwes near Fort nainog. took place in referred to in your note. "In view of this Insolent attltud I have been instructed by mv grv. ernment to send you ma Ic passport which is attache. to this note.

You must leave this capitol o-i th. train, which lea ve' 8t off clal of the foreign office will a. At Chattanooga A "spiritual Illiteracy." abroad tions statesmen admit they are dis 4)ort of the Shelby delegation it lie ngreed to support the delegation's America today, is more danter- choice for state election commis turbed and anxious over the European political sluation. Personal sioner. Such a course, he said Gov.

Henry H. Horton will make the opening address at tho Tennessee Health Officers' conference, which convenes for a two-day session in the hall of representatives at the capitol this morning at 9 cus than any intellectual illiteracy, and should be given attention by everyone who had in his hands the direction of children and vnung where he will be greeted by President Ibanez and. at a luncheon in his honor, will exchange greetings between the people of Chile and those of the United States. Will Broadcast Speech. Chattanooga, Tnn Dec.

9 (P would do violence to his belief in contracts between leaders which Taking off at Marr Field for At honest elections. ianta at 4 clock this afternoon, a Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin of England recently advocated were peonle, according to Dr. Hickman The statement closed with an ap- o'clock. mail plane of the Interstate Air That young people are not to This speech will be the longer llns was wrecked and two pas expected to do much at Lugano to blame their attitude, which at that Mr. Hoover has made on his sengers slightly injured when the worst, is merely a mask to cover a motor balked, forcing a landing, the real hunger for the spiritual, was tour and under present arrange ments both speeches will be broad (Ccntinued on Page 2) TWO LIVES LOST IN ROOMING HOUSE FIRE Dr.

E. L. Bishop, state health commissioner, will call the meeting to order, and preside, over the sessions. A roll call by counties will precede Governor Horton's address. Topics to bo discussed at the Plane striking a stump.

The in- the opinion of the speaker, who, as cast in the United States, belns lured were J. M. Wasson, Nashville, professor, in one of this country's transmitted on short wave lengths largest universities, has come in and W. M. CIssell.

Louisville. who were en route to Atlanta. They lessen the general tension. The many governmental representatives gathered here made no effort to conceal their hope in this coih nection. Plain Speech Expected Herr Stresemann has publicly expressed his pessimism over the relations between hia country and the close contact with young people morning session will include papers on "Vitalizing a County Health trom Santiago to Nw York.

It will then be broadcast by the same svstem used sending the ac were taken to a hospital but left tor a pumper of years. Program," by Dr. W. S.1 Leathers, Cites Crime Wave. 4an Falls Four Floors Into Street.

(Continued en Paga '5) W. D. PRESTON, WOODBURY BANKER, DIES IN FLORIDA the cilv rail after their hurts were dressed. Pilot Eugene Fricks received a slight laceration of the which ante-dated the present or-phanaze. that Prof.

David Lipscomb was born Feb. 28. 1838 in bulldine near the site of the build-Innr where he died. lVofessor Lioscomb had failed steadilv in health for the past foui' yearsand had more than once asked the board of trustees, all of whom are leading laymen of the Ghurch of Christ, lie institution being operated en gifts from nienl-bers of this denomination, to release him from his duties. Hut loath to allow him to leave they had continued him in nervine, though Mrs.

Lipscomb had In recent years largely directed the activities of the school which has a j-tsff five teachers and a student liody of 60 girls, most of whom are orphans, who ru-e trained in domestic work as well as In literary subjects. Family of Teachers. David Lipscomb was the son of tli- late I'rof. William Lipscomb and Mrs. Fulghum Lipscom').

His David Lipscomb, for whom he Was named was famous in this section as the editor of the Oospel Advocate and founder of the David Lipscomb Collepe here, so that the entire family is intimately associated with schools (Continued on Page S) of Vanderbilt, and Assistant Surgeon-General W. F. Draper, of the ceptance sp-ech of the President elect to all English language coun trin. Although, the future of the united States Public Health ser face but was able to remove th church Is at slake, if this spiritual allied powers due to hesltancv lti mall from the wreckage and it was illiteracy continues, the speaker removing troops from German son The Jaryland is due to arrive at Valoaraiso early tomorrow. The President-elect will go 'Immediately to the embassy In Santiago, where It is expected that he will express dispatched to Atlanta by train to night.

said, the greater peril Is civilization itself, A church In not an end. Brother of T. Preston, but a means to an end. he will be the KUest of the ambas Mr. Wasson, who was Bllghtly his convictions and that of tho gov.

eminent he represents plainly and vigorously to his fellow Locarno architects and ask them: ''What Dealing briefly with various sit- nations and social phenomena of injured, when the mail plane was wrecked at Chattanooga late Sunday. Is an engineer employed by the the present age. Dr. Hickman vice. outstanding activities in city and county health work in 1928 will be dlscirssed by all present.

On the afternoon program will be discussions on "Fever Simulating Typhoid and Laboratory Problems" by Dr. William Lltterer and "Toxin-Antitoxin Campaign," by Dr. H. C. Stewart.

Dr. M. F. Huygood, director of tuberculosis control of the state health department, will give an account of the progress In overcoming sador during his stay In the capital. Later he will pay an official call on President I be 11 z.

The speeches of welcome probably nnd appreciation will be nt Tuesday, has happened to tho spirit of Lo carno'" cited the flippant attitude towards the crime wave, marriage and its Southern Bell Telephone and Tele The German foreign minister was graph company herp. He came to Worked in Nashville: Woodbury, Dec. News of the death of W. D. ton, 64.

former cashier of tha Stdje Bank of Woodbury, widely known Tennessean, which occurred Saturday morning at the home of hl expected to bo reassured by Influence on civilization, and modern cynicism, as things to be Nashville from Louisiana about five noon, at the luoneua, or presloen tinl oalaca. and Chamberlain, according to In months ao and rooms at the home formation in responsible quarters. eradicated bv a spiritualizing from within the home. Late on Tuesdav Mr. and 'Mrs.

of Mrs. Florence Blackburn at that Locarno principles are pre Hoover will leave the Chilean cap Broad street. In i phone mcssag Youngsters today have grown a Ital for Buenos Aires, where tney to friends in Nashville shortly af served unchanged and that the problem of the of tho son. Jack Preston. In-Ft.

T.nn.1f.K.- ter the accident lie stated that he win mane their ottlcial call on Ar gentlna itnineiand would lie settled loyauy uberculosis in the stat. "Veneresl P'sease" will be discussed bv Dr. W. D. Riley of the United States Public Health service.

sort, of artificial exterior; they have enameled not only their faces. (Continued on Page 2) had been but slightly injured. and simultaneously with llquida Tuesdav night will be spent at tion of the reparations problem. In dal.e Florida, has been recaiveS here. Mr.

Preston went to Tlorld about one week ago; His death wa di'f to double nneumonia. (Continued on Page 6) New York, Dec. 9. (JP) A man 4nd a woman lost their lives nnd six others were injured today In in upper East Side tenement pousa. Lawrence Ilanratty.

12. a room-r, died five hours after he fell 'tour floors in an nttempt to swing Jilmself from a window to an adjoining building. Mrs. Helen Link, who lived on 4he third floor, died of burns so v. ernl hours later.

Firemen said tho fire was started by a lighted cigaretto being droD-ped into a barrel of sawdust. The 'flames swept rapidly- up the oiled stairway to lir? top floor and Inn front apartment, where M. Julia Land1 and threo roomers were sleeping. Mrs. I.andls.

ypeverely burned. and Kober: Healey, another roomer who was critically burned, were tnken down ladders by flreiren. Firemen alo rescued Kdwnrd SmitJi, who lny iielpless with a broken ankle in "lis fourth floor room. Others lens Seriously Injured were carried to il street EIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 OFFICIALS TO CONFER German circles many expressions of disapproval have been beard of th parliamentary utterances of Brlana RASK0B OPTIMISTIC and Sir Austen's declaration that No Argentine Delegate Will Attend Germany had no legal right to ex AS TO STOCK MARKET iiect evacuation. But in British quarters there Is a tendency to em Coolidge Advocates Country Home Near Capital for Busy President Submits 1,000 Word Article to St.

Louis Post Dispatch Expressing Opinio ns on Presidential Office. Washington Pan-American Congress nhaslze the significance of Mr. Chamberlain's later remarks to" tire effect that evacuation of the Rhine- Demoracy Not Discredited, He Says. land was being studied In pursuance to the friendly statement made by Paraguay and Bolivia Despite Diplomatic Severance Attend Conference Militaristic Treaties. David Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson when those Chicago, Dec.

S.UP) Optimistic three statesmen gathered in as to continued stock flumps, and after the peace treaty had been St. Louis, Dec, (IP) The from a thriving town to, a great for Democracy, despite Hie election. John J. Itaskob. chairman of signed.

Washington, Dec. 9 MV-With In addition the parley will ncgo St. Louis Post-Dispatch in its fif metropolis. In which youv tion has taken an important part tlate a treaty of conciliation under Armament Difficulties which, with no exceptions- what the Democratic national commltieo, pascd through here today on his way to Rochester, Minn. One other point stressed by the ever.

all international disputes Germans Is that the relations bo one of the greatest tiouth American countries not represented and shortly after the severance of diplomatic relations between Paraguay and Dolivia, a Pan-American conference for tlio conclusion of multilateral treaties of arbitration con 'There has been an inflation tweem France and Great Britain as U. S. Engineer to Attend 0 Meeting Today. the stock market, and an orderly indicated by the recent Anglo-French naval enmpromse Is against correction will be heaSthful and helpful to business" be said. "1 hope that Investors In securities Mr.

Preston was born and reare -in Woodbury, fvhere he spent th. greater r'-rtlon of his life, betnr long identified with the baiTklo' business in that place. He wnr-son of the late Senator Huyl I'roston. and a brr.thev tf i- It. i-nd chiii'les Preston, 'pronilni' bankers at.d financiers Chatl.l; v-- All.

IfeslorTTias recently rostdrv l'i Nashille and was In the est plov the Tennessee Power U-k He survived by two chtiSriti, Vis. V. Gray, of snA J.u 1'iestnn of Florida, and nr KK-Xil child. Kathetlne Gray II4 Katie Preston. als survives- -tf Th- boc'v will be broufeiil Wrtttro Wcrdbury for burial.

1 1 No Motive Founr for Coal Operator's Slayinjr Canton, Ohio, Dec." Aflf- two days of almost contIrtuou activity. Stark county authorltle Investigitlng the slaying Vernard B. Fearn. roa' dealer, who was shot', down last Thursday evening by an unldentl- fled young woman, have been u' sble to establish a motive for" Mw crime or the Identity', of th. slayer.

A Sheriff Ed Olbaon hwir the theory that eventually one'oi the victim's friends with whom-lie m'glit have exchanged confldePee will make disclosures 5 that wllf threw some liht oi th slaylns. A ciliation embracing all American reoubllcs will ones here tomorrow. do not lose their heads and get Germany's interests because Britain, like Italy, is a guarantor of the Rhine peace-pact and hence must remain an impartial arbiter between Germany and France. Nineteen Latin-American re panicky as a result of the leveling publics and (he Utited States will take part in ther conference. Ar.

process. Mr. Raskoh declined to venture Persistent difficulies in the do gentlna alone will not be present, who would head the Democratic her covernment deciding at the last Your distinguished fathfer. Joseph Pulitzer, was tor many years one of the leading figures in the Journalism of the United States anC left his jpublications strongly marked with the force of his own character when he handed them dottn to those who are worthily carrying on the various enterprises which he had built up. Those who.

Ilk" myself. have known him by reputation, and his successors by personal contact, may well join you in celebrating your coming anniversary. "As a President about Ho retire, 1 feel at liberty to write on certain phases of that office which one who was entering upon its duties might feel some hesitation in discussing. I shall briefly express my opinion Mmcerplrtg 4 'subject which Is often broached, hut about which nothing Is ever done, although it Is recognized by everyone as a matte" the gravest importance. 1 refer main of reduction and control of armaments Is another matter clearly causing apprehension In International circles.

tieth anniversary copyrighted edition today published a 1.000-woM arttrle from President Coolidge lu. which ho tells of the.niany demands on the time of the President r.nd sucsests a country White House. The retreat nti suggested by the President would be a modest house In the. hills somewhere near Washington, to which the Chief Executive might go to rest and escape the summer heat of the capital. The article, addressed to Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the Post-Dis-patch, follows: "Your message advising me 'that tlie Post-Dispatch Is planning on telebratlng Its fiftieth anniversary with a special edition containing contributions from various people, nnd requesting me to send you an article dealing with some phase of the presidential office, has been received.

A half century Is an exceedingly respectable aae for 3 newspaper In our country. That period has seen the development ot the -community which yuu srvv minute to -adopt an attitude of watchful aloofness on the proceed party in 1932. but was certain that the showing it made in the election made It imperative for Con would be subjected to the study of an impartial Intel-national commla-slon which would Usue recommend -datlons for its settlement. Pending the reoort. for which purpose the colrirhlssion would have one or at Ita disposal, the disputants ould be ohliaed to refrain from any acts which might lead to wnr.

President Coolidge will open th conferonro tomorrow by deliveries the inaugural speech. 8eortry of State Kellogg, who with forme-Secretary Huthes forms tbn Amer! can delegation, will act ns temporary chairman tinUl; Recording the cusfSm of International conferences. Tie will bo 'offered the pot or permanent chairman as head of the home delegation. Following Mr. Coolldge'a nddres present plans call for no loss of lime with immediate organization of the conference including Inspection of credentials, nnd.

If nosslhla. comniltt? assignments. ings. The delegates of Paraguay and Bollv'a. despite, their countries' dispute, wilt sit in the congress.

gress and Piesulen'-elect Hoover to enact farm relief very soon, For EUGENE O'NEIL ILL Dec. 9. (JP) Eugene A meeting of all the weights and measures officials in Tennessee ill be held soon. Plans for such a convention' will be laid today in conference be- fween A. Bradley, state superintendent of weights and me-isurrs In Tennessee, und Ralph A.

Smith, tbnlor engineer of the bureau of standards, department of commerce. An echnnjrfi of Mens and experience will be the purpose of the fonventlon. Mr. Smith believes fhat the efficient sealer of wVlghts measures Is not financial, 'furden Upon his community, but usset. ji The place.

tim- and manner of will b2 toCay. The conference will atternnt to O'Nell, American dramatist, is to bed here but his recovery Is expected within a draw ud a treaty Whereby as great A number as possible international disputes would have to be settled by arbitration. The proposed compact's object would be to restrict to its narrowest limit the number of His physician, Alexander Kenuer. the future security or 'the 1 Demo crats, ho was posltlvJt "A party that oan lioll within per cent of its rival In the popular vote Is not a discredited party," he declared. He declined to discuss hi per-, sonnl plans excep.t to say that hs expected to remain at th Maya cj.nlc fur a week.

an Austrian nerve specialist, sat.i today that the playwright Is suffering from a slight nervous break exceptions which countries can Dlaca nn the orlnciuie of compul down and bronchitis, brought on by overwork and tho strain of travel. (Continued on Page sory arbitration, 1.