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M2 BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1930. ARRIVE FOR XMAS I I 14 Die in Blast on Italian Ship Salvaging 5,000,000 in Gold England ill Fear Qf Death Fo as found In full diving equipment wreckage of the vessel. Seven Drys in March On Washington Forl932Plank Greatest Gathering Sinee Law Was Adopted 68,173 Arrests Made Senate Grills Dennis, Tariff Board Choice ToM Coolulge Ignored Aihiceand Opposition in Selecting Iirossanl i Drought Relief Program Fixed At $60,000,000 Bill Reported in Senate Exceeds by Hoover's Total Washington, Dec. 8 P) The drought relief bill was reported to the Senate today by Senator McNary. The Senate today passed and sent to the House the $30,000,000 battleship modernization bill offered by Senator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, one of the delegates to the London Naval Conference.

The House Education Committee today approved the Davila bill to extend Federal vocational education to Porto Rico, calling for an appropriation yearly of $120,000. feyi- rQ if 7 li uunr men nu ncic taktn lo at Belle Isle. Details of the distaste) were nol available immediately, but the Aritslio was known to nave Decn heavily loaded wUh erosive. The Island of Houat Is a small sPt of land off the wet coast of Brittany. The lner E-tvpt wen.

down here In 1S22. Part of her cargo of gold was covered divers operating from the Artlglio September. LAVAL IS CALLED TO SELECT NEW FRENCH CABINET Continued from Pakc 1 disasterj, but olten has proven ne backbone of the country trn.thl.unm t.mpK It is legend- that when Ihev leave the coun- rof cuy Hfe thei become jam- IU. 1 tors, cobblers or small coal ana wood merchants. report cattle losses.

Laval, a typical "Aiiverxnat" London Blames Fog, Too lack of polish ana fiafhy quali-j Th, of BHRlan mpdiCal offi-tles, showed his political cunning clals that tne Mcuge valley Death Left to rightMrs. Herbert Hoover Jr. and her children, with Mrs. Hoover and the nurse, who is holding the smallest child, as they arrived at the Union Station, Washington, D. to spend the Christmas holidays at the White House.

making himself the obvious choice h.en Tardieu wRi.ted Mmi.sr of Labor who couid apply the newly voted sickness and unemployment Insurance last year. He has a better chance than Barthou. Preoccupied with local problems, has given little attention to foreign policy and most certainly will ask Briand to remain in the Foreign Office. Laval Second Choice Paris. Dec.

8 (IP, M. Laval's selection was not made until Senator Louis Barthou. himself a man more Poincare type, Rave up the tasi hopeless whim the Radical Socialists refused Implacably to participate in a government which included a representative of the strong Rightist. Louis Marin. M.

Laval told M. Doumergiie he would do his best and give him a area, residents of the Meuse Valley definite answer tomorrow morning. today returned to the homes from He proceeded then to the traditional which were driven last week by visits to political leaders such as the an Impenetrable fog which shut presidents of the Senate and Cham- down on them nnd brought death to Tardieu, Briand ard Poincare. 67 persons and sent away others to The Radical Socialists refused to hospitals with a and mys-become associated with a represent- i terlous sickness. atlve of the Marin Right group in the cabiriet Andre Tardlcu.

who, I was felt, must be included in a new government, hardly could be expected to disavow a group whose 100 chamber votes were always at his command, and so a deadlock arose. See Tardieu Comeback Some observer commented that in the end another Tardieu minis- Hpr Majesty questioned patients try-unless M. Poincare should re- irTerlnsr from the strange malady, consider his refusal to form a gov- an a told Vltm. that BS ernment and undertake the task- they entered the fot they wera would be found to be the onlv solu- I of "Hense pnckl ng sensation to the crisis. It was observed In their throau, followed by AT WHITE HOUSE recognition, might create serious embarrassments.

The Initiative In the matter of recognition must come from the White House and the State Department. Recognition is an Executive function. The Senate does not enter the picture at all, up to the point where an Ambassador Is nominated. In the case of Russia, the State Department doubtless would sign a pact for settlement of outstanding questions between Russia and the United States, such as the war debt and compensation for confiscated American properties. This would have to be ratified as the basis of and the Senate then would have a chance, to express itself.

Once recognition is extended to a government it cannot be withdrawn. All the United States could do, in the event of a dispute with Russia, would be to sever diplomatic relations, withdraw the American Ambassador at Moscow and dismiss the Russian Amba.4 sador at Washington. Under nor- mal circumstances this is almost an act of war. CHEEKS LUCIANO IS 'PUT ON SPOT' IN REMOTE DIVE Continued from Page 1 several booths in the combination restaurant and social His assailants had escaped. Police promptly put forth two theories for the murder.

They believe it possible that the short, round gunman with the livid scar on his chee't Anally paid the price for the cup" on the Diamond brothers and John Farina, electrocuted for their part in the bank murders. But they thought it more likely Cheeks had attempted to muscle tils way Into one of the many rackets on the East Side of Manhattan and had paid for his ambition with his life. Another shooting In Manhattan within the last 24 hours sent Balvator Dagseo, 38, of 246 E. 112th to the Harlem Hospital with a bullet wound In his side which may prove fatal. He was wounded at a wedding party in Laurel Hall Oar-dens, 75 E.

116th St. Two hours later, two suspects were being held by the police. Both denied doing the shooting. Patrolman Hears Shots Patrolman William N. Zottoll of the Elizabeth St.

station, pounding the pavements before dawn, heard several shots In rapid succession. He coulr not determine their direction at first but the barking of the two Chow dogs persisted. Zottoll walked into the athletic club at 165 Elizabeth St. and found the body on the floor. All the lights were turned on.

There waa evidence that all who had been there departed in a hurry. Cheeks ap parently struggled out of the booth and attempted to reach the door but collapsec. Ontilde the clubrooms, which are on the ground floor and open on to the sidewalk, Zottoll found a motorcar and two more Chow dogs in it, barking furiously. Detectives Immediately recognized Cheeks. Formal Identification was made by the dead man's brother-in-law.

Stephen Olrardt, of 137 Chrystle St. Questioned by police, he gave little information. Shifted lo Dannemora Luciano dropped out of the news when sentenced In February. 1926, to serve from five to ten years In Sing Sing Prison for perjury. Once he broke Into print, however, when Warden Lawes ordered his transfer to Dannemora, that stronghold In the mountsin fastnesses which prisoners call It Is not known when Luciano was released, but apparently he reformed at Dannemora and got time off for good behavior.

The Indictment grew out of his spectacular performance in suddenly recanting the testimony he had given against the Diamonds and Anthony Psntano. Panlano, a clerk In the West End Bank, Is serving a life term for his part In the crime. Luciano's affidavit, In which he kdmltted perjuring himself, was obtained by Edward J. Reilly, counsel for Jack Farina. Farina, missing when the Diamonds and Pan-tano were tried, surrendered about the time Luciano had a change of heart.

Luciano promptly disappeared. Charles J. Dodd, then District Attorney, began an Investigation to fix the blsme for his disappearance but the Inquiry came to naught and Luciano finally aurrendered. Stock Is Killed Mil i lie That ill Wllic.l 67 R'lrian Died WW Farm Land London, Dec. 8 tP) England feared the appearance here of the mysterious epidemic of death which last week spread through the Mcuse Valley In Belgium under cloak of a heavy fog and took 67 lives of humans and killed considerable cattle and livestock.

Near Grosmount. Yorkshire. 10 cattle died Sunday on one farm of a mysterious, unidentifiable malady of which the symptoms, veteri- narlans aia. were muci. nse victims u.c l-'Ke BP1S1UII1 Oil.

lirril I.11.1BI... has from the lo3 the past few days aimou none nlh.r In lhi li-rritorv were due to fog alone has found considerable support among London doctors with a wide experience of fog effects. They cite official returns of several very fopgy periods. In one of which the deaih rate arose from a normal 12.5 per week per 1,000 to 14.3, or an increase that week of 8.000 in the number of deaths. The Daily Mall today quoted an unnamed authority as saying that "the fog may have killed 60 persons In Belgium, but it almost certainly killed 8.000 persons in London." It is explained that the increased mortality here, official returns show, is due to bronchitis.

Queen Cheers Stricken Brussels, Dec. 8 (flt Heartened by their Queen's visit to the danger Queen Elizabeth, known as a skilled nurse herself, was tremen- dously impressed with the conditions she found In the Mcuse Vallev, where many locked themselves their homes wit-i trfir livestock to shut out the foj and others fled to higher ground, t. for many hours after the fc; disappeared to I return to their mes. nausea. On the basis of her ques tioning she -'-ed an inquiry to determine the causes of the and a pedal commission was formed for the purpose.

Three More Die in Day This consists of three professors attached to the Queen Elizabeth Scientific Foundation at Brussels and thrpe professors of Liege, who already have beun their Investigations. They will hear evidence from physicians who treated sufferets and from those who conducted autopsies over the dead There were three mote deaths yesterday, bringing the total casualty list to 67. Several theories are extant in explanation of the visitation. Principal among these are that the victims were pulmonary patients whose lungs were unable to withstand the unusual fog ana that noxious fumr-ft, possibly emitted by industrial plants. had been kept near the ground by the heavy fog.

Official statements ascribed the deaths to the cold fog. JEWISH TIIEATKRS LOSE Nine JewLh theaters in Greater CASH" on Hand that dram too MONEY in this savinp hank is "cssh on hand" since it is available at a moment no lice. It earns a high rate of inter-. ttt, too, compounded quarterly, winch means that it draws inter-: est on the interest it has earned every three months. Keep the you are auiully using at work for you in this hank.

One dollar starts an account. ntr THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF BROOKLYN DeKalb Ave. Fulton St. ftrsmk Often: IMth Si. A 19th A.

tSSandtte: Lorient, France, Dec. 8 04 The Italian salvage vessel Artiglio, which am aha i vry.ua u. goio ounion ircm ine suukfii i Ejypt. exploded and sank olf the island of Houat with the loss of 14 lives, port officials here announced i today Tne explosion took place yestei day afternoon, but first word of It reached here today through a sign.il i station on Hoedlc Island, not far from Houat. Two of the men who were killed 1 Bandits Kidnap Manager, Rob Theater Force Him lo Go From Home Here toManhat-tan-They Get $2,000 Herman Dorlinskv.

manager of Loews Commodore Theater. 105 Second Manhattan, was kid naped by four men shortly after 2:30 o'clock this morning near his home, 845 Prospect Place, Brooklyn. The kidnapers took their prisoner to the theater and forced him to open the safe, from which they stole $2,000, the weekend receipts. Dorlinsky," driving his automobile, was within two blocks of home when a second machine forced him to the curb. Two armed men alighted and compelled the theater man to enter the other car, ordering him to He on the floor.

The machine then was quickly turned around and driven back to Manhattan. Arriving at the theater, the men forced their prisoner to accompany them to a back door and summon the watchman, Charles Daly. Daly opened the door and, at Dorlin-sky's direction, admitted the others. One man remained at the door with Daly, while the others led the manager to the front office, where they forced him to open the safe. The robbery completed, the bandits trussed up Dorlinksy and shoved Daly into a closet and sped off.

ji) Vl licr, Tll Of Stealing Beer In Johnson Case Stenger and Dyn.er Clear Manor Brewery Custodian of Taking Part in II The third trial of Albert S. Johnson's $.50,000 suit for false arrest against former Chief Deputy Marshal August Ferrand and former Prohibition Agent Joseph Mattls was resumed today before Federal Judge Patterson, with former Assistant Federal Attorney Harry Chiert, Arthur Stenger and Adolph Dynzer. former employes of the Manor Brewery, and former Federal Com miss oner William J. Wilson successively called as witnesses. Chiert testified to Johnson being brought before him as the then head of the criminal division of the Federal Attorney's office on April 15, 1927, of his making out a liquor law conspiracy complaint against Johnson at the behest of the defendants and of moving Its dismissal before Judge Inch a few months later.

He said he moved the dismissal "after a conference with the then Federal Attorney," who as William A. De Groot' Objections by Morris Kam fcer, counsel for Mattis. and by As sistant Federal Attorney James Wilkinson, counsel for Ferrand. prevented Chiert from explaining why the dismissal was moved. Stenger testified that the night of April 14, 1927, he and Dynzer visited the Manor Brewery, West New Brighton, S.

where Johnson was a deputized custodian under the late Jesse D. Moore, who was U. S. Marshal. He said they went to drink beer, as they and innumerable others did at all hours during 1926 and 1927, when the brewery was under Government seizure for Vol-steaj act violations.

He said when he left the outhouse In which he had been drinking, he and Dynzer, without Johnson's knowledee, stole three half-barrels cf beer. He testified that they were arrested by Ferrand and Mattls as they left the brewery with the beer In an automobile and that Ferrand and Mattls then arretted Johnson as having been a party to the theft. Dyner corroborated (his testimony. Commissioner Wilson testified that Johnson had been arrslgned before him on April 15. tint he had flxed bail at 110.000 on request of Chiert and had committed Johnson to Jail In default of ball.

Johnson obtained ba4l three days later. Cnal jn Ciln L'll! rVNI 10 Students in Madras Bombay. Dec. lift Death of 40 students of the London Mlwion School at Erode. Madras, altrlb- ni.H i k.

WM mated afterward that a folind lltenM nlrn tn for lhe mn the soup as a rone- 1 nuenre hem. hlhlv Th. cook one of Ue vlcllmil Federal snpplv to 18.800 gallons of spirits. 21.188.000 gallons of win together with considerable quantity of rum. brandy and about 10..

000 000 gallons of industrial alcohol. Dr. Doran said his agents had seized (683 automobiles, valued at 13290 830. together with (4 boats In addition to the eases resulting In Jail sentences In Federal courts and fines totaling M.7,732. ke said, courts either suspended, pa or probated sentences I gating 5.305 years.

were last in nrv ujr hU he of as it 1 I I i Washington, Dec 8 OP) Alfred P. Dennis of Maryland, a Democratic member of the Tariff Commission, told the Senate Finance Committee today that former President Coolidge Ignored his advice in appointing Edgar Republican, of Utah, to the commission. The nominations of Dennis and Brossard, as well as of the four othei commissioners, are under by the committee. Questioned by Senator Harrison Dennis said that when Coolidge asksd his opinion of Brossard, then an expert for the commission, he told him Brossard had done good work but suggested that since he was from Utah, and had been an expert in the susar eat, these circumstances might possibly be a handicap. Dennis testified de was a "moderate protectionist" but denied he was a "nominal Democrat." "I am a regular Democrat and can submit documentary proof," he said.

Had Sought 50 Changes He added that during his six years as commissioner, 50 reports had been sent to the White House for changes in duty und the flexible clause. On the basis of these, he said, the President proclaimed five decreases, 14 to 15 were "never heard from" and the remainder were increases. He declared that he signed most of the reports recommending in creases and that in one case, the President followed the opinion of one commissioner, himself, against the recommendations of four. This was In the Cotton Warp-Knit Fabric case. Dennis said he wanted no change in the rate, and the President accepted his opinion.

The political lineup of the commission when he first went on it. he declared, threw him into contact with former Commissioner Cos-tlgan, Democrat, now Senator-elect in Colorado. "Politics makes strange bedfellows," he added. He said most of the old commis sion's decisions were 4 to 2, he siding with the three Republicans. "Some day," he remarked, "we may have a tariff commission that compares with our Supreme Court, but it won't be in my day." Armory Is Rented By Postoffice for Christmas Crush Army Trucks Also Will Be Used for Parcel Post-All Facilities Enlarged Postmaster Albert Firmln today outlined preparations for handling Brooklyn's Christmas mall, which include leasing of the 27th Division Train Armory at Marcy Ave.

and Heyward for Incoming and outgoing parcel post, securing of an extra fleet of Army trucks and moving vans to carry the mail through the streets, an addition of 3.000 men to the present force of approximately 5.000 employes. The Postmaster also said that the parcel post malls for the Oeneral Postoffice district will be transferred temporarily to the postoffice garage, enabling more efficient handling of general mall delivery at the temporary quarters for the postoffice on Jay St. Several stores have been leased as receiving places for incoming parcel post mail, as well as the armory, Mr. Firmin said. A store at 8717 3d Ave.

will take care of the overflow of the Fort Hamilton district and a warehouse on 12th St. will provide lor the overflow of Station Y. New stations will be In use temporarily at 216a Parkslde 767 Nostrand 814 McDonough 1811 Kings Highway and 9207 Flat-lands for mailing of parcel post matter and the purchase of stamps. Dr. Speer Will Assist Presbyterian Survey Philadelphia, Dec.

Dr. Robert E. Speer. secretary of the Presbyte-lan Board of Foreign Relations since 1891. has been appointed by Dr.

Hugh T. Kerr, moderator of the Presbyterian Oeneral Assembly, one of a committee to study spiritual conditions in the church and report In March to the Oeneral Council of the Presbyterian Church In the United States of America. Dr. Speer traveled all over the world, studying foreign missions, and has spoken In many "-ookiyn churches. Others on the committee are Dr.

Kerr as chairman. Dr. William Chalmers Covert, Philadelphia, and Fred B. Shlpp. Pittsburgh, with Dr.

Lewis S. Mudge. stated clerk of the Oeneral Asembly, as secretary ex-offlclo Police Morale Higher, iMulrooney States The morale of the police force Is stronger today than ever before despite an Increase In crimes. Police Commissioner Mulrooney said yesterday at memorial services for 40 members of the department mho died or were killed In action during the last year at the Broadhiirs Theater In Manhattan. Commissioner Mulrooney added It stars to the gold star flag of the Poller Honor Legion In memory of 19 men who were killed in the performance of duty during the past yesr as against eight killed in action the i previous year.

The number who died the year before waa 33. r.MI Sartaa, CUrad Bvildlnr. Washington, Dec. 8 Concentration of forces favorable to prohibition such as has not been witnessed since the question of submitting the Eighteenth Amendment was before Congress will take place here this week. Virtually every important dry leader in the country will be In Washington for one or another of the meetings scheduled, and out of the gathering is likely to come some sort of consolidation and reorganization of the dry forces with a view to increasing their political effectiveness.

The fact that a smaller number of opponents of the prohibition law will meet in what is termed a "national Constitutional convention" in an attempt to agree on a definite substitute for the prohibition law and that the Wickersham Commis sion will be engaged in formulation of its report to President Hoover addR interest to the situation. While the announced purpose of all of this discussion is the formulation of policies to be followed in the future by the citizens organizations concerned, the real intent, it is held here, is to Influence Impending action by the President and Congress with Respect to the Hquor laws. Drys Fear Modification The drys are impelled by a fear that President Hoover is preparing to folio the Law Enforcement Commission in recommendation of some sort of modification of the Volstead law, whereas the wets are seeking to offset dry propaganda, which might have the effect of weakening such recommendations. Even more In the minds of the rival propagandist perhaps is the decision as to prohibition policy which the Republican party is hound to make before the 1932 Presidential camaign. The drys.

particularly, have fixed as their main hope the keeping of the present Administration and the Re publican party on the dry side The drys virtually have written the Democratic party off as hope less from the standpoint of candidates to be nominated in 1932. They still hope to prevent the adoption of a repeal plank in the next Democratic national platform. but, even If they succeed In this, they admit that the party is likely to be kept In the wet column through the declarations of its candidates, just as it was by the pronouncement of Governor Smith In 1928. Wet-Dry Vote an Issue Featuring the discussions of both wets und drys also will be the proposal of a national referendum on the prohibition question. A preliminary meeting here yesterday disclosed that some dry leaders are opposed to this suggestion, but no less a person than Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the Board of Temperance.

Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has given a limited sanction to the plan, and It is very much in the minds of some of the dry Republican leaders who are seeking a way out of the prohibition dilemma for their party. The dry invasion of the capital will begin today, when a large group of local and State dry organizations will gather in a national temperance conference for a two-day session. Immediately upon the close of this assembly there will convene Dec. 10 a two-day conclave of the National Council of Associations Favoring the Prohibition Amend- ment. This group Is composed of 31 dry organizations, including the Antl-Raloon League, W.

C. T. Methodist Board and oher Church organizations. Hoover Stand in Doubt In addition lo these the Methodist Board will hold Its annual meeting Dec. 9 and on Dec.

12 will occur a meeting of the International Reform Bureau, attended by delegates from many foreign countries. Several dry leaders who have visited the President in the past few days came away with the Impression that he la standing firmly for continuance of the existing strict enforcement policy, but men less committed to the dry side who have visited him construe his attitude somewhat differently. The latter declare Mr. Hoover does not yet know what the Wickersham Commission will report and Is keeping an open mind In the hope that the report will provide him satisfactory way out. That Mr.

Hoover Is giving more thought to the prohibition question than to any other phase of Governmental policy, and that he views the situation respecting It with deep concern there is no doubt. Doraa Makes Report Jail sentences aggregating more than 14,000 years, imposed during the last liscal year on violators oi the Volstead act under the Jones "five and ten" and other laws, were reported today by Dr. James M. Doraa Dr. Dorsn, now Commissioner of industrial Aiconoi.

reported ss.uj arrests by dry agents and 22.405 Jail sentences out of 54.085 convictions. Up rl Dr. Doran denied considerable cor ruptlon had existed within the ranks ui prumuiutm worsrrs. fie ftaiu oo cases had been Investigated and all but one case closed. How the Government sanctioned the distilling of approximately gallons of the first whisky legally manufactured In this country since 1922 also as told.

The decision to begin the distilling of medicinal whisky, he said, waa reached after It was discovered there was on hand last January only a five-year supply. Permits were Issued for 2.104 000 gallons of whisky and 50,000 gallons each rum and brandy, raising the total that M. Tardieu always had a majority when questions of confidence were raised in the Chamber. Senator Barthou 's failure to organize a ministry of "wide republicanism," which would have included the Radical Left and Republican group of the Center and Right, is regarded as evincing the supreme difficulties in fashioning a cabinet with the Chamber and Senate of their present consistency. Religion Still Factor It Is regarded also as demonstrating that the religious question Is not dead in France, the Radical Socialists, at the last moment, refusing by unanimous vote to sit In the cabinet with a member of a group which advocates religious teaching in public schools.

Radicals Conditions Two conditions laid down by the Radicals were that the new cabinet must adhere to Brland's Locarno peace policy and strive for "fiscal Justice," the latter being an allusion to the Oustric bank scandal and recent irreculanties in trariino on the Bourse. After a new meeting of the Radl- The drought relief bill carries $35,000,000 more than was recommended by President Hoover, but it went before the Senate with the unanimous support of the Agriculture Committee, which McNary heads. Early passage was expected. While the President has urged strict economy, leaders expressed little hope of paring down this meas ure. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, has insisted upon the $60,000,000.

Consideration of the measure, beginning tomorrow. is planned. Called "Drop in Bucket" Shortly after McNary's report, President Hoover's relief program was characterized as a "drop in the bucket" by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts. He charged "gross underestimates of unemployment by those In high places." "We are all tn he said, "that the paramount business of Congress is to formulate a construction program tot the greatest peacetime emergency the present generation has known." Congress today pushed forward its relief legislation under a fresa warning against too great liberality with the Treasury's funds. On top of Secretary Mellon's disapproval of the project for paying off veterans' compensation certificates, Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, yesterday condemned the theory that prosperity could be restored permanently by spending public money.

He termed it both false and vicious, warning that with a substantial deficit in sight the money for relief purposes will have to come out of increased taxes. However, he voiced no disapproval of pending measures for expanded Federal public works and farmers' seed loans, merely urging these be kept to the minimum consistent with the emergency, and that the deficit be met by increasing Income taxes, 'particularly in the higher brackets. Any proposal to increase taxes will meet strong opposition. In the opinion of Chairman Hawley of the House Ways and Means Committee, which originates revenue raising legislation. He said money could be borrowed so cheaply it would be un wise wj ouraen ine taxpayer wiin additional levies for a temporary period.

A report will soon be made on the House Appropriations Committee's recommendation concerning the President's emergency public works program, cut from $150,000,000 to $110,000,000. Closer study of nominations was planned by Senators, with three members of the Tariff Commission up for questioning before the Finance Committee. Chairman Smoot has predicted committee approval of all six. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, keeping to his task of averting an extra session, hoped to speed up action on all the 200 pending nominations, so his branch could get to work on the appropriations being ground out by the House. Cochet Topples Lacoste, Reigns As Tennis King' Borotra Ranked Second, Bousbus in Third Place, With Brugnon Trailing Paris, Dec.

8 Henri Cochet, who shared the top position with Rene Lacoste in 1929, was ranked alone as the No. 1 tennis player of France today. Lacoste, weakened by ill health, did not engage in competitive tennis this year. Jean Borotra, the famous Bounding Basque, is rated second, but Jacques Brugnon, who paired with Cochet to turn back the American double tram, John Van Ryn and Wilmcr Allison, in the Davis Cup challenge round, is placed fourth, behind the youthful southpaw. Christian Boussii.

The ranking lint for 1930, as an-nounced by the French Lawn Tennis Federation, follows: 1. Cochet: Borotra; 3, Bouasus; 4, Brugnon; 5. Edouard Duplaix; Antoine Gentien; 7-8 Pierre Landry and Ed ouard Rodel; 0-10-11. Paul B. De rtlcou, Rene de Buzelet and Paul Feret.

Mme. Rene Mathieu Is ranked first among the French women players. Cochet generally has been recognized as the world's leading amateur tennis player In the last two seasons. Rubio Defends Policy Of His Financial Aide Mexico City, Dec, (Pi In a brief statement today President Ortiz Rubio came to the support of his Finance Secretary, Luis Monies de Ora, who has been under fire in the Benate and Chamber of Deputies for his economic policies tn general and In particular his agreement on liquidation of Mexico's foreign debut with committee of American bankers. The President approved De Oca's efforts to find a solution of the country economic Ills.

BORAH ADVISES U. S. RECOGNIZE RUSSIA AT ONCE Continued from Page 1 tion and in mv opinion the evils that some people anticipate from recognition are Imaginary and more likely to be visited upon us by persistency in refusing recognition." Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg, Michigan, Republican, and member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said: "I think the attitude of Wilson, Lansing, Harding, Coolidge and Hughes, was correct. American recognition Is not 'for That Is perhaps an invidious way of putting it, but arguments for recogntion in terms of trade advantage do not impress me.

The fundamental basis of dealing between nations is good faith. With out good faith, there is nothing to build upon. The Soviet Government has a record of profound bad faith and it is a bad faith that Is de liberate. "I agree 100 percent that the United States should not object to whatever form of government Russia choses for That is Russia's business. But it is our busines what sort of government we have in the United States, and the Russians have announced a deliberate plan to cause the disintegration of our government, within our own borders." Recognition of Soviet Russia is not in prospect at this time, accord-Ins the prevailing sentiment of the Senate and the attitude of the Department of State.

The State Department still stands on the memorandum which Charles Evans Hughes wrote in 1923 when Secretary of State. This memorandum, in general, provides that the Soviet Government must validate the so-called Kerensky debt of plus interest since 1917; also provide compensation for the confiscated properties of American citizens. The Russians never have made a direct move to open negotiations for settlement of these basic questions. The State Department, meanwhile, stands pat. The attitude of the Senate is, on the whole, not hostile to Soviet Russia.

In the absence of a definite proposition for recog nition, which shall set forth specifications, the Senate is Indifferent or antagonistic at the present time. The general feeling is that the outcome of the five-year plan should be awaited before the subject of recognition is broached. While some Senators are opposed to the whole Russian Idea and others fecr the spread of Communistic propaganda in the United States, the main concern Is the effect which the dumping of cheap Russian goods on the world markets will have on American foreign trade. Full of Complexities This Is a problem full of complexities. If the five-year plan is a success and if the Russian experi ment gives evidence of permanence an Inevitable clai-h will come between the Communistic and capitalistic systems in the world markets.

For this reason the attitude of the State Department, as well as of most Senators, is one of caution. On the other hand, it is pointed out that the greatest competitor of the United States in the world markets, at the present time, In Great Britain, which Is also our best customer. There Is no doubt recognition of Soviet Russia would lead to expansion of American trade. With American consular officers and trade attaches scattered over the vast distances of the former Russian Empire, information on trade opportunities would become available to American exporters. Ke jgnltlon also would tend to facilitate and stabilize credit conditions.

At present the United States Is placing a series of embargoes on certain products on the pretext these are the result of forced or convict labor. The burden of proof Is on the importer. The United States Tariff Commission, which has the job of Investigating such conditions, has Its hands tied. Itannot obtain any direct Information on conditions In Russia from an American source, it can send no agents Into Russia and there are no American diplomatic or consular officer to examine the situation in Russia at first hand. When It was proposed that Treas ury representatives should enter Russia to investigate the charges of forced labor, the State Department obtected.

The presence of American officials In Russia, In the absence of cals today their leaders Issued a New York closed after last msht communique calculated to clrar performance for an Indefinite peri-thelr skirts of responsibility for the od when managers and representa-breakdnwn of the Barthou combine- lives of the unions failed to agree tlon. The statement emphasised I on wse reductions aimed to keen the loyalty of the Radicals to the i the theaters the Public. National. Republican Idea and insisted that i Mollv Picon, Yiddish Art. Prospect.

Barthou failure should be I Rolland. Hopklnson, Odean and ascribed to the demands formulated Lvrlc open. by other groups when the Tardieu When the stage hands and mu-cablnet was overthrown. siclans unions refused to accept This referred to M. Tardieu any cuts In pay the deadlock ensued.

declaration that he would be glad to I co-operate with M. Barthou jr I members of his majority in the I Chamber were recognized. Friends of Tardieu today charged that the Radicals were secretly fighting to seep mm out oi the cabinet. The opinion was expressed In some political quarters that if M. Laval decides to give M.

Tardieu a portfolio he again will encounter the hostility of the Radical group. 12,000 Stock Companies T4 R- i i cu omm About 12.000 stork cornoratlons are scheduled to be dissolved short- ly under a proclamation bv Secretary of State Edward j. Flynn through concerns' failure to file the i required annual franchise tax re. ports with the State Tax Commls- slon during tlie past five years. The names of these corporations ulll be I published in the Slate bulletin, is-.

"lud monthly under direction of the of State. At this time 'r 11,1 bout gsno Panics dissolved bv ororlamation HiiriTlOJl IH1I ScorPfl As Site for College Denouncing the 43-acie Wod- Harmon site In Mat bush which the Civic Council of Brooklyn rallj meal as a see ror the new Biook-lyn College. William H. Allen. dec tor of the Institute for Public Service.

In a letter to the Board of F-sti-mate today said the fixing of the 15.500.000 price for the site was by methods which "give a sinister color to the project The site. Mr. Allen savs, "la of Interior parrels, mith access lo nlv one tret a-Kl h'mmrd tn rv rs'l li 1 church and apartment hou-e..