The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1932, Page 1

aah) ~ 7% t i | fio «pe A Nob j i | | i North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ‘ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Somewhat unsettled tonight and Sat- urday; colder tonight, warmer Sat, ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS England Sees Grim Alternatives ACKER PONTS OUT PER CAPICA TAX IN 2 WAS OVER $4 Taxes Have Increased 246 Per Cent While Population Grew 20 Per Cent PROBLEM IS ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ State Has 4,261 Tax-Levying Agencies Spending $40,- 000,000 Annually Government in North Dakota in- cludes 4,261 tax levying and spending agencies with expenditures aggregat- ing approximately $40,000,000 a year, according to State Tax Commissioner Iver A. Acker. Figures compiled by the tax com- mission for the department's biennial report show the combined state and local tax per capita has risen from $16.55 in 1910 to $47.48 in 1932. Presenting a huge volume of data on North Dakota’s tax situation, Ack- er observed that: The present burden of taxation is grossly in excess of the ability of the state to bear. From 1910 to 1932 the state’s popu- lation increased 20.1 per cent, while the total volume of taxes increased 246.2 per cent. Since 1920, the increase in taxes, measured in 1913 dollars has been “enormous.” Is ‘Impossible Problem’ The problem of reducing taxes to the basis justified by the reduced pur- chasing power of the farm is an “im- possible problem.” For the five years, 1924 to 1928, the average tax burden was 12.5 per cent ot the gross income of the state from crop and livestock production. In 1931, the tax burden was 44.9 per cent of the gross income. Tax investigation activities should start with a study of the governmental structure, its functions, services, and administrative system, and should in- clude a study of the cost of govern- ment. ‘Tax increases have not been confin- ed to North Dakota or the United States, but have been general through- out the world. Each tax-levying and spending agency is assigned definite jurisdic- tion with authority to perform cer- tain governmental functions, with both the functions and jurisdictions overlapping, Acker said. Cities, park districts and school dis- tricts operate in the same territory, Acker added. “The state and county governments have overlapping author- ity in the same territory. The func- tions of state, county and local gov- ernments are to a great extent over- lapping. All Work On Highways The state, counties and local gov- ernmental units are all engaged in the construction and maintenance of highways. Local educational activi- ties are supervised by both the county and the state and are financed to a limited extent by both county and state. Poor relief is handled jointly by counties and local governments. The state, counties and local units are all engaged in activities. “Consequently, in analyzing govern- mental expenditures, itis necessary to consider expenditures from the double point of view of the agencies that make the expenditures and the pur- Poses for which they are made.” There is only one source available which gives an index of governmental expenditures for all purposes in North (Continued on Page Two) SEEK MOORHEAD BOY Helena, Mont., Dec. 2—(#)—Attor- ney General L. A. Foot of Montana. is seeking to locate Charles McCas- land, 12, of Moorhead, Minn., who ran away from home last Oct. 27. The boy's father, H. E. McCasland, “sked Foot to help. Gnristmas Customs fon FOREIGN LANDS In Ireland, a lighted candle is placed in the windaw to guide the Christ Child and the door is left ajar or on the latch in case shelter is sought. For the Gaels have it that during Holy Night He ‘wanders abroad as a child, cold and hungry. [see CRSTUNS N. D. Girl Wins : ! Jean Leake, above, of Emerado, N. D., won first honors in the junior indi- vidual stock judging contest at Chi- cago’s International Livestock Expo- sition, She defeated all the boys en- tered, and there were plenty. JAPS AND CHINESE IN THREE BATTLES IN LAST 48 HOURS At Least 200 Soldiers Slain in Conflicts in Sub-Zero Temperatures Tsitsihar, Manchuria, Dec. 2.—(?)— Japanese forces and @hinese irregu- Manchuria within the last 48 hours, and at least 200 soldiers were slain in the encounters. This was revealed Friday in terse communiques from advancing Japan- ese troops to their neadquarters here. Despite apparently stiff opposition, 1the Japanese have advanced north- west along the Chinese Eastern rail- way toward the Soviet border. Friday their main force of several thousand troops was consolidating its position at Chalantun, 75 miles northwest of Tsitsihar, The battles were fought in the streets and just outside that railway town. The Japanese said they count- ed 200 Chinese corpses on the frozen snow-covered plain after the engage- ments. There was no_ mention of Japanese casualties. Previously it had been indicated they were light. ‘When the Japanese took Chalan- tun, they had advanced half way to the famous Khingan mountain coun- try from Tsitsihar. It is at Manchuli.that the Chinese rebel general, Su Ping-Wen, is sta- tioned with several thousand troops, and 183 Japanese hostages. Twenty- two of these are women and children. Altheugh the Japanese offensive originally was expected to be a cam- paign to wipe out General Su, the final objective has not been announc- ed, The Japanese went into the win- ter campaign after General Su had defied them to come and get him. There still existed the danger the Japanese hostages might be slain in revenge, and no information as to their fate had been received’ Friday. Unofficial reports Friday said 1,500 troops bound for Hsingan were a combined infantry and cavalry brig- ade. Airplanes reported the defeated Chinese were fleeing through the snow in 13 below zero weather toward the Khingan mountains. Investigate Murder Of Former N. D. Man Anaheim, Cal., Dec. 2—(#)—Facili- ties of Los Angeles police ballistics experts will be called on to deter- mine whether the bullet which killed Mayor Fred Goesen, Anaheim, form- erly of Richardton, N. D., in Brea Canyon came from the .32-caliber pis- tol found in the possession of Pedro Orosco, under arrest as a suspect. ‘The bullet was recovered in a post- mortem and will be sent to Los An- geles. Chief of Police James 8. Bouldin of Anaheim id it was “possible” the slug came from Orosco’s weapon but only experts and their devices could establish it certainly. Mayor Koesel was shot Monday night by one of two men who stopped his motor car in the dark canyon and took $35 from him. Early Stage Coach Driver Succumbs Butte, Mont., Dec. 2.—()}—Samuel Earhart, a stirring vigilante days, ednesday night at his home this city. after a three-day illness, in Pennsylvania, Earhart came across the plains by oxen team and on horseback joining the gold rush to Virginia City in 1865. He prospected for a few years and latter drove stages from Helena to White- hall and from Butte to Deer Lodge ‘until 1878 when he retired. lars have fought three stiff battles in| the sub-zero weather of northwest; coach driver|Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Da- ROOSEVELT EAGER TO ORGANIZE FARM PLAN THIS WINTER Considers Calling Special Ses- sion If Lame Duck Con- gress Ducks It TALKS WITH INDEPENDENTS Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson Appointed Head of Inau- gural Committee Warm Springs, Ga. Dec. 2—(P)— President-Elect Roosevelt awaited a visit by Senator Cutting of New Mex- ico, Independent Republican who sup- Ported his campaign, Friday as in- formed circles here discussed possi- bilities for a special session of con- gress for farm relief leigslation if the; short session skips the problem. Cutting, who left Santa Fe Tuesday night on his way to Washington, was expected to arrive at Warm Springs late in the afternoon in response to an invitation from the president-elect. At the same time that Roosevelt in- vited Cutting, he also asked Senator Johnson of California, another Inde- Pendent Republican who supported him, to come through his Georgia resting place on the way to the cap- ital. Johnson, however, was unable to come. The visit of the senator from New Mexico was regarded in many quar- ters as an indication Roosevelt had ¢etermined to deal personally with the Republican Independents who supported him in the campaign. Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, the Dem- ocratic leader, said several days ago when he was at Warm Springs the Democrats would invite all those who thought along the lines of the Demo- cratic program to join them in press- ing it through congress. Almost coincident wth the expected | arrival of Cutting, the president-elect had an appointment with Rear Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the inaugural committee, to go over with him plans for the inauguration that will usher him into office next; March 4. There has come word from persons in the Roosevelt entourage that the president-elect’ would be inclined to; favor a simple inaugural. One group of intimates of the presi-| dent-elect, Thursday pointed to the! probability Roosevelt would call a spe- cial session of congress if the short; session did not bring to enactment; farm relief legislation. They explain-| ed Roosevelt was extremely anxious for congress to enact a plan that could be employed in handling the 1933 crop and that if the short session | did not produce such legislation hej probably would call an extra meeting. A.P.L. CONVENTION DRAWS NEAR CLOSE: Battle Cry From President Rings in Delegates Ears as Last Work Nears Cincinnati, Dec. 2—(7)—With a battle cry from President William Green ringing in their ears, delegates to the American Federation of Labor convention Friday moved toward ad- journment. A few resolutions, election of offi- cers and selection of the 1933 conven- tion city were the final items of busi ness, and delegates weary from eight days of sessions were expected to dis- Pose of these in a hurry. “We will draw up the line of battle and carry the struggle to the doors of industry ‘until the jobless are given jobs,” Green shouted Thursday, and the delegates burst into a wild dem- onstration of assent. Green was answering what he term- ed criticism (in the New York Times) of his threatened use of economic force—strikes and boycotts—should other methods fail to establish unem- ployment insurance and the 30-hour week, Labor, Green declared, has pleaded to no avail with industry and govern- ment for aid to the jobless. “Now,” he demanded, “what do they expect us to do, sit still?” ‘The convention defeated a proposal te enlarge the Federation’s executive council by increasing the vice presi- dents from 8 to 25. The suggestion was made by John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers, Green was unanimously chosen president of the federation Friday for the ninth consecutive year. Senator Nye Leaves | Washington Hospital Washington, D. C., Dec. 2.—(P)— kota, injured in an automobile acci- dent east of St. Paul on his way to ‘Washington early last month, just been able to leave the hospital here and is ordered to return for fur- ther treatment. Senator Nye, who was confined for several days in a St. Paul hospital but insisted on to Washington on 8 stretcher, has several broken ribs and severe lacerations, author!- ties said. ; Commission in Charge of “Texas Special” is his name, and he’s 1,200 pounds of the finest Here- ford steer that came to the Inte: Chicago. His owner, W. J. Largent, is shown behind him, shaking | hands with Walter Biggar, who came all the way from Scotland to see the show. Largent hails from Merkel, Texas. @ pound at auction Thursday. 1,200 Pounds at $1.25 a Pound national Livestock Exposition at The steer brought $1.25 Prize Animals Are Put Up for Sa IBANK OF N. D. BUYS Prices Traditionally Are Consid- $400,000 WORTH OF CAPITOL DEBENTURES Offers Only Bid Received By Building Structure Only one bid was received Thursday on $400,000 in certificates of indebt- edness offered by the state capitol commission to finance construction of the new building. It was offered by the Bank of North Dakota and the paper was sold to it at par. The certificates bear five per cent interest and are payable an- nually or semi-annually from taxes levied to finance their retirement or from the sale of state lands. ‘The sale was approved by the cap- itol commission, in session here, which | is authorized to finance the capitol building in this manner. The law provides the certificates must mature at such time as the cap- itol commission and the state auditor determine, but that no more of the Principal and interest shall fall due in any year than can be paid when due out of the capitol building fund. Certificates must mature in not to exceed 10 years from the date of is- sue. The sale of certificates must be at par, the law provides. The certifi- cates constitute a first charge on funds in the capitol building fund. Bank Robbery Case Begins at Hillsboro Hillsboro, N. D., Dec. 2.—(#)—Trial of Ed (Hungry Slim) Vandiver on charges of robbing the Merchants Na- tional Bank of Hatton, N. D., was to get under way Friday in Traill coun- ty district court here. Judge Daniel B. Holt will preside and G. McLain Johnson, Traill coun- ty state’s attorney, will prosecute. Eli A. Weston of Fargo will defend Van- diver. Weston indicated he would call witnesses to the stand to corroborate Vandiver's story he was in Huron, S. D., the day of the robbery. Johnson is expected to take testimony from bank employees and others who prev- iously identified Vandiver as the driv- er of the bandit car when it whirled out of Hatton the noon of Sept. 14) with more than $2,000 of bank funds. THROUGH WITH MOONEY CASE Sacramento, Calif., Dec. 2—()— Governor James Rolph, Jr., in a state- ment Friday said in effect he was through with the Mooney case. The statement was made after the gover- nor returned from San Francisco, where he had conferred with his legal counsel, Matt I. Sullivan, a former justice of the state supreme court, {before the slaughter house for the le at Chicago erably Above Level at Stockyards Chicago, Dec. 2.—(}—This was the day for cash dividends at the Inter-! national Livestock Exposition. Breed- ers and feeders, collecting checks for jthe sale of prime animals, maintained toptimism about the future of their! branch of the farming industry. It was auction time, the last step jbaby beeves which won prizes for | their youthful owners in the junior| feeding contest. Steers which reached perfection for | 4-H club members will be turned over | to representatives of the meat trade for holiday consumption. Top price-bidding awaited the final ring appearance of the Hereford steer which won junior feeding honors for| Kenneth Zink of Verona, Wis. Prices} by tradition are much above the stock- | yards market level, although not ap- Proaching the $1.25 a pound paid! Thursday for the grand champion| Hereford. Breeders, whose large entry lists at the 33rd International gave no indi- cation of depression, held successful purebred sales and reported a large interest in prime livestock. “Purebred cattle are the best prop- erty in America today,” said R. J. Kinzer of Kansas City, secretary of the American Hereford Cattle Breed- ers association. “Good beef is the foundation of our agriculture.” Frank W. Harding and W. H. @om- have of Chicago, executive heads of the Shorthorn and Aberdeen-Angus breeders, joined Kinzer in declaring that many persons are becoming in- terested in buying blooded stock. Shorthorn men sold 40 head of Ppurebreds at an average of $175 at an auction Thursday. At an Angus auc- tion, the average was $151.50, with the top at $825. Hold Follies Girl For Illegal Entry, San Francisco, Dec. 2—(P)}—Pa- tricia Salmon, who newspaper sports writers here said advanced from singing role in a tent show at Shelby, Mont., to Ziegfeld’s Follies, was ar- rested Thursday by federal immigra- tion inspectors for investigation con- cerning her entry into the United) States from Canada. Miss Salmon, the sports writers said, gained note as a singer when she appeared in a show in Shelby prior to the Dempsey-Gibbons fight. Praises from writers who were assembled to report the fight won her a place in the Follies, they said. She was taken into custody after singing before a Shriners’ luncheon club. Inspector Rovert H. Voss, why. made the arrest, said her entry into 2 who has made a special study of the plea of Tom Mooney, convicted San Francisco preparedness day bomber. Gypsy Communication Plan Ends As Official the United States through Portal, N. D., was questioned. She was released on $500 bond. _ Says N. D. Tax Burden Exceeds Ability to Pay VON SCHLEICHER IS ASKED 10 ORGANIZE CABINET IN GERMANY Army Leader Had Been Regard- ed’as Certain Choice For Some Time REICHSTAG IS DEADLOCKED Present Defense Minister Will Succeed Chancellor von Papen Berlin, Dec. 2—(4)—President von Hindenburg Friday asked General Kurt von Schleicher, “mystery man’ in German politics and at present the defense minister, to form a presiden- tial cabinet for the republic. General von Schleicher has been regarded as the almost certain choice for the chancellorship ever since Franz von Papen’s Junker govern- ment stepped out ¢fter last month's election. The general was summoned to the president's study Friday morning, and after a conference there walked out with a mandate to form a govern- ment. If successful, he was commissioned to occupy the chancellorship himself. instead of the defense ministry he held during von Papen’s tenure of government by decree. In the von Papen cabinet, however General von Schleicher was looke: upon as the power behind the govern- ment in his “key” ministry. The choice of the army leader for the difficult task of the domestic crisis with winter approaching came after several weeks of effort on the part of the veteran president to solve {a well nigh impassible deadlock. The Nov. 6 election demonstrated clearly that Ghancellor von Papen did not have popular backing after he had twice dissolved the reichstag to avoid being unseated. ‘The president then took the party leaders in turn, finally giving Adol‘] Hitler, militant Fascist leader, com- mission to form a parlimentary gov- ernment. The reichstag was hope- Hessly deadlocked, no party there hav- ing a majority, although Hitler's Na- tional Socialists were the most power- ful single party with nearly 35 per cent of the seats in their command. Hitler requested the privilege of forming a government responsible primarily to the president—a presidial or authoritarian cabinet—but von Hindenburg said he did not trust the Nazi enough for that. So the choice returned again to the Rightist Junker group, mostly from East Prussia, many of them army men in the days when von Hindenburg was the kaiser's field marshal. Then the two most prominent In the conferences became von Schlei- cher and von Papen. Finally the choice fell to the mysterious von Schleicher. ‘The fact that von Schleicher ac-| cepted the task, it was intimated in! excellent quarters, must not be taken as an indication he believes he can unravel Germany's tangled situation or lead her out of partisan strife to} national unity. There also were intimations that General von Schleicher would not op-; Pose the restoration of the throne to the former crown prince if popular sentiment should approve such a move. At the same time the general has for years maintained friendly rela- tions with all the factions of organiz- ed labor except the Communists. COMMITTEE FAILS TO VOTE ON REPEAL House Judiciary Group to Meet Later in Day For Further Deliberation Washington, Dec. 2—()—The house judiciary committee, considering the Democratic prohibition repeal resolu- tion, was unable to reach an agree- ment at Friday morning's session and will meet later in the day to continue its discussions. Chairman Sumners told newspaper- men the meeting “is not official” but that efforts were being made by the members composing the committee to Teach an agreement on what they are going to do. He referred to the fact that the ‘committee is meeting between sessions of congress and that accordingly members feel they have no official Postmistress Dies Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 2—(P)—s There was no mail Friday for the gypsies, for little Mrs. Marle Cole, their only official postmis- tress, is dead. For 20 years she had received and delivered letters for the gypsy tribes of the world, let- ters that reached her “postoffice” from the hands of the. wander- ers who make Fort Smith a port of call, letters she sorted and handed out when other tribes registei Arkansas and the llth in the yn United States soon after she came here with her husband and started a little drug store back in '84, died at a hospital Thursday night, She had been ill for sev- eral months, ever since she fell down the stairs from her apart- ment. Her husband, W. H. Cole, is reported ill, too, She was selected as postmis- tress by King Steve Costello of the Spanish gypsies, two decades ago. Although not a gypsy herself, she adhered to their custom of to reveal her age. authority. The Texas Democrat said, however, that if a majority ef the committee asked him to pilot the repeal resolu- tion in the house Monday he would do it, but otherwise he would not. “We are not meeting in any organ- ized session,” Sumners said. “We cannot meet as a committee until congress convenes.” Sumners said that a point of order had been raised against the meeting by Representative Tarver, (Dem., Ga.), that it was without authority to meet and that it had been sustained. Meanwhile Representative Bach- man (Rep., W. Va.), left the commit- tee room and told newspapermen “it decli Friends said she was about 73 years old. $3, doesn’t look like there is going to be a \since Nov. 28, 1931, when it vote at all.” ’ = | Essay Prize Winner Oe MISS ELSIE EAGLE | Miss Elsie Eagle, Lisbon, N. D., turn- ed in the best essay on “Money and {Credit” in a national contest spon- jSored by the National Farmers Union, fand was awarded first prize. Her contention was that the money sys- {tem now “is controlled by selfish interests who regulate the value of money to serve their own selfish ends.” Miss Eagle, 18 years old, is {the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Eagle of Lisbon. ‘FINE PERFORMANCE | MARKS OPENING OF | LBGION MINSTRELS ; Friday and Saturday; Carnival Under Way One of the finest musical perform: ances ever given in Bismarck was presented to the public Thursday jnight at the premiere showing of the | ; American Legion minstrels in the city | | auditorium. | | Splendid solo numbers were backed | up by the outsanding chorus work of }@ group which lists many of Bis- {marck’s best voices. i The show will be repeated tonight: jand Saturday night in connection | which also got under way on the main, jfloor of the World War Memorial} building. | Although attendance at neither the | minstrel nor carnival was up to e: !pectations, the splendid reception gi {en the minstrel and universal praise | jaccorded it was expected to stimulate) linterest during the remaining two! idays of the showing. Hl The minstrel and carnival are the| ;major fund-raising activities of the! veterans’ organization in Bismarck} {and finance the work which the Le- i gion does on behalf of the commun-| ity. During the last year the drum jand bugle corps of Lloyd Spetz Post | No. 1, has made many trips into the Bismarck trade territory on missions| of good will. { More than $1,000 was spent by the Legion on this enterprise this year and a part of this money still is un- paid. The annual “Open Your Heart” campaign also will share in any fi- nancial benefits provided by the car-| nival and minstrel. The carnival is one of the finest | ever staged in Bismarck. All the) features of a big-time rialto have been provided by the Legionnaires for the entertainment of their friends| and neighbors. The booths are more jnumerous and better than ever be- fore with bigger and better prizes awarded the winners in the various contests which go to enliven the oc- casion. Although every number in the min- strel was given a warm reception, three different acts came close to “stopping the show.” They were the singing of “Million Dollar Baby” by the Walth sisters, a pair of attrac- itive brunettes who understand the meaning of harmony; “Mammy’s Coal Black Rose,” by Harry Hackett, a re- cent addition to Bismarck’s musical talent, and the novelty dance num- bers of Mrs. Carl Nelson, another star never before seen in a Bismarck home-talent production. Each was | required to respond to encores. Contestants in the Legion’s contest to determine a “Queen” of the veter- ans’ organization and the winner of a free trip to the Chicago World's Fair, were piling up their votes Fri- day as they neared the finish. The voting will close at 10 p. m., Saturday night and the result will be announc- ed_as soon as it can be determined. The standing of the contestants, as announced Friday by the Legion com- mittee, follows Edith Scott .. Jessie Phillips . Mrs. J. G. Mingle Ardeth Breen Grace Elness . Irene Brown . DEBT NEAR 21 BILLION ‘Washington, Dec. 2.—(?)—The gov- ernment ended five months of its 1933 fiscal year Nov. 30 with a deficit of $751,311,422 and a gross public debt }0f $20,806,013,836. The gross debt had increased more than $3,000,000,000 amount- ed to $17,310,026,954, |Veterans to Present Show Again || jwith the American Legion carnival, || (DECLARE PAYMENTS WOULD AGGRAVATE | WORLD DEPRESSION Say Revision of Anglo-American Trade Balance Would Be Necessitated WASHINGTON STUDIES NOTE Charges ‘Settlement’ Would Be Repaid Again and Again in Future Years Washington, Dec. 2.—(#)—Great Britain's new appeal for war debt re- lief—an appeal delineating dire con- Sequences to world recovery if refused again—was studied thoughtfully Fri- day by an American government which has said the Dec. 15 payments should be met. With no visible «indications they would alter their stand, President Hoover and congressional leaders gave closest attention to the 6.000-word jnote which said the London govern- ment was convinced resumption of Payments would intensify interna- tional trade difficulties. “Any resumption of these pay- |ments,” said the communication, “is bound to accentuate the gravity of the present crisis and to compromise fatally all efforts to counteract it.” There was included the statement that if the obligations must be met, jthe Anglo-American trade balance must be strengthened in Great Britain's favor. Would Restrict Purchases “In the present circumstances, this |could be done only by adopting meas- jures which would further restrict | |purchases of American goods,” the note said, adding that: “To the extent therefore that pay- Voice Sentiment | | Against = | Washington, Dec. 2—(7)—A flat }| Prediction that congress will not | act to relig.c America’s war debt- |, Ors"was made Friday by Speaker Garner. At about the same time, Secre- tary Stimson at the white house | told newspapermen “it may not be necessary to reply” to the latest notes from Great Britain and France asking suspension respec tively of payments of $95,550,000 and $20,000,000 due in less than two weeks. “Congress is not going to change the situation,” the Democratic | Vice-president-elect told reporters. “I said to Mr. Hoover, when I was down at the white house a Week or so ago, that the sooner the European nations realized the United States expects to be paid the better off the whole world will be.” Garner added. “I still think that.” Members of the house and sen- ate, both Republican and Demo- cratic, expressed sentiment against deferment of the December pay- ment. Senator Smoot (Rep.) of Utah took exception to the British statement that trade between the two countries has dwindled already since the adoption of the 1930 American tariff. Senator Harri- son (Dem.) of Mississippi described the British note as exaggerating the possibilities of disaster. Other comment was in the same tenor. | | ments were resumed to the United States treasury a definite and unfa- vorable reaction must follow to the United States producer.” Members of congress, who alone can sanction any agreement to pass the forthcoming installments or to re- examine the entire question as Great Britain desires, reserved commitment, pending a careful analysis of the British arguments, but the leaders re- stated their opinions there is little chance of granting the request. Hoover who now must make the next move in the debt situation, con- [ferred with Secretaries Stimson and Mills but he gave no sign of chang- :ing the American advice that Europe |pay up. When the first London note was received a fortnight ago the president called in congressional chieftains, but there was no word he would do so in this instance. The American answer to that first communication—as well as similar notes from France, Belgium, and sev- eral smaller countries—said the meet- ing of the December installment of $95,500,000 would create a better at- mosphere for reconsideration and that President Hoover would propose to congress the establishment of an agency to make such a study. Discussion Is Urged A discussion of the entire deb! problem was urged in the latest ap- (Continued on Page Two) SCHOONER IS ABANDONED New York, Dec. 2—(>)—A crippled Schooner, the Clemencia, from Halli- fax. was abandoned by her crew im the Atlantic early Friday after a long fight to keep her afloat. The steam- er De Grasse, in a radio picked up the Radio Marine reported that she had taken from the schooner about east of New York, and was them here. MBS. RICKARD New York, Dec. 2—(P)—' riage more than @ year ago of former Maxine Elliot Rickard, of Tex Rickard, fight promoter, Frank Dailey, known Friday bringing Ls ewes -