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“ WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, continyed cold tonight; minimum iture about 17 degrees; tomorrow, cloudy; not quite so cold. Tem- peratures—Highest, 31, a terday; lowest, 20, at 6 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 9. " Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 b — No. 31,263. Entered as second class matter post_office. Washington, D C WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,216 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1929 — FIFTY PAGES. FH¥ BUDGET OF $3,830,445,231 ISREQUESTED BY HOOVER, WITH $47,880,228 FOR D. C. President Asks $160,000,000 Tax Cut. ARMY AND NAVY FUNDS BOOSTED Bright Picture of| Nation’s Finances Is Painted. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. President Hoover today laid be- fore Congress his first budget mes- sage in which he récommended a reduction in taxes upon incomes for the calendar year 1929 amount- ing to approximately $160,000,000, submitted a request for $3,830,445,- 231 for all expenses of the Govern- ment during the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1930, and pre- sented & bright picture of the state of the Nation’s finances, with a warning that care must be taken not to jeopardize either the bal- anced budget or a continuance of the program of tax reduction. The President pointed out that there was no doubt that increased revenues had always followed the lowering of the taxes in the past and that the stimulus given to business was partly responsible for these upward jumps in receipts. He called attention to the fact that the public debt has been de- creased during the past 10 years approximately $10,000,000,000 and that the Government is “wisely committed to a policy which in- sures the further progressive re- duction of the debt.” He estimated the Treasury's outlay for the 12 months beginning next Ji at $4,102,938,700 and forecasts that there will be surplus at the end of ~E uly | day along with a statement that busi- Increase of $3,300,000 in District budget. Recommendation of second $3,000,- 000 for new municipal center and $65,000 for preparation of plans. Approximately $10,500,000 for im- provements in vicinity of Capitol, in- eluding Capitol Plaza development, Senate Office Building, House Office Building, Supreme Court Building and Botanic Garden. Increases in salary of more than $100,000 for District employes. Abolition of portable schools with $2.710.000 for school buildings and $300,700 for building sites. For operation of District public schools—$10,018,110. For replacement of bridge across Klingle Valey on Connecticut avenue, $250,000. For new street paving and repair and upkeep of the highway system, approximately $3,400,000. For new traffic signal lights, $60,000. Toward construction of two high- temperature- incinerators, $550,000. For the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, $1,000,000. For the water servicg, $1,647,000 is recommended. Reduction in the principal of the public debt, $395,624,000, which is an increase of $11,500,000. For national defense, exclusive of all items of a non-military character, $719,089,000. This includes an in- crease of $3,250,000 for increase of the Navy and an increase of $6,950,~ 000 for alterations to naval vessels. TAX OUT PROPOSAL 1S GIVEN CONGRESS BY TREASURY CHIEF Statement Predicts Prosper- Largest Amount Ever Sought for City. $1.70 TAX RATE IS HELD ENOUGH New School Policy to Eliminate Portables. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The Bureau of the Budget trans- mitted to Congress today the Dis- trict’s financial budget for the 1931 fiscal year, recommending appro- priations totaling $47,880,228, thus establishing two noteworthy prec- edents. The budget is the largest ever submitted for the District. even more significant is the fact that it represents a change in the Budget Bureau's tenacious policy of keeping budgetary estimates of the District within a previously determined allocation. The $47,880,228 total exceeds by $1,542,572 the figure allocated in July by the Budget Bureau and is but $580,- 640 short of the amount sought by the District Commissioners in the final esti- mates, with more than $2,000,000 in supplemental items thrown in to boot. This action by the Budget Bureau comes as a sequel to the insistence of the Commissioners for a budget ity in 1930 After “Highly Satisfactory” Year. By the Associated Press. Mellon placed a tax reduc- tion plan formally before Congress to- ness was good in 1929 and promised to be good in 1930. A . Provisions for Capital. Besides the recommendations for the National Capital carried in the Disfrict of Columbia section of the budget, many Cit; . mhthi“mu:uym are - erfibu g ‘These dget. are all increases and include in the vicinity of the Capi- tol Building: -~ Enlarging and improving the Capitol grounds, u,m.gg' the | the next $4,000 and 4 per cent on all 'k ding for the United States Supreme Court, $1,000,000. The difference between appropriations asked and expenditures forecast was ex- lained as being due to the fact that ident not included any for the revolving fund of the Federal Farm Board because it had not Decesary. nthe eatimate 5 outes, necessary. of outgo, however, the amount was placed at $200,000,000. A further difference of $72,000,000 was due to a carryover of appropriations from the present year ety Will. b8 ayatlable’ next year. As submitted, the request was for $145,- 696,000 less than for this year. The tax reduction suggestion followed the previously announced program of the administration which desires a de- crease of from 12 to 11 per cent. In corporation income levies and reduc- tions of 1 per cent on normal individual incomes, making those rates range from one-half per cent to 4 per cent. Deficit Only Concern. In addition to the appropriations asked. $760,470,577 will be needed for the Post Office Department, but, inas- much as this Government activity pays the larger amount of its cost out of its own revenues, the Treasury will be con- cerned only with the deficit. The President called for increased sums for a number of Government ef- forts and organizations, including the Army, the Navy, rivers and harbors, flood control, Indian care and forest protection. Congress was informed that the Treasury would expend $59,500,000 in the present year in carrying on the huge Government building program and that it planned to allot an addi- tional $30.000,000 for next year. In addition, he will submit later a re- quest for $5,000,000 more for this pur- pose. A total of $380,392.526 was asked for the Navy, which is $16,399,000 more than last year. __Alterations on battleships, safety and (Continued on Page 33, Column 1.) SHOOTS, FAILS TO HIT, PAYS $950 IN DAMAGES Lansing Man Fires at Girl Who ‘Wins Suit for Injuries Due to Shock. By the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich.,, December 4.—The Gtate Supreme Court is of the opinion that William A. Eaton of Berrien Coun- ty should feel glad that his marksman- &hip is . !%nbop&o Nielson, a maid in a home joining Zaton's resort property, was arded judgment in lower court for $950 damages because Eaton shot at her. She charged that the shock from the experience resulted in hysterics and a subsequent hospital bill. Eaton ap- ealed. P ;uma-y in the award the ing feved a judgmen - {;:mc should feel glad he is a poor t.” iy In Good Health at 103. FREEHOLD, N. J., December 4 (#).— Mrs. Louisa Wheeler, who attributes her long life to not worrying and “minding her own business,” today celebrated her Citing & surplus of Treasury receipts over expenditures of $184,000,000 for the fiscal year ended last June 30, and estimating $225,000,000 would be avail- able for the 12 months ending next June 30 and $122,000,000 for 1931, he suggested the following rate changes: A reduction on normal incomes and corporation incomes of 1 per cent, mak- ing the levy on individual incomes % per cent on the first 4,000, 2 per cent on above that figure, with a drop from 12 to 11 per cent on corporations. Mr. Mellon said the lowering of the tax on corporations would benefit the largest number of persons. These business or- ganizations, he said, were overtaxed in comparison with individuals. ‘The Secretary emphasized his known views in making his recommendations. These included one which he had pre- viously made informally, that Congress adopt a flexible provision for the tax law which would enable the Govern- ment to lower or raise taxes as the con- dition of the Treasury finances war- ranted. Incomes Show Gains. Speaking of the surpluses, the Secre- tary said the excess of receipts was due to a great increase in individual income, which in 1928 showed a gain of $2,000,000,000 in profits from sale of capital assets, due to trading on the stock market. It was difficult to de- termine, he said, what effect “the pre- cipitous decline of security values” would have on security “transactions, “which unquestionably yielded a very large income in 1928 and the first eight months of the calendar year 1929.” Most of the Secretary’s annual containing his recommendations, dealt with conditions which governed before he recent stock market plunge, but it contained no note of pessimism for the future. As to last year, he said busi- ness enjoyed a “highly satisfactory” year. Because the indicated surplus in the fiscal year 1930 might be of the tempo- rary variety, he urged Congress to make the tax reduction through resolution, so t while it would give the taxpayers the benefit of the prosperous year. and could be retained next year if found warranted, it would permit the return of the present rates without any fur- ther action if that was found advisable. In making his tax reduction recom- mendation the Secretary said that the public debt was being adequately cared for and pointed out that the total had been uced from $17,604,290,562 to $16,931,197,747 in the fiscal year 1929. He presented estimates showing that in the present fiscal year (1930) the Treas- ury expected to collect $4,249,263434 and estimated expenditures at $4,023,- 681,900, while in 1931 it expects to col- which careful estimating has shown the District can support without raising the existing $1.70 tax rate. The under- lying reason, however, harks back to the hearings on the 1930 appropriation bill before the House subcommittee on ap- propriations, where both the Commis- sioners and the Budget Bureau were rebuked for permitting a huge =urplus of District revenues ‘to accusit’ate In the Federal Treasury. ‘The 1931 budget is significant, too, in several other respects. It sets up an en- tirely new policy in sohool-house con- struction, which is designed for the early elimination of the flimsy one-| tion. room portable buildings which have clung like barnacles to the school sys- tem for 10 years or more, and provides for beginning the five-year program of modernization of Washington's water- distribution system. But there is an ironical situation in connection with the ‘water-improvement program, for the Budget Bureau rode roughshod over the ?llnl of the Commissioners to finance it out of the general revenues, and by saddling the expense on the Water De- partment, which supports itself mostiy from income from the sale of water an increase in water rates is believed to be_inevitable. ‘The bureau did not overlook the mu- nicipal center development and recom- mended an appropriation of $3,000,000 to complete the purchase of the site, a | simila; sum having been n{pmprlwed for this purpose by the last Congress, and added to this item $65,000 for prep- aration of plans and designs for the buildings to be erected in the area. ‘The budget, however, does not contain the $500,000 recommended by the Com- missioners for starting construction of the first unit in the development—a courts building, which would house the Police. Municipal and Juevenil Courts| goqq, and the office of the recorder of deeds. ‘The $580,640 cut in the estimates of the Commissioners, therefore, reflects the Procedul’e followed by the bureau in its iberal treatment of the District in 1931. Grade Crossing Item. Still another item of outstanding im- portance provides for the elimination of two of the four remaining railroad grade crossings—the dangerous Chestnut street crossing, in Takoma Park, recently the scene of a shocking tragedy, which took the lives of two women, and the almost equally hazardous Michigan avenue crossing, in Brookland. The two remain- ing death traps will be those at Bates road, in Brookland, and Quarrels street, in_Kenilworth. The treacherous Chestnut street cross- ing will _be supplanted by an under pass at Fern street in Takoma Park, for which an appropriation of $211,000 is recommended. Elimination of the Michigan avenue crossing is to cost $145,000. In the interest of safety the Budget Bureau also recommended an appropria- tion of $250,000 to begin the replace- ment of the narrow Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley, which is to gve the Engineering Department of the istrict its greatest problem since the reconstruction of the Virginia abutment of Chain Bridge. The project is esti- mated to cost $500,000, and it involves the adoption of a temporary scheme to keep street car and vehicular traffic (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 35, Column 1.) By the Associated Press. YORK, December 4.—The Eve- ning World todays says that Mrs, Agnes Aurelia Church, former Brooklyn tele- phone girl, who was divorced at Reno, November 25, from Francols Louls Church, heir to millions left ‘by Elihu Church, “baking soda king,” plans to rewed him secretaly or, failing, to lose herself somewhere in the Orient. A cryptic telegram received from her by friends, said: “Divorce granted; am 4 to win or lose myself in 103d birthday anniversary. ufll, ‘Wheeler dislikes pul but the daily papers and is . with world events. part of the world and for- t ° get.” 'Annthcf telegram, received by her { EX-PHONE GIRL PLANS TO REWED WEALTHY HUSBAND OR LOSE SELF Former Wife of Son of “Baking Soda King” *“Sells” Him to Family for $200,000. lawyer, Miles M. Dawson, was more definite. In this message, she announced her departure from Reno. for San Fran- cisco, there to embark on a steamer for parts unknown. Mrs. Church added she was being accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Winifred Bateman of New York. ‘The newspa says that back of the telegram “is dden an af of an ex:egflmu!ly beautiful, fleummd and high-spirited young woman, who, though in love with her rich husband, divorced him and ‘sold’ mck 'nlhll !l-l;llly (‘l.w $200,000. To t unusual procedure is now “?h:ch of ndve:paturr by fleeing to China orlndhtomnwnhhllmylnder;; ot Sl or lose But| Mr. Vare's rig] t'g' Sénate has . been VARE DEFENDS RACE COSTS IN DRAMATIC PLEA'IN SENATE AS CHAMBER IS SILENT “I Never Stole an Election,” Pennsylvanian Says After Appearing on Floor, Ac- companied by Doctor. AVERS EXPENSE PER VOTE | i LESS THAN PAID BY MANY Cites 15 Years in House Without Reflection Being Cast on Name in Appeal for Seat as Wife Watches, From Gallery, With Mrs. Pinchot Seated Near Her Party. G. GOULD LINCOLN. ' “I never stole an election.” It was the voice and speech of William 8. Vare, Senator-elect of Pennsylvania, raised dramatically in his own defense in the Senate chamber today. The Republican boss of Phila- delphia had come at last, despite the fact of his weakened health, following a stroke of paralysis, to fight for the Senate seat to which he was elected in 1926. Nearly all of the Senators were in their seats to hear Mr. Vare's plea. Many members of the House lined the rear of the Senate chamber. The drop- ping of a pin might have been heard in the chamber as Mr. Vare proceeded with his argument in his own behalf, Courage Amazes Audience. For 20 minutes the veteran legislator, who had been helped into the Senate chamber by his physician, stood at a desk in the front row on the Republi- can side énd read his prepared speech. | His voice weakened at times, but it came forth strongly when he wished to lay particular emphasis upon his ar- gument. His audience marveled at his cour- age. In spite of the fact that Mr. Vare knew it had been demonstrated that a majorit; of the hostile to him, took the risk to be seated in the . attacked on the ground that his election was tainted with corruption and followed the ex- cessive expenditure of money in his campaign for the Republican nomina- Mr. Vare denied flatly there had been corruption or that the money expended for him had been excessive. “There are Senators sitting on this floor today whose election last No- vember cost more per vote, more per capita and more per voting district than the expenditures for the Vare- Beidleman ticket in the Pennsylvania primary in 1926,” declared Mr. Vare. Mr. Vare marshaled his arguments in orderly fashion. He made a strong personal plea, declaring that: “For 15 years I've sat as a member of the lower house of Congress. There never was a reflection on my character or the service I rendered to my country and my constituents. During all of my political career I have never been ac- cused of any crim Refers to Stroke in 1928, Mr. Vare referred to the stroke, which had nearly proved fatal to him in 1928. “The charges made against me,” he t in_that terrible month of August, 1928. I trembled upon the very edge of eternity, and I feel that only through the prayers of my family and my friends I have been able to acquire sufficient strength to come before you Y™ While he was able to limp into the chamber with the aid of a cane and his physician, Dr. John Shaw of Phila- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) . FOG GROUNDS FLYERS LOOKING FOR EIELSON Dense Mist Over Bering Strait Area Hampers Work of Rescue Planes, By the Associated Pres: NOME, Alaska, December 4.—Dense fog which covered a large part of the Bering Straits area today still held to the ground planes waiting to join the search for Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Borland, pilot and mechanic of a plane missing since November 9. Pilots Frank Dorbandt and Joe Cros- son took off from Teller yesterday cn an attempted flight to the Siberian coast, where Elelson is believed to have been forced down, but were compelled to turn back to their base after being in the air three and a half hours. The fog extended to an_altitude of 7,000 feet over Dionede Island, in Bering Straits, they said. Eielson and Borland had removed was | P! his last, stand fight, | ! said, ‘t;: preyed upon my mind and | This, | six K_luunlm from the icebound fur trading ship Nanuk, near North Cape, Siberia, and were making a return trip to the boat when they disappeared. A strong blizzard raged over the coast that day. A radio message from the Nanuk yesterday sald the temperature was 17 degrees below zero. A Russian ship, the Stavoropol, also is locked in the ic near the fur trader. SUTHERLAND IMPROVES. Justice Sutherland of the United States Supreme Court, who has been in a Baltimore hospital for several days,” is reported much improved by the special treatment he has received for a slight stomach trouble. As his edpreum:e on the bench is not considered imperative at this time, he has decided to remain in the hospital for the rest of the week, but has in. added a | dicated that he will return here at ths | from the $18,000,000 annual belil}nut{\:holhnm week. : t‘: the hosp! e has been iving attent to court work b lnmgllll briefs :2“ other papers which have been sent him, .g ) (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. ). 'Ill[lfl'_h JII s N W =~ I - W JURY BLAMES TANK INBLAST INQUEST No Responsibility Fixed for Explosion That Took Six Lives. A coroner's jury decided today that the fatal explosion in McCrory's 5 and 10 cent store two weeks ago was an accident resulting from the bursting of an “overheated, defective hot-water tank.” ‘The explosion, which occurred in the afternoon of November 21, resulted in the deaths of six persons and the injury of more than 20 others. Convened ifically to determine the cause of death of Miss Elizabeth Daw- son, the jury's verdict read as follows: “We find that Miss Elizabeth Dawson came to her death in Emergency Hos- tal on November 21 from a fractured hemorrhage and shock. We be- her death was the result of in- wfiu-drw an aceident resulting from the explosion of an overheated, defec- tive hot-water tank.” The jury made on effort to fix respon- sibility, nor did it indicate a belief that any individual was responsible. Miss Dawson was the first of the in- Jured to die, and consequently the in- quest was based on her death. It is the duty of the jurymen to de- cide upon the existence of any criminal responsibility for the blast, which caused six deaths and resulted in in- juries to more than 20 other persons. If the jury should find that no criminal responsibility exists, their report will contain only their version of the cause of the explosion. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt presided at the inquest. The District of Columbia was represented by Assistant Corporation Counsel Rob- ert E. Lynch and the District attorney’s office by William H. Collins, assistant District attorney. Explains Water-Tank Theory. Maj. W. A. Danielson of the War Department testified that during the infinitesimal ela) of time involved in the breaking of the water tank and the transformation of the hot water into steam a force of approximately 300,000 horsepower would be generated. , he said, is comparable to the devastating force of a stroke of light- ning. At the request of Assistant Engineer Commissioner Donald A. Davison, Maj. Danielson made an investigation of the room in which the explosion occurred. He said that in his opinion the direct cause of the blast was without ques- tion the bursting of the tank and the consequent release of the superheated water. When water heated above 212 degrees is exposed to air it is con- verted into steam and expands many times the volume of the water. It was this expansion, he testified, which caused the eruption of the sidewalk. Maj. Danielson expressed the belief that if the explosion had occurred un- der the store itself, the entire building would have been shaken to pieces. He attributed the breaking of the tank to the giving away of the “im- properly welded” bottom. He said there was no way of determining what caused the bottom to break loose, but that it might have been caused by a stoppage of the cold water supply or an accumu- lation of steam in the top of the tank. Reports Clerks’ Complaint. Lieut. Joseph C. Mofgan, in charge of the homicide squad, said that a car- bonating machine, which had been in the vault was blown entirely across Sev- enth street by the explosion. He sald that he interviewed Miss Olga V. Ship- skull, ieve (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) CHICAGO HONORS PRIEST. 225th Anniversary of Marquette's Discovery Is Observed. BYRD DEPLORES DISPUTE OVER POLAR DISCOVERIES Describes Final Dash Over Wind-Swept |text, omcia Washington woula Plateau and Race Reach Pass is the third and last installment of Comdr. B “the Bouth Bole. "Togay he deserid i Thi flight to the South rugged between England and the United States BY COMDR. Dpeaks guarding the Poiar plateau and Against Storm to on Return. d's own story of his lous after crossing the comments on the ‘‘controversy’ over his discoveries. R. E. BYRD. By Radio to The Star and the New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarcticia, December 4—There was now less than 300 miles between us and the Pole. If the sun remained, the sun compass and wind drift indicator should take us there as straight as a bee flies. We would have to ride the engines all the way. The plateau was so hlgh that stop we would have to lan miles above sea level. if one of the three engines should on snow, which at places was nearly two An uncertain thing at any time—more uncer- tain with a load aboard. The engines must keep going. I was saying this to myself when the starboard engine began to sputter. inter- ruptions the missing cylinders caused in the rythm. hesitated in his mapping work. After winnin 3 once our hardest stru; Bernt hurfl:sll; was our flight to be ended? So near the objective? ipulated the altitude control. In the effort to economize on precious fuel the gasoline had been made too lean. The motor be- gan to sing again. not missing l%eat. I say “sing,” for its roar was music when it was Flying on a flight of this kind is full of contrasts. Everything perfect one minute, the next, everything black. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) ARMY FLYER KILLED AS PLANE EXPLODES Three Companions Jump to Safety—Craft Left Lang- ley for Mexico City. By the Assoclated Press. GOODWATER, Ala, December 4.— A Lieut. Smith was killed and his three companions jumped to safety when a large twin-motored Army plane from Langley Field, Va., exploded and plung- ed to the earth in flames on the out- skirts of Goodwater shortly before noon today. Lieut. Smith's parachute failed to open. His companions were Lieut. Gillespie, commander of the plane which was be- ing flown to Mexico City; Sergt. Bremer and Sergt. Capps. The plane circled over Goodwater about 11:30 am., then headed toward Montgomery. One of the motors ap- parently exploded, and the plane burst into flames. The occupar % tude of lbolet g’fl'o jx‘e‘:tly:gd":mh-t';:euetx‘- ception of Smith, were uninjured. The plane was a twin-motored trans- port Curtis plane. The crew of the plane was on its way to Mexico City to represent the Air Corps at an ‘“aerial week” to be held ;hee;: according to the War Depart- iy g Amateur Boxer Dies. CHICAGO, December 4 (#).—Blows struck during an amateur boxing match last Saturday night at the South Chi- cago Y. M. C. A. caused the death late last night of Carl Howell, 19 years old. Howell boxed several rounds with dif- ferent opponents and noticed no il ef- fects until the next day, when he com- plained of severe headaches. Death was ascribed to concussion of the brain. TWONEW JUSTICES PROVIDED BY BIL | Senator Capper Acts to Re- lieve Congestion in Dis- trict Courts. Moving promptly to support the plea of President Hoover for improvement of law enforcement conditions in the National Capital, Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee today in- troduced a bill to provide for appoint- ment of two additional justices on the bench of the District Supreme Court. Senator Capper said the statement of the President in his annual message regarding congestion in the criminal courts of the District “strikes the heart of many of our troubles.” The Senator expressed confidence that Congress ‘would gl.l this measure without delay. “In his message to Congress yester- day.” Senator Capper sald today, “President Hoover made a statement of vital significance to the District of Co- lumbia. He sald: ‘While conditions here are better far from perfect, and this is due in rlr', to the congestion of criminal cases n the Supreme Court of the District, resulting in long delays.’ Ally of Criminal. “In my opinion, that statement strikes to the heart of many of our troubles. The congested docket is the criminal’s most potent ally. It operates also against the innocent, denying them an opportunity to clear their names by open trial. It is our most serious draw- back to effective law enforcement. Crime laughs at clogged courts. “We view with considerable appre- hension the grave statements that the District attorney’s office has 756 pend- ing indictments, some of them 4 years oid; that 322 persons named in these indictments have never been arrested; CAPTAL STARTLED BY SOVIET CHARGES OF UNFRIENDLY ACT; INTENTION DENIED Officials Are Astonished at "Russian Note Accusing America of = Unjustifiable Pressure in Dispute. HOOVER AND STIMSON REFUSE TO COMMENT Japanese Newspaper Holds Inter- vention by‘Powers as Abuse of Kellogg Pact and Likely to Harm Its Dignity and Validity. China Answers Powers. By the Associated Press. . A curt reply has been forwarded by Moscow to Paris and Washing- ton in answer to the notes of the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy calling attention to the peace obligations of China and Russia under the Kellogg pact. In the absence of the formal make no comment, but informally astonishment was expressed, espe- cially at the Russian statement that the American note could not “be taken as a friendly act.” This accusation of an unfriendly motive behind the note was vigorously denied. Chinese Reply Held Friendly. Ch Although Moscow announced that an Bernt nosed down. Harold rushed to the gas tank valves | orga; and stood looking at the engine and listening to the ja and Cul ta- tions to the State Dem"’:.umy. : Paris Paper Hits Soviet. The semi-official Paris Temps, com- menting on the Soviet reply, said that the incident showed the worthlessness of Russian signature in international treaties and accused Moscow of “revolu- than in many other cities, they are |t tionary imperialism.” Meanwhile China’s internal continued to pile up, the latest. ment in the civil war now raging being & mutiny among Nationalist troops at Pukow described in Shanghai dispatches as reaching “more serious proportions.” r:‘:::dmlétl;:en ‘were to have ol al ngpu apparently in - aration 1o oppose 10,000 Nationalls loyal troops sent in pursuit of them. Awaiting receipt of the orandum, forwarded ness with which it criticized the ac- tion of the United States in calling at- tention to commitments under the Kel- logg treaty for the renunciation of war. In this connection they singled out the passage asserting that this step of the American Government' could not “be taken as a friendly act” in view of the progress of negotiations with the Mukden provincial government of Man- churia for a direct settlement of the d'l:;u"ah over t0;‘112 Chlne;“e ).;“"m Rail- , the controversy which gave rise to the Chinese-Russian crisis, 5 Unjusiifiable Pressure Charged. The note asserted that unjustifiable pressure ‘'was being brought to bear upon negotiations: that the Kel- logg treaty gave no nation or p of nations authority to see that visions of the pact are carried out; E:; the “interference of any other upuw in the negotiations with the Mukden government or in the confiict itself could not be permitted, and, d it the American reminder of trea obligations had been received wif amazement, in view of the fact that “by its own will" the United States has no official relations with Russia. Meanwhile, a Reuter's dispatch from Harbin, published today in Shanghai, under yesterday's date, intimated that Manchurian delegates reported to have reac! an agreement yesterd: Russian plenipotentiaries the Ching jpute had ese Eas The Moscow dispatches sald Soviet (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) CITY RESTRICTS POWER USE DURING DRY SPELL (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CHICAGO, December 4 ().—Chicago remembered today, With appropriate ceremonies, that it was 255 years ago that Father Marquette, putting in from Lake Michigan, had his first glimpse of what is now America's second city, Possibly Father Marquette took one look and said: “So this is wild onion,” for, in the language of the Indians who | accompanied him, that was what “Chi- cago” meant. HAS BIG DRUG BILL. Chicago Pays $52,000,000 a Year for Its Medicines. CHICAGO, December 4 (#).—Chica- go's three millions have a million-dollar- a-week drug bill—pills, powders, patent medicines ard such—the Association of Commerce estimated today. The association said it costs the citi- zens $52,000,000 & year to keep well, or get well it couldn't say which, Some of the mone& gets back to the customers, the association pointed nuh. y rol of wholesale drug concerns in the city. — Radio Programs—Page 41 BOSSY RE-ELECTED AND WHETS CLEAVER FOR ALL OPPONENTS Bad Boy Gillis Puts His Own Guard Over 46-Vote Margin in Newburyport Ballot Boxes. By_the Associated Press. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., December 4. ~—By a margin of 46 votes, Andrew J. (Bossy) Gillis, bad-boy mayor, was re- elected to the office yesterday. He promptly ordered a detail of his own choice to guard the ballot boxes. ‘Ward 5, which gave his opponent, former Mayor Michael Cashman, a ma- Jority, of 32 instead of an expected 20° Gillis majority, came in for his con- dlemnnlfln. ;‘nln:.’her, wnlt..! how 'fh:h :: cleaver . I've IRESEMED M tal : P Gillis received 3,119 votes and Cash- man 3,073. Cashman said he would ask of for a recount. Several years ago Gillis served a brief jall sentence after a phy- sical encounter with Cashman: ‘Whether .or .not he re brate immediately, Gillis ‘could not be found by suj who crowded City Hall after the ballots had been counted and called for torches and red fire. State detectives who watched the voting during the day because irregu- larities in registration had been charged chnhnslun'le rson or arrests for ttem 1llegal ing. ke Cashman received the support of the local newspaper and business interests, and aluhnnmm;phumorhhm arity. The: total vote the largest E the city's history. b ( fused to cele- | dry Tacoma Asks Aid of Plane Carrier Lexington Until Water Is Replenished. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., December 4.—Ta- coma users of e'l”e:fle pown'ug::' indus- purposes opera under an order issued brthe mun Light and Power De) requires that ind The order, issued yesterday, made necessary by the acute of water in municipal reservoirs. will stand until rain ends the longest spell in the of weather bureau, from wi the entire “be to ;n nvslx-)murnay or &fl;rfia‘y lowever, plants operal a when steam plants have a surplus power, will not be restricted. every City officials still are effort to obtain a loan flmwv}n Navy Department of the airplane carrier Lex- , which is anchored in Sound. It is estimated that the Silicient powes o of deficiency.