Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1930, Page 2

PLICIR e O9Y Ifibmq fufiuaryraqg Farmers Estimated ‘as Cut in Half, ' Dueto Dry Weather. hkd L BY SHOMAS R. HENRY. “yirginds, " With an estimated Tods to s farmérs |6f $100,000,000 due to the ¢ drought, 18" éonfronted with its"most serious economic condition since the Civil War. The annual income of Maryland farmers has been cut in half this year. Such is the picture to date of the T 10 it LARGE SEAT SALES 485 | ONBULDING FUNDS| FOR BENEFIT GAME ' effects in mearby States of the unpre-| cedented dry- weather this year which burned up the corn and hay crops and forced the sacrifice of live stock. A report to Secretary’ of Agrioulture Hyde from Dr. Charles F. Marvin, chief of the Weather Bureau, which was made public today, describes the condi- tion as “the most severe drought in the climatalog! | Rocky Moyntains, Prof. Mat.in states, “bad as much as normal precipitation from 'June to August, the priacipal mmths. and some half cdzen less than half the normal.” """ Can’t Make Predictions. No comprehensive answer can given as to_the cause of the abnormal conditions, Dr. Marvin says. “It is best explained,” he states, “as a prolonged mmh tion of the air over nearly the con! W) unfnu,l.ex nt of the United 4 £ ble BB s etion.” ought still hardly broken “4d the Vicinity of thie Dis- triet of Wr wemgr Bureau ex: perts say they have little basis for p dictions as to the effect on Winter tem. peratures or prospects of a more ade- quate water supply in communities served by wells. "Anl};n prediction,” said D&’wmum‘ ‘J. phreys, “would have many ‘ifs’ in it to be of any e.” Conditions in Virginia were plctured Harry meeting . of in Wuh:’?&n counties, he sald, are Shenandoah Valley not had rain for seven months. “Virginia is con- fronted,” he said,” “with the most seri- ‘ous ccanomic condition it has had since the‘war between the States. May Need Charity. “The $100,000,000 loss we have suf- " he continued, “is only part of the actual cash loss we have suffered. Next we will find that we will be without a hay crop. Unfor- tunately the loss has fallen-on those ‘who cannot pay it, and as a result Vir- 18 in a most _condition. thousand farm people, Approximately affected. The n | Gone r SECRETARY LAMONT. LAMONT 70 TELL OF JOBLESS AID Head ‘of President’s Cabinet Committee Will Explain, Work to Radio Forum. \ Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Cams merce, .chairmain . of the . President’s Cabinet ‘Commniittee on Emergency Em+ ployment, will give a complete summary of all that is being done to relieve. the| unemployment situation and, to give aid to those in actual distress, in an address he will make Saturday night in the National Radio Forum arranged b The Evening Star to be broadeast ovei a Nation-wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting System. The speech be_heard locally through WMAL. Probably no person in the cguntry, not excepting President Hoover himself, is in closer touch with this problem than Secretary Lamont. From the v start, when Mr. Hoover decided that situation had reached such serious ptro- portions and that there was danger of many persons suffering physically’ this coming Winter, and that something must be done of a definite nature, Mr. Lamont has been his field marshal. Labors Co-ordinated. ) 4 Mr. Lamont has directed tHe work of the special committee of six éabl members designated by the to formulate and submit strengthen the organization eral activities to successfully situation and to bring about an Sty snd manioIpaly . suporiES: county and municipa a mgmtmpollmleommlmt'uw make a survey to serious and far-reaching was the unem- situation. When this was t and his associates o only fol- 10 Sep~ tly more than 60 per s‘c.l-lnmcl itation ex- some not hitherto affected. “July and August combined brought the weather of record to Penn- irginia, West Vir- Maryland, Vi x&. Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas, ‘with ln”lven(e of only 41 per cent of Streams as well as crops, Dr. Marvin said, were seriously affected by droyght. ““The dry ther,” he said, “is plainly reflected in the low water stages along the Atlantic slope of Penn- &“mvuh, Maryland, Virginia and North . Many of the small streams | L ares to the low Through the entire area, according to reports of the drought commissioners, the unprecedented Summer and Autumn Jeft a trail of poverty and want, the full extent of which will not be appar- ent until the effect on planting eondi- tions next Spring is known. 50,000 Families Affected. ‘Tenant farmers nning to “talk red,” is the report of Seth B. Storrs, Alal comm'ssioner of agricuiture. He ates that more than 50,000 families in 67 counties will be unable to carry on unless some way can be found to furnish them credit. One-third of the 243000 farms in Arkansas will re%mre aid, according to Harvey C. Couch, head of the relief committee of that State. He estimates that $12,000,000 will see the farm fami- lies on their feet again, “on the assump- tion that the Red Cross or the Lord will carry them through the Winter.” to 10,000 farmers need lege of Agricul- ture. In Kentucky, if was reported, dairy cattle have decreased 21 per cent, beef cattle 32 per cent, hogs 33 per cent and sheep 19 per cent. With their crops burned up the farmers had to sell them. Between 25,000 and 50,000 rural families will need help to carry them through the Winter. About 40 per cent of uumr(nmn will be unable to pay es. About 30,000 farmers in the hill sec- tion of Louisiana “have not made suffi- clent to take care of themselves,” reports B. P. Thompson, chairman of the Louisiana Relief Commis- area, only one balé to 20 acres. normal crop would be three bales $200 Minimum to Family. ‘The to an of New York as director of the tion. in charge of this vitally Lamont has be mm& ‘worl this wi To Prevent Suffering. Bearing in mind the President's words when h poinfed the Cabinet Unem- Tendency to - Haggle Over How to Spend $150,- 000,000 Develops. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. A tendency to haggle over where and how the $150,000,000 will be spent for public buildings has cropped up in Con- gress and the usual disinclination to give blanket aythority to the executive departments has appehred. But the urgency of the need for prompt spend- ing of ‘Government funds to help re- lieve unemployment is such that any delay will probably not be popular with the country, and hence a compromise may have to be worked out auickly. Already the Presidént has replied to Congress leaders by pointing out that no new projects are contemplated and that the funds will be used to com- plete ‘measures planned or hertofore authorized. The danger of delay is that when once the pressure starts from various congressional their representatives to stipulate specific appropriations, the measure may never bz acted upon before the new year. It is the desire of Mr. Hoover to have the bills passed in the next week or so, with the hope that work can be given §o thousands of persons before Christmas. Cofigress Favors Idea. Congress ' has 'reacted favorably to ‘the ides of spending: the $150,000,000 i public projects, ' though a number of, members feel the sim is. iInddequate to g},’t the emergency. The adminis- tration realized this before sending the esm‘nte to’ Gongress, but Zelt that it would be better to send in & ‘request for '$150,000,000 now, and then, if the Govérnment_ financial program cleared up, more sums could be authorized. It is generally agreed that an appro- priation ‘of a billion dollars comes nearer the sum necessary than the amount asked for by the President. How to raise a billion dollars when there is will | a prospect of a $180,000,000 deficit this current fiscal year ending June 30 is the stumbling block. Suggestions have been ;mdz Iny NwmeY nk :get well‘rare Committees ew York that a huge 10an be floated similar to the Liberty Joans ‘of wartime. Uriquestionably a billion-dollar bond issue could he floated with relative ease, and with the abundance of money and good judg- ment in fixing the interest rate it might even be oversubscribed. ' The difficulty is not in getting the money, but in deciding the funda- mental question of whether the emerg- ency is sufficlently acute to add to the public debt of the Nation, which has been- gradually feduved isince war days. Depends on Situation. ¢ School ‘of . thought which thinks m'fhwn debt has been cut down too rapidly already will say-it is merely an- otgnr WAY. q!hmnvmnl some of the sums taken the people in tax- ation during years and using prosperous it for the benefit of a return to pros- school of thought which m‘h The jeves the soundest policy is to retire | pa the wat debt as rapidly as possible, and thus keep the credit of the American Government on & higher basis than the rest of the countries of the world, will not for a moment approve a $1,000- 000,000 bond issue. But neither side can tell what the coming Winter may produce. If the situation gets worse, the big loan will be considered seriously by Con . 1f business improves, the idea be abandoned. (Copyright. 1930.) LA GUARDIA PLANS _ - FIGHTQN PAY BAR_ - IN HOUSE MEASURE uthorities. | (Contintied ¥From be to advance M;;nm "m" 4,000,000 peoplé Who would b€ glad to work in & week, WALLED CITY FOUND IN TRIPOLI DESERT Dim;cry Announced by Langston Moffett of Washington, Mem- ber of Expedition. By the Assocthted Press. MURZUK, Tripoli, December 5.—The discovery of a walled city in the wild Germa district of the Southern Tripoli desert has been announced by Lang- ston Moffett of Washington, D. C., on his arrival here. Moffett of the Prorok-Roselll ‘;A :ut maol'-l.t'l:c 'wnued city in 1‘1: almost per! 5 of preservation,” way he described it. Count Byron Kuhn de Prorok is the leader of the party. Langston Moffett is a Washington free lance newspaper man and a mem- ber of the Cosmos Club here. Officials of the Archeological Insti- tute here today were unwilling to dis- cuss the value of the find reported by MofTet until they can ascertain whether a well grounded archeol was with the Prorok-Roselli expedition. ELECTION OF PINCHOT COST FAMILY $208,500 Pennsylvania Governor Spent $149,000 and His Wife Con- tributed Remainder of Sum. By the Associated Press. < HARRISBURG, Pa., December 5.— Gifford Pinchot’s election to the Gov- e A O ] book $208,500. q Pinchot’s personal expense account, filed today, revealed a total fture of $54,000 in the general election. He paid out $95,000 to run his primary cam| In :Hdulon. Mrs. Pinchot contributed $40,500 to the election fund and $10,000 in the primary. The Governor's salary is $18,000 & year. Club Honors Nobel Prize Winners. is & member | that tion. i }A{gerewtore cut the budget estima eT | lead from President Hoover when have one day’s . “Pay Iniquities Can Wait.” “It may be that there are some in- equalities existing in the departments in the pay situation, but they can wait. No employe of the United States Gov- t has to go out upon the streets and ask for to eat. If there is any one of them that feels that he can better. his tion—and I there are many of them—he is at lib- it. The United States Gov- a university where training 1s had for men and women for higher places and to enable them to get h- er compensation. I am glad to relate that several waited on me today about these increases and said that they had never given a thought to the facts that I have stated, and in view of the dis- tress throughout the country they said they were ashamed to press the matter. 1f there is a need to right this matter, this is not the time to do it. This can wait until the next session of Congress; 1t can wait until a better time, when the sun of prosperity is again A and when everybody shall have a chance for employment—a chance to make a living.” Representative Taylor, Democrat, of Colorado, pointed out to his colleagues “the administration is urging upon Congress the strictest economy at the same time the President recom- mends an increase in the salaries of Pederal employes of something like $28,000,000, and the gentleman, as chairman of our committee—and I may say I am in full accord with the gentle- man in all the administration’s econ- omy program—but as chairman of the Appropriations Committee the gentle- man now recommends that we go in the face of the President and disregard his recommendation and refuse to ap- propriate for these salary increases.” Proud of Budget Cut. Chairman Wood replied that “the ropriations Commitiee has fllfl\l;nt- 3 e was again applauded when he sald, “We have cut them every year and I am glad that we have.” He admon- ished his colleagues that “sentiment is the finest thing In the world, but we should not let sentiment run away with our judgment, and we should be free to exercise our judgment as free men and women.” Chairman Wood concluded the nrg; ment over salary .increases for Government workers by saying: “I think that is very pertinent and I wish to make this observation: I do not think that in the country or in the histo country when such & fallen the world as is 3 were the peo&l; of the as well niz:d to meet it with cour- efficiency and success as they are to meet this one. I need only give . ‘The Red Cross has $5,000,000 for the purpose of relieving the present distress. They have only disbursed $500,000 of it. That is the only need they have had for disbursing it. * Every village, every hamlet, every city in all the United States took the led about his table the representa- esentatives of g .ge SLHH iLast of Grid Clash Tickets Being Disposed of by Police and Firemen. Police and today were dis- posing of the last of the large batches of both general admission and reserved seat tickets for the foot ball game be- tween the United States Marines and the Coast Guards at Grifith Stadium tomorrow afternoon for the benefit of the unem of the District. The policemen and firemen, accord- ing to Newbold Noyes, chairman of the Game Committee, have disposed of a larg: number of the pasteboards. The firemen have sold the tickets through- out the week in a house-to-house and office-to-office_canvass, about 8,000 of them so far. Police have had the tick- ets for sale on the streets and at the precinct stations. A definite check-up of the number of tickets disposed of by the poi oe had not been made this aft- erncon. Seats Assured Disabled Veterans. Definite assurance today was given all disabled war veterans that they will be provided with seats for tomorrow's colorful game. Busses have been ordered by a special committee, headed by Isaac Gans, and the inmates of Walter Reed, Mount Alto and the Navy Hospitals will be provided with transportation to and from the game and ',“hf i:nic:n!dellu u.)u::;tlgl the progress of the gridiron % Buyerp's of tickets who have contributed to the cause of helping the unemployed, but who do not intend to see the {lme. have turned in a generous supply of tickets to the Gans Committee, and more are expected late today and to- morrow. Reserved seats and general admission tickets will be sold before the game to- morrow at Grifith Stadium. A large block of seats will be put aside for the policemen and firemen, who have done yeoman. service in getting the tickets to_the public. In an effort to arouse further the in- terest of local business leaders in the gante, a statement was issued today by Mr. Noyes. More Business Backing Asked. Mr. Noyes said: “The indications are that the game will be a complete success. Only one factor is essential to insure this result. That is the more substantial backing of the business establishments.in Wash- ington. “There never has been- and there never can be—nor should there be—a thoroughly successful local civic enter- prise that has not had the whale- hearted support of mercantile Wash- ington. “Por some reason, and it is doubtless the fault of those of us in charge of the arrangements for the game, this enterprise in the interest of avital civic function has not, so far, been af- forded that support in adequate meas- ure. Local unemployment is infinitely more & direct problem of local business men than it is of official or even social ‘Washington. Official and social Wash- ington have more than played their rts in meeting this emergency. I cannot believe that when the last re- turns are in the business element of our community, which has always borne more than its full share of our local responsibilities, will, in this instance, do less than is appropriate. “Unable to place the urgent necessi- ties of the moment before each. leader of local industry personally, I make this lea: % “If you were asked to contribute $50 or more toward the amelioration of local unemployment you would not hesi- tate. -Asked to contribute this sum and receive in return a box for an excellent e uSiaguhes sroupe. cver of the m assembled in the National Capital, I urge that you do no less. “Send a message or a telegram to George Adams, 507 District Bu.\]dn::: and order will be promptly fill Act as host in your Box to your junior your executives, encourage your employes to attend, and the full success. of this es- sential civic endeavor is assured.” W00DCOCK TO USE MARYLAND RAIDS AS DRY ARGUMENT (Continued From First Page.) fiscal year. ‘This amount would enable him cZ' increase the number of agents from about 1,500 to 2,000, assign 200 special men for big conspiracy cases, and continue the 24 instructors who are now teaching agents throughout the country how to enforce the laws. “The promotion of some of the more efficient agents to positions as special districts. Between 10 and 14 vacancies in Baltimore were filled recently from civil service eligibles in Philadelphia, brought in because the list of eligibles from the District of Columbia had been exhausted. Rum-Runners Caught. The report given Col. Woodcock today b; Bllntordnmd Ford was &:Dlted after the two'men visited all ‘out- signifi- greal cance as & fact-finding effort because it is being carried on by a force three times larger® than the normal stafl that enfordes the law in five counties instead of three. The agents are not working in Calvert. and Montgomery Countiés and both are in Blanford's Jurisdiction. A blockdde kept by the Washington lice across six entrances to the Cap- tal siriee Monday has netted the cap- ture of two liguor Tunners and 15 cases of contraband. The result tended to support Blanford's assertion today that the rum runners are kesping under cover. “We traveled the roads all night Wednesday and after 12 o'clock we saw few automobiles of any description,” he said. rs realige .that we are bound to run across them some- where, some time and the result is that the flow of liquor from Southern Mary. land to Wash! has been cut down.” ‘Will Form New Detalls. It was indicated today that one re- sult of the drive would be the establish- ment of two permanent details of three agents in Leonardtown and Waldorf. Instead of working out of Washington as the agents do now, the men would live at the place of assignment and work ln:&:nmun The ral agents operating in the vicimity of Leonardtown destroyed three stills working in full blast, mited 12 other deserted stills and 6,000 of mash, 20 cases of assorted liquors ready for shipment and 75 gal- lons of liquor sto: in a ramshackle barn during the past week, dispatches to u’rge Star from Leonardtown today heart of McIntosh Swamp the raiders found a 500-gallon still run- ing in full blast. It was dynamited. Near the still 20 cases of liquor were discovered. Three men were seen to escape. e Tourstay atencen, neas il e still. They found 3, gallons of s | were native Americans. agents has depleted the staff in several | 0 | 10,000 to 12,000 Communist party du THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1930. ASHIN CONGRESS COAST GUARDSMEN WHO WILL DEMONSTRATE B oY Coast Guardsmen of the New Jersey district who will give a demonstration of the breeches b Guard foot ball game for the benefit of the unemployed at G riffith Stadium tomorrow. G. B. Layton, Arthur Grant and J. J. Scarborough. Back row, standing, left to right: E. Williams, R. L. Austin, P, L. Midgett, C. A. Osborne, boatswain; W. E. Ireland and E. Roswell. REECHES BU - at the Marine-Coast Left to right, kneeling in front: —=Star Staff Photo. SENATORS 10 QUIZ HOOVER APPOINTEES Power and Tariff Group Men| and Labor Secretary Face Gantlet. (Continued Prom First Page) | last November 4. The law creating the Federal Power Commission provides that not more than three of its mem- bers be of the same political party. It is presumed that President Hoover ap- pointed McNinch as a Democrat. Dr. George Otis Smith, .director of the Geological Survey for many years, is the President’s selection . for chair- No opposition to his appointment has | manifested itself so far. Senator Wat- son, a member of the Interstate Com- merce Committee, as well as the Re- publican leader of the Senate, today ex- pressed the view that Dr. Smith and the other members of the Water Power Commission appointed by the President | would in all probabflity be congrmed by the Senate. Bonner Opposition Likely. Members of the Interstate Commerce Committee at their meeting today de- | clared that they would discuss in some detall with the newly appointed Water Power Commission the office of execu- | tive secretary of the commission, which | has been held in the past by F. E. Bonner. It was clear from the discus- sion in the committee today that Mr. Bonner will have the opposition of a number of the members of the com- mittee for continuance in that office, The Interstate Commerce Committee ordered favorable reports today on.the tions of Samuel E. Winslow of Massachusetts to be a member of the United States Board of Mediation and of Frank McManamy to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Borah May Oppose Fletcher. The President’s appointees to the United States Tariff Commission are to be before the Senate Committee on Pinance tomorrow. So far the only indicated opposition runs to the nom- ination of Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the commission, and Edgar B. Bros- sard of Utah to be a member. Mr. Fletcher is former Ambassador to Italy and comes from Pennsylvania. It is understood that Senator Borah of Idaho may oppose his confirmation. Mr. Brossard has been a member of the old | Tariff Commission and has been under fire in the Senate in the past. The nomination of Willam N. Doak | of Virginia, to be Secretary of Labor is expected to come up for consideration in the Senate on Monday. The nomina- | tign of Mr. Doak was reported favorably | to the Senate yesterday and Senator Watson sought immediate confirmation, Senator Couzens of Michigan, however, | asked that the ruls be followed and that | the nomination go over for a day. Sen- | .ator Couzens did not indicate at the time that he would oppose confirmation of Mr. Doak. | 'The confirmation of the new Secre- tary of Labor by the Senate is confi: | dently expected. He has been the legis- lative representative of the Brotherhood ! of Rallway Trainmen. President Green of the American Federation of Labor, | whe urged President Hoover not to i appoint Mr. Doak, but to appoint a |'member of the federation, has issued a statement withdrawing opposition to appointment of Doak. AL ASSN CHURCH WEDDING ‘HELD BAN TO REDS BY PARTY’S CHIEF (Continued From First Page.) to the Capitol grounds and at a given signal by a member gathered on' the | East Capitol steps, when one member began to speak. A group sought to in- . vade the Capitol, he said, and when they displayed banners in violation of | the statute which prohibits such actidn, he said, the Capitol police undertook to take them away. The wmelee then started, Shelby sald, with citizens aiding the Capitol police. ‘The Capitol police, he added, discharged tear gas bombs to disperse the crowd, which was accomplished after the Metropolitan police began activities. ‘The banners displayed were not of a seditious character, he said. . Charges Oppression of Colored People. Foster charged “special oppression and prosecution” of colored people by the capitalistic classes. presentative Bachmann, Republi- can, West Virginia, asked for verifica- tion of the charges that colored people were suppressed and disfranchised in West Virginia. B “West Virginia,” Foster replied, “is the most tyrannically ruled State in the United States.” ’ He testified white and colored work- men alike were “shot down mercilessly” in West Virginia mining districts. Bachmann said he was “sorry you ;r':':ot informed” of conditions in it ‘Then the West Virginihn asked how the witness proposed to reduce w w:nt by promisi: insurance who “don’t want to work."” it,” Foster Foster to relieve it, not reduce led. respond said 30 to 40 per cent of the o8- members in the United States Mexico is tightening its immigration to ezclude lahorers and pro- | | man of the Water Power Commission. | PARTS OF PLANE FOUND Fishing Smack Locates Pieces of Craft 30 Miles Off Shore. PARIS, December 5 (#).—A Mar- sejlles dispatch to Petit Parisien today said that part of the wreckage of the Italian air liner Irony, which has been missing since November 20, has been found by a fishing smack between Leu. cate and Port-Vendres, 30 miles from the coast. The air liner disappeared with all on board while engaged in the Marseilles-Barcelona passenger and PARLEY O GHOUR DAY DRE CALLED (1,500,000 Rail Workers Ral- lied to Join Move of “Big Five” Brotherhoods. By the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, December -5.— The 1,500,000 union railroad workers in the Nation were being rallied today'to join the “Big Five” operating brotherhoods in their fight for shorter hours. Representativgs of the 16 other labor groups in the railroad industry were asked to meet with executives of the ; “Big Five” at Washington next Monday as another step in the campai launched at Chicago last month to ob- tain a six-hour day, eventually with eight-hour pay. Robertson Calls Parley, ‘The call for the conference was is- sued by David B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- Een and tf.v.:llnemen .:lgr:h‘n‘?:“rx‘: of e executives’ group of % ive” who gathered here yesterday. - At the same time the labor groups will consider joining the operators in a united stand against what they termed “unfair competition on waterways and highways and the developing threat of pipe lines.” Some Favor Five-day Week. Thére was no announcement of de- tails of the Wuhlxgwn conference. The Brotherhoods of Firemen and Engine- men, Raliroad Trainmen and Engineers, the Switchmen’s Union and the Ord of Rallway Conductors stand for & six- hour day, while some of the shopcraft unions have favored a five-day week. ter &lm was not officially dis- cl at the present meeting, it was annoynced. Further plans for the Washington gathering were being considered today, along with more or less routine matters within and between the “Big Five.” Be- sides Robertson, those present were Al- vaney Johnston, grand chief of the en- gineers; A. F. Whitney, president of the trainmen, and T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmen's Union. E. P. Curtis, president of the conductors’ order, was to have attended, but was called away L by other business. JAPANESE jOBLESS PLAGED AT 400,000 30,000 Tons of Shipping Is Re- ported Tied Up, With 5,000 Seamen Idle. By the Assoclated Press. ‘TOKIO, December 5.—The number of unemployed persons in Japan today was estimated officially at 400,000, and un- officially put much higher. It was noted that 300,000 tons of Japanese shipping is at present tied up and that 5,000 sea- men' are idle. Despite the government's “no loan” policy, the cabinet has approved a plan for flotation of about $17,000,000 for con;trucunn of roads and other relief works, $750,000 JOB RELIEF PLAN OFFERED BY BEEDY Unexpended Navy Appropriation May Go Into Pay Envelopes of Civilian Workers. By the Associated Press. A $750,000 unemployment relief par. cel in the form of an unexpended naval appropriation may be cut up to pro- vide pay envelopes for civilian navy yard workers through the Winter. Representative Beedy, Republican, Maine, who originated the , said today he was certain it wculd b approved by the department and the House Committee on Naval Appropria- tions, which discussed it today. A gentlemen’s mgreement bétween the committee and the department re- quires that unexpended appropriations be returned to the Treasury. Beedy would have the agreement temporarily m- | #bandoned. SHEFFIELD APPOINTED Former Ambassador to Mexico Heads Barnard Trustees. NEW YOI December 5 (#).—Ji 2 named chairman of, ers who compete with FEDERAL PROPERTY ~ COGTS DEPLORED Assessor Cites Price In- | creases When Needed Land Is Condemned. (Continued From First Page.) | ment award was just twice this figure, | or $12,000. A Without naming the particular site or owners, Mr. Richards said that one woman who had contended she was making a lving in her property as a rooming house and did not know where else to move on account of high prices, | had recelved $37,000 for a plece of property which had sold, according to the record of the last prior sale, for | $16,000. ards said, to the conclusion that con- demnation brings about twice the price of a previous sale and on the Supreme Court. site about 183 per cent of the assessment. Asked about the price paid for Con- gress Hall, which was torn down to | make way for the new House Office Building, Mr. Richards named the figure of $733,000 as the price the Govern- ment had paid. Mr. Rchards said that the assessment on this y was only about half that amount and had been fixed after a showing by the prop- erty owner. Discuss Potomac Hotel Case. Mr. Richards spent some time dis- cussing the case of the Potomac Hotel, which was also on the site of the House Office Building. He discussed the par- ticipation of Henry H. Glassie, assistant to the Attorney General, in the Potomac Hotel matter, declaring that Glassie at one time had placed the figure of $200,000 on the Potomac Hotel, but said the Government finally paid less than that. In the Reno subdivision, near Thirty- eighth and Ellicott streets, Mr. Richards sald some property which had been assessed at about 20 cents a foot was acquired by condemnation for a price of about 40 cents a foot. . Contrary o the predictions of a local Jawyer and real estate man, who said that it'would cost the: Government not less than $9,000,000, and maybe $12,- 000,000, for the four .squares, Mr. Richards expressed the opinion that the municipal government would be able to purchase them for $6,500,000. Chairman Mapes, coming back to the question of condemnations again, asked Mr. Richards point blank: “Is the Gov- ernment’s case handled as well as the O uant ke o “I wol ' e to say,” replied Mr. | Richards. iy When asked why he was not ealled as an expert witness at more con- demnation hearings, Mr. Richards re- plied, “I can't be witness, purchaser and assessor t the same time.” Calls 1920 Construction Cost Peak. On opening his testimony, Mr. Rich- ards again took up the discussion of how he arrived at assessments of prop- erty and pointed out that actual values were now much lower than in 1920, which he described as the peak of high- est construction cost. e sald that his office made no attempt to change as- sessment with fluctuating sales from year to year.” “We make no attempt to strike the highest peak of sales,” he said, “and we don't attempt to strike the lowest of them.” Mr. Richards wound up his testimony for the day by explaming a statistical table compdring the assessed value of real estate in Washington with 30 other cities having a population under 1,000,- 000 persons. .This - table showed that the assessment in the District is close to full value when compared. with the average in tilese 30 citles. Mr. Richards will resume his testi- mony when the committee reconvenes tomorrow morning at 9:45 o'clock. In the meantime, after the committee’s instruction he will prepare a written statement showing how he arrived at the comparative assessment figures. Thomas F. Murphy, assistant chief of the United States Bureau of EfM- clency, also is expected to be called as a witness at the hearing tomorrow. He will explain the bureau’s latest re- port on the fiscal relationship between the two governments, which is based on an exhaustive comparison of tax methods in 14 cities. BURGLARS FAIL TO OPEN SAFE IN FURNITURE STORE Enter ° Seventh Street House Through Trapdoor on Roof of Building. Making their way across several house tops to the building occupied by the P. J. Nee Furniture Co., at 745 Seventh :wtreet,hhurnllu enure:é lt;h;.:’knmemre a traj an an un- successful eflm‘ptdo&grbrelk into the sefe. The burglars ubandoned their efforts after knogtn{ the dial off of the strong box and making a futile attempt to op:n the door with crowbars. Flt chief ive Sergt. 3 of the homicide and safe squad, found that the robbers made their way to the roof of a vacant building on Sixth street and walked to the furniture store. o 'l‘extil—e Mills Plan Change. __ | tions from Rome three days All these figures pointed, Mr. Rich- | INAVY COMPROMISE 15 OFFERED FRANCE British Suggest 8-Inch Cruis- er Parity With ltaly as Negotiations Basisi By Radio to The Sta s PARIS, Prance, December §.-The Franco-Italian naval negotiations, after having faded out in Geneva, have sud- denly again flared onfo the 8- tional screen in the form of & new compromise propcsal .put. forwatd by British experts. This proposal, which reached Parls last night, follows: 1. France and Italy would have seven 8-inch cruisers each. 2. In small cruisers and destroyers there would be no new construetion, but only ton-for-ton replacement of superannuated units. 3. Submarine construction would be stopped until 1936 with the completion of the 1930 programs. Ofters Italy_S-Inch Parify. This proposal gives Italy parity in 8-inch cruisers and gsks that France agree to have only' se¥en thereof, in- stead of the niné called for in the French naval program by 1938. In small cruisers and destroyers as ‘well as in submarines, it permits Frafice to maintain its present wide margin of superiority over Italy. France can, moreover, inerease this superiority it it likes by bullding 70,000 tons of new capital ships authorized by the Wash- ington treaty which Italy is also au- thorized, but is believed not to be in financial or technical pesition %o build. The French government fell last night, and in any case it would not vet have had time fo examine the British pro- posal, but information reaching the Chicago Daily News from competent quarters is that the proposal will form an acceptable basis for discussion as far as France is concerned, Further- more, French experts apparently con- sider it opens the way to a four-power treaty if Prance accepts it, as seems likely, and Italy refuses. Italy May Talk Figures. It is said to have been after 'he. Italian experts received new instruc- that the British evolved the present com- promise. It is suggested that under the stress of the economic erisls and moral pressure from Great Britain and the United States, Italy perhaps is now more willing than heretofore to talk actual figures instead of always bring- ing forward the principle of absolute - parity. 1t is noteworthy that the British pro- gnnl is s0 framed as to safeguard the iritish policy of a two-power standard v].!-l-v\!u ".,!:!: continent, thereby ine= suring, proposal is , that the London naval treaty m« firm until 1936, (Copyright, 1930.) SMITH CO. DEFENSE ,LIMITS TESTIMONY OF U. S. WITNESSES ———— (Continued From First mz chjected strenuously to Justice Hitz. He pointed out that the defense did not ob~ Ject to any testimos could give as to matters of recotd, but that it did object <o ition by him. rhum‘fln, Wm counsel on ‘point, Hitz sus- Malone, theri went into detalled de- scription” of another transaction fivolv- ing G. Bryan Pitts, -/ $16,500 Cashiét’s Check. “On Janu: 5, 1828,” he “there was deposm“d to Pitts’ cndn.“'h the Commercial National Bank an item of $20,000. On that samhe date a cashier’s check for $16,500 was issued by the 3 ve, the Co, for (4‘{:00 was issued, by same, bank that' day to_snother: , and also plidtdrby‘u!mnh’ Nows: 1y Miss Dow] testified earlier in the week that in the late Summer or early Fall of 1928 she had been asked by an official of the Smith Co, to in- dorse the cashier's check for $16,500 made payable to her. She testifled that she did indorse the check and gave it back to the official, but that she never received any of the money called for by the check and that it was not due her. Malone’s attempt to explain the sig- nificance of these transactions also was cut short by the court, for the same reasons advanced in the earlier argu- ment on this point. It required an hour and a half this morning for the witness to dispose of 3 of the 95 alleged acts of embeazzle- ment in his direct testimony. If he takes up all of the items in as much detail he will be on the stand at least a week before being turned over to the defense for cross-examination. $530,000 Deposits Claimed, E. J. Armbruster, agent of the Bureau of Investigation, 'specializing in ac- counting, yesterday told the jury that Pitts had deposited a total of ap- nroxll!nltel);n S%gfl,oflsaqu?;‘\ 41 different ocgasions e ern d g Marylanc ‘The individual deposits ranged from $4,000 to $60,000, the witness said. Each of the items was listed in a bill of particulars furnished the defense, and the Government:says it will prove the money was em| from the funds of the Smith Co. One of the features of Armbruster's testimony was his description of the manner in which he ‘“reconstructed” & record of Pitts deposits in the trust company. “The regular bank ledger sheets cov~ ering Pitts’ account had disappeared when I went to the bank,” he declared. “Therefore, I took the daily proofsheets of the bank, beginning as far back as January, 1926, and checked every de- posit made since that time until I had ) found every deposit made by or for Pitts.” The witness said this was pos- sible in a small institution, but would have been out of the question in a larger bank because of the great noms: ber of depositors. Flames Sweep Catonsville Garage. BALTIMORE, Md., December 6 ().— More than a score of automobiles were destroyed early today as fire, enlivened by several explosions, swept Jones & Frindt's garage at Catonsville, /