Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER., (U. 8. Weather Buj reau Forscast.) Fair and slightly colder tonight; min- imum temperature about 34 degrees; to- . Temperatures—Highest, 46, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 37, at 4:30 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he No. 31,632, Entered as second class matter post _office, Washington, D, G U. §, STUDIES PLAN T0 RELOAN FOREIGN PAYMENTS ON DEBT New York Banker Proposes Use of Such Income to Stimulate Trade. NATIONS WOULD SPEND ADVANCES IN AMERICA Non-Partisan Commission to Ex- plore Idea Is Favored by Its Author. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. A plan for the appointment of a non- partian commission to investigate pre- vailing conditions to determine how re- payments of both principal and interest of governmental debts due this country could be best utilized to world-wide ad- vantage is being studied by the Depart- ments of State, Treasury and Commerce. The plan was suggested to President Hcover by 8. R. Bertron, president of | Bertron, Griscom & Co., New York. Mr. Bertron personally presented the long report to the President, who is said to have been favorably impressed by it and then passed it to the department heads. The commission suggested by the New ‘York banker could, without causing em- barrassment to the nations involved, advise that the amounts due us be re- loaned to the debtors for a period of years at a low rate of interest, to be used for the purchase in this country of such raw materials and manufactured goods as the respective European countries could use best. Payments Involved. A somewhat similar arrangement might also be made with Germany.. Of the latter’s payments to her creditors, more than half is paid to France, which ‘would be easily prevailed upon to agree, because it would, be to her advantage to adhere to a plan similar to that which may be agreed upon between the United States and her debtor nations. It is reliably reported that the con- versations between George L. Harrison, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Clement Moret, gov- ernor of the Bank of France, ran alon; similar lines. Both men la;':ed that, while it is inadvisable at present. moment to facilitate I!Awmlck)‘ns which purposes, it is highly advisable to devise a scheme ‘whereby France and the United States, two countries which possess large qus tities of gold, could facilitate economic ::dm to relieve the present economic pression. . Mr. Bertron's argument is that the geunt palliative measures taken by the nited an govern- with the crisis must be me%mu concrete. crisis, h many regard overproduction, is underconsumptior. Overpio- the result and not the c=use the present economic unsettlement. Buying Power in Siump. A large part of the world is too poor to maintain a proper s}::mhrd of liv- 3 result that the depression ments by the greatest difficulty in providing’ gold with which ¥ make pnl)‘-im;nu' on its ob- ligations. 0 find gold for these pay- ments will be exceedingly difficult and in many cases impossible. ica a similar postponement. appeal to this country to grant them a abatement, Mr. Bertron states, and, if we refuse, we will be con- fronted with a serious situation of gloom and insecurity throughout the world. ‘What is most needed to bring about @ revival of business is, above all, a re- vival of hope and confidence in the future. By releasing to the debtor na- tions the gold they are paying us and France every year, business will be stim- ulated all over the world. Foreign Loans Curbed. For the time being the New York and Paris money markets are virtually closed to foreign borrowers because bankers in the United States as well as in Prance are not convinced that the money loaned will not_be spent on (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | CAPGNE AGAIN HUNTED AT FLORIDA RETREAT Chicago Report Traces’ Progress En Route to Sister’s Wedding on His Island Estate. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 8.—The Chi- cago Herald apd Examiner said today that Alphonse Capone, No. 1 on Chi- cago’s list of “public enemies,” was be- lieved to be in his Palm Island retreat in or en route there from Chicago. The paper added that the wedding of Capone’s sister Mafalda to John Mari- tote would be solemnized there in a few days, and that Capone, been dodging Chicago police on a \-qnnd cy charge for months, will at- ten: The Chicago Tribune published an- ng leader's t: at VALUATION OF U. 5. $10,183,391 ASKED AS U. S. SHARE OF D. C. EXPENSES Bureau of Efficiency to District Exce Finds Federal Debt eds Lump Sum by $683,391 for 1932. A contribution by the United States of $10,183,391 toward the expenses of the District in the 1932 fiscal year was recommended by the Bureau of Efficiency today in a repprt to the special committee of the House appointed to study the fiscal relationship between the Federal and District Governments. The $10,183,391 contribution would be $683,391 in excess of the Federal contribution for the current fiscal year, and, under a policy, of fiscal relations suggested by the bureau, the amount would increasé from year to year as the value of Federal holdings in the District go up, or in the event of an increase in the District tax rate. Con- versely, it would go down with a reduction in the tax levy. The bureau’s findings regarding the tax burden of Washington as well as the amount due as a Federal contribution are regarded as a distinct victory for those who have contended against the inade- quacy of the lump sum Figures Liability of U. S. ‘The bureau arrived at the amount it believes the United States should con- tribute by determining the liability of the United States as a municipal tax- payer and its lability on account of the loss in revenue due to the fact that Washington is the Nation's Capital—a formula which it advocated a year ago in a report to the House Subcommittee on Appropriations. Inckfintully. the bureau pointed out, no formula or plan can be devised against which arguments of some merit cannot be made to show that “it is not exact and complete as to all pertinent factors,” and “that the only hope of a fair and equitable solution of the prob- lem lies in a formula or plan which will take into consideration and give effect to all the principal factors in such a way that the results, considered with due regard to the position of both governments, are not unfair to either.” Tax Schedules Compared. ‘The recommendations of the bureau were based on an exhaustive investiga- tion of fiscal relations between the United States and the District, and a (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) PROPERTY SHOWN Efficiency Bureau Figure of $320,715,015 Analyzed for House Group. Methods used by the Bureau of Ef- ficlency in reaching the conclusions in its exhaustive report on the fiscal re- lationship between the United States and District Governments were out- lined in detail by Thomas F. Murphy, assistant chief of the bureau, the only witness called today by the special com- mittee of the House appointed to study | the fiscal relations subject. Step by step Murphy went through the report as it was presented to the committee, explaining the voluminous statistics it contained, but when the committee adjourned about noon he had only gone through about one-half of the report. Indications were that he would be or| the stand at least two more days—one day to complete his explanation of the ‘bureau’s clusions, and another day to -m;flwn'.eltm ‘which the commit- tee is preparing to ask him in cénnec- tion with the tax schedules and other data in the report. Bureau Rule Specific. Mufphy pointed out that the bureau followed a specific rule in arriving at the valuation of $320,751,015 it placed on Federal-owned property in the trict which is devoted exclusively to Pederal activities. H:huld tiu aurelus‘ investigators took e valuation of $500,000,000 placed on all Federal hold- mfi in the District by Tax Assessor Wwilliam P. Richards, and excluded all Federal-owned property dedicated to District use as well as that devoted to park purposes. The result of the appli- cation of this rule, he said, produced a valuation of $320,751,015, a figure, he said, the bureau believed to be fair for the purposes of taxation, if the United States is considered in the light of a municipal taxpayer. %?lfelu, Mr. Murphy emphasized, accepted the valuation of Tax Assessor Richards only after conferring with David Lynn, supervisiig architect of | the Capitol, officials of the supervising architect’s office of the Treasury and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of | public buildings and public parks. All; of these Government officials, he de-| clarzd, agreed that the valuations of | Mr. Richards appeared to be fair. In ‘arriving at a valuation of $90,000,- 000 on personal tangible property owned by the United States, Mr. Murphy ex- plained that the bureau determined the (Continued on Page i POSSE MEMBER SHOT BY RECLUSE SLAYER Youth and Deputy Killed and Two Wounded Before Oklahoman Is Piaced Behind Jail Bars. By the Associated Press. PAWNEE, Okla., December 8.—Jess Powell, recluse, sought for the slaying of a youth and a deputy sheriff last night,” was captured early today at Ralston, near here, but not before he had wounded seriously Louis Raba, a posseman. Sheriff Allen Jones of Pawnee County told the Associated Press that Powell admitted slaying Floyd Bell, 18, and Ed Hartwick, Pawnee County deputy, from ambush. Bell's companion, Marion Kendall, 20, was wounded by the 65- year-old farmer. Powell shot Raba four times on the street at Ralston when Raba and sev- eral others alighted from a motor car to take him into custody. Powell pre- viously had surrendered to City Marshal Hili and citizens at Ralston and the Ralston officers were holding him, awaiting the arrival of the p from Pawnee. Powell was brought to the jail here and placed under heavy guard. Feeling was running high. RUFFIANS ATTACK OPERA PARTY AND DESTROY Socially Prominent Chicago for Damage to Their Head Coverings. By the Associated Press. THEIR SILK HATS Group Unharmed Except “We don't like siik toppers,” the four chorused from an automobile as mem- bers of the party, all soclally LINDSEY OBTAINS TRIAL CONTINUANCE Faces Disorderly Conduct Charge After Being Ejected From Cathedral. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 8—Former Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, who was ejected from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine yesterday after he had interrupted Bishop William T. Manning, appeared in West Side Court today and obtained a continuance until December 12 of a charge of disorderly conduct. He pleaded not guilty and told Magistrate Dreyer he had several speaking engagements which ' would take him out of the city between now and December 12. Counsel for Lindsey said he would raise the question whether a man has a right to speak out in church under it provocation. ur Garfield Hays, the former jurist’s lawyer, declared he would subpoena Bishop Manning and possibly other clergy. . Hops Onto Reporters’ Table. ‘While Bishop Manning was deliver- ing the ascription yesterday, at the close of a sermon in which he de- n(mg:ed"e undud's flLlI‘;‘fl onmeoln- panionat ‘marriage, dsey d onto_the reporters' table in front. of the pulgu and demanded a chance to Dis- | be het ar “Bishop Manning,” he cried, “you have falcely represented me. If this is not a house of justice it {s not a house of God, and in justice I ask for five minutes to answer your unfair attack.” Lindsey Kicked and Punched. ‘The congregation was thrown into turmoil. Two ushers pulled Lindsey from the table. Scores of parishioners rushed forward through the aisles. The former judge was punched and k!:‘:kfl:x"u:lelver.l deteflglu bmll::d 111}0:) the. sf ng mass and propelled the victim toward a side door. The bishop continued his prayer with his back to the scene. The church rang with exclamations. ‘Lynch him screamed a woman. “Throw him out!” cried a fman. “Punch him!” said another, and some one did. Bishop Scores Book. In his sermon the bishop termed Lindsey’s latest book one of “the most filthy, insidious and clev!l‘lg written pleces of propaganda ever published in behalf of lewdness, promisculty, adul- :l"y and unrestrained sexual gratifica- on.” The bishop refused to make a com- plaint after Lindsey reached the sta- tion house, but a policeman did so and the prisoner was released on his own recognizance. The formal charge was disorderly conduct. EXPLAINS ATTACK BY BISHOP. Charges Effort to Get Even With Re- volting Clergy. ALBANY, N. Y., December 8 (#).— Former Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Den- ver, in an address at the Jewish Com- munity Center here last night, said that the attack made upon him by Bishop William T. Manning in & sermon yes- terday was “an effort to get even with some of the clergy of his diocese who have been in revolt against him.” In order to do this, the former judge continued, Bishop Manning tried to give him as black a reputation as pos- sible and made “a maliclous attack from as bitter a pair of lips as I have ever Judge Lindsey came here last night to make an address on problems of youth. At the conclusion of his speech he was asked to tell what happened at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine yesterday. ‘The speaker then sketched the events that led up to Bishop Manning's ser- mon of Lh& forenoon. He said the sermon, on ‘‘Companionate Marriage,” was rather an attack on him and a “deliberate misrepresentation” of his views on marriage and that it was prompted by the clergy’s defy to the bishop over their right to hear Lindsey. To make the people of New York lieve these ministers had erred, he said, Bishop Manning tried to make the judge’s character so black the people generally would condemn the clergy for listening to him. He said the affair at the cathedral “really was kind of humorous” and his description kept the audience laughing. He said he did not know the bishop was praying when he interrupted him. DARBOW DECLINES DEFENSE. Replies to Lindsey Attorney With Word He Has Retired. Special Dispatch to The Star. , it was learned today, will not l‘l'lmm:tmw lnhl-:c defense of Judge . , Who was arrested Sun- day after his ejection from the Cathe- dral of St. John the Divine, Attorney Arthur Garfield Hays, representing Judge Lindsey, appealed to Mr. Dar- Tow, 'but the famous Cl lawyer du:I‘lmd. saying he had Te- from practice. . SOVIET COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF FIVE PLOTTERS Moscow Dispatch Says Men Will Serve 10 Years—Three Other Terms Reduced. SERVICE AND LOYALTY FLEDGED IN PLEAS Verdict Calling for Firing Squad Received Calmly by Promi- nent Prisoners, By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 8.—A Reuter’s dispatch from Moscow said today that the Soviet Central Executive Commit- tee had commuted the death sentences passed upon five engineers condemned for plotting to overthrow the Soviet regime. The death sentences were commuted to 10 years' imprisonment. The dispatch said also that the com- mittee had reduced to 8 years the 10- year prison sentences imposed upon the three other defendants. The condemned were: Leonid Ramsin, 43, former professor of- the Moscow Technical Institute and director of the Heat and Power Insti- tute, leader of the movement. Victor Larichev, 43, former head of the fuel department of the State Plan- ning Commflsion, said to be next in command to Ramsin. Nikolai Charnovsky, 62, professor in various technical institutes and presi- dent of the Technical Council of the Supreme Economic Council. Aerial Academy Professor. Ivan Kalinikov, 56, former official of the State Planning Commission and professor in the Military Aerial Acad- emy. Alexander Fedotov, 67, oldest of the conspirators, professor in various insti- tutes and chairman of the Scientific Research Textile Institute. ‘Those sentenced to imprisonment are Vladimir Ochkin, 30, youngest of group, secretary to Ramsin in the H?:;’Wh!n Fahnestock leaped into the fray and Power Institute and manager of the rch Section of the Supreme Eco- nomic Council; Sergei Kuprianov, 59, director of the Technical Section of the Supreme Economic Council, and Xenophon Sitnin, 52, engineer of the All-Union Textile Syndicate.. The prt:::am ht?rd the v?rdlct :fi sentences impassively. Ramsin grip) the desk in front of him and listened intently until he heard his name and then seemed to take no further notice of the proceedings. Larichev stood with downcast eyes. Charnovsky gulj two glasses of “water after req an attendant to bring them. The court room, former ball room of the Old Union Club er House of Col- umns, was filled with spectators, all of whom had waited from 6 p.m. until after 11 o'clock for the judges to appear. As Judge Vishinsky read the verdict and the sentences there was a roar of ap- gll\lle. Outside 10,000 others, unable 0 get in, listened at microphones and likewise applauded. Sponsored Intervention. The verdict found that the defendants had sponsored military intervention in Russia, backed by “capitalists and mili- tary circles of France and the Torgprom (Russian emigre organization in Paris) and the Industrial party of Rus- sa.” another place it was charged that “the anti-Soviet engineers were -monf the most hostile and most vio- lent leaders of counter-revolutionary organizations.” Mention also was made of the inter- vention of a foreign fleet, which may have referred to assertions made by the defendants during the trial that Eng- land had aided the conspiracy. The trial began November 25. All eight defendants entered pleas of guilty before microphones which carried their voices to the furthermost parts of Rus- sia. Such names as Raymond Poincare, Aristide Bria “Col. Lawrence and Lord Churchill” of England were men- :{l)nned by the engineers as co-conspira- rs. Each pleaded for his life, offering to spend the remainder of his days in contrition and exhaustive labor on be- half of the proletariat. Charges were made in the foreign press that the trial was a frame-up and the confessions coerced, but the foreign observer found nothing to indicate that the trial was not bona fide in all its aspects. M'NINCH NOMINATION OPPOSED BY BAILEY North Carolina Senator-Elect Ob- jects to Federal Power Group Appointee. The nomination of Frank R. Mec- Ninch to be a member of the Federal letter sent by Senator-elect Josiah W. Balley of North Carolina to members of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Mr. Bailey in his letter charged that the appointment of McNinch, who headed the Anti-Smith Democratic forces in North Carolina in 1928, “is transparently political.” Mr. Bailey also charged that Mr. McNinch in 1928 waged a campaign in which consider- able money was expended. He said that it had been rumored some of this money came from power companies. If this was so, the Bailey letter said, Mr. McNinch should not be confirmed by the Senate. Mr. McNinch is to appear before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on Thursday. His friends insist that he will be able to clear up satisfactorily any doubts which the committee may have regarding his fitness to be & mem- ber of the Water Power Commission. CARCASS FOUND IN ICE THOUGHT SMALL WHALE’S By the Associated Press. Benin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ¥ |CAPITAL MILLIONAIRE HELPS SUBDUE MUTINEERS ON YACHT o Power Commission is opposed in a | Sooreiary of Labor. “‘work make for increased efficiency. Gibson Fahnestock Washington A of New York and ids. Officers in Quieting Crew Members. By the Associated Press. SINGAPORE, December 8.—Bravery of an American millionaire, Gibson Fahnestock of New York and Washing- ton, during a recent mutiny of Chinese crew members aboard his yacht, the Shenandoah, has been disclosed here, ‘The crew members were about to close in on the captain of the yacht, and helped the officers force the crew back to their quarters, where they were subdued. The two ringleaders since have been sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, Fahnestock undertaking to repatriate them to Shanghai when they have served their terms. There were four women aboard at the —_— RAIL WORKERS ACT FOR SIXHOUR DAY Representatives of Labor| See Opportunity in Unemploy- ment to Advance Movement. Believing that the present period of unemployment presents an opportune moment for furtherance of proposals for a six-hour day in railroad employ- ment, representatives of all branches of railroad labor were in conference here today to consider plans for the advancing movement. The meeting, attended by the presi- dents or other executive officers of the “Big Five” railroad labor organizations, is the outgrowth of a series of con- ferences held recently in Chicago and Cleveland, during which the subject of shorter hours for railroad men was linked with plans for relieving unem- ployment in the industry. . Attending Conference. Attending today’s executive confer- ence were A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; David B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; Alvaney Johnson, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers; II. P. Curtis, presi- dent of the Order of Railway Conduc- tors; T. C .Cashen, president of the Switchmen's Union; E. J. Manion of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, and others. l:n;filoyu of unfons afliliated with the American Federation of Labor were rep- resented in the parley. The railroad brotherhoods are not in the federation. Delegates to the meeting visited the office of Willlam N. Doak, national leg- islative representative of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen, and con- gratulated him on his appointment as Doak did not take part in the conference, however. | Two Earlier Meetings. Agitation for a six-hour day was re- newed at a recent meeting: in Chicago of 700 representatives of the five larger railroad employes’ organizations. A committee of seven men from each or- ganization was named to work out de- tails of the plan. The committee met in Cleveland last week and called a con- ference of brotherhood executives for consideration of a .definite program. This conference began this morning at the Labor Building of the rallroad brotherhoods on Capitol Hill. There is much opposition to be over- come before a six-hour day can. be adopted, labor officials admit. The shorter hours will necessitate four shifts instead of three shifts a day, and shorter shifts probably would mean shorter railroad operating divisions and relocation of present division terminals. On the other hand, the additional shift would provide employment for thou- sands of railroad men who are out of and would, its advocates claim, ‘Woman Leaps to Death. the i | clashes with the police. Two Radio | of the world on time of the mutiny, among them Fahnestock’s wife and daughter. ‘Well Known Here. Mr. Fahnestock is the son of Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, wealthy social lea er and philanthropist of Washi n and Newport, who is now in Washing- ton for the Winter social season at her home. 2311 Massachusetts avenue. He is well known in Washington social cir- cles but has not lived here for many years. He is at grmm: making a tour is yacht. Mrs. Fahnestock this morning said she had heard nothing of the mutiny aboard the Shenandoah until she read the Associated Press dispatch telling of her son’s bravery. She could not say who the women aboard the yacht in addition to Mrs. Fahnestock and daughter Betty SALVAGE SHIP SUNK WITH 10 LIVES LOST ltalian Vessel, Assigned to Liner Egypt, Was Seeking to Blast Derelict. By the Associated Press. LORIENT, France, December 8— The Italian salvage ship Artiglio was blown up and sunk, with 10 of her crew, yesterday afternoon as she blast- ed the hulk of the munition ship Flor- ence, sunk during the war off the Island of Houat. First word of the disaster reached here ‘today from a signal station on the Island of Hoedic, about five miles from where the Artiglio went down. The salvage boat was a thousand feet awey from the derelict when mines her divers had planted in the hulk exploded, but the repercussion of the blast sent her to the bottom. Carried Store of Explosives. The Artiglio herself carried a heavy cargo of explosives, and it was believed that these had been set off. . Thou- sands of tons of powder were in the Florence, which had been condemned as a menace to navigation between the Islands of Houat and Hoedic. Two of the men who were killed were found in full diving equipment among the wreckage of the vessel Seven other men who were injured were taken to a hospital at Belle Isle. The signal man on Hoedic Island sald he heard a violent explosion about five miles to the southwest of his station, and at the same time saw water spout a thousand feet into the air. Then there was a great billow of smoke and he saw chunks of wreckage dropping into the sea. Had Abandoned Egypt. Another Italian salvage ship, the Rostro, which was in the vicinity, scur- ried “over to the spot where the Artiglio had been and picked up the seven members of the crew who were injured. ‘The Artiglio had temporarily aban- doned work on the wreck of the Egypt, which had been shifted by ocean cur- rents after the first salvage operations. The derelicts of two munitions ships sunk during the war been con- demned as menaces to navigation, and the Artiglio and the Rostro had been ordered to break them up. A warship had taken a group of French marine ministry officials out to the vicinity ‘while :ge operations were under way. Capt. Bertelotto Giacomo of the Artiglio was one of those killed. A message from the Rosto thid afternoon sald the vessel's crew consisted of 19 men, and not 21 as was original recorded. . This message said 10 of the crew were drowned. . STUDENTS RIOT IN CUBA Two High School Pupils Hurt in Havana Clash. HAVANA, December 8 (#).—Renewed rioting by high school and university students today resulted in numerous students, one a high school pupil, were injured. About 300 young men and women par- ticipated. Associated service. (®) Means Associated The only evening in Washington witm Press Saturday’s Circulation, 109,636 Sunday’s Circulation, 120,951 TWO CENTS. Press. Cnglo o] AU INTERIOR SALARY RAISES LIMITED Appropriation Bill Carries Check on Increases Written Into Other Measures. Continuing its policy of cutting off all salary increases within grades throughout the entire Federal service, the postal service excepted, the House Committee on Appropriations, in re- porting the Interior Department appro- priation bill today, wrote into it the same limitations inserted in the Treasury- Post_Office bill, which was approved by the House, prohibiting advances within the last session classification act of 1923. liminat uuepou ld'npl':d‘g; ey ittee, the increases ded by the budget for 1932 for in the so-called under- lm:r grades under the classification act 1923, » $68,552,000 Is Provided. ‘The bill rfimu $68,552,000 for the fll}:‘fl year 1932. o was reported carrying $5,640,000 more than the department obtained for the current year, but $840,700 less than recommended. in'the budget. The largest single outlay was $15.- 000,000 for construction on the $165,- gm‘ mmm '21‘1“ t,l:}e‘ cu’lorndfi River, e us far allowed it to_$25,660,000. ‘To permit the Indian Bureau to carry on its increased health, care, educa- tional and industrial training work, the bill set aside $24,432,000, an increase of lon; ,275,000 was aj ted from tribal, funds, iRk - Alaskan Work Shifted. ‘The measure relieved the office of education of caring for the health and educating natives of Alaska. With the lYpl’onl of Secretary Wilbur, the In- dian Bureau was charged with this re- sponsibility. The Education Bureau received $510,- 000, including an increase of $75,000 for investigating ucondlri’ education, The sum of $80,000 was allowed for an m%ulry into teacher training and $50,- 000 was set aside to study school reve- nues and expenditures. ‘The General Land Office was allotted $2,237,000, an increase of $80,000, but the committee refused to allow $50,000 budget item for a survey of public lands for President Hoover'’s Public Lands Commission, Park Budget Increased. In addition to the $15,000,000 for the Boulder project, the Reclamation Bu- reau was allowed $6,971,000 for con- tinuation on existing Western projects. No new projects were autho: L For the National Park Service $9,- 498,000 was allowed, an increase of $1,360,000 over budget estimates. Al- lowing $3,132,000 for the Geological Survey, the bill provided for speeding up a survey of the Nation's water sup- ply as a result of the recent drought. An allotment of $1,242,000 was given the territories, of which the Alaskan Railroad is to receive $1,000,000 to cover an operation deficit. The bill also carried funds for St. Elizabeth’s and Preedmen's Hospitals and Howard University. . BILLS MAY BE DELAYED. Salary Question Must Be Settled in | Treasury Debate, Jones Says. Unless Congress settles now in the Treasury-Post Office bill the question of what policy it is going to follow regarding Government salary increases SENATE T0 TACKLE FIRST OF RELIEF BILLS TOMORROW Aid of Drought-Stricken Farmers: Reported Favor- ably, Providing $60,000,000. OPPOSITION UNLIKELY, SAYS SENATOR WATSON Passage Within Two Days Expect- ed—Similar Measure “Before House Committee. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate will tackle tomorrow the first of the so-called relief measures, de- signed to meet conditions in the coun- try today, it is expected. This is the bill for the relief of farmers in the drought-stricken areas of the United States. The bill was reported formally to the Senate by the Committee on Agriculture today by: Senator McNary of Oregon, chairman. It authorizes the appropria- tion of $60,000,000. This is $35,000,000 more than has been recommended by the administration for this purpose. Senator Watson, Republican leader of the Senate, said he expected the Senate would take the bill up at to- morrow’s session. “1 do not know of any opposition aj t_the bill,” Senator Watson said. by days should be sufficient to see e Senate.” it _Fuufl by the 'he expectation is that the measure will go through the Senate ca: the $60,000,000 as reported from com- mittee, despite administraton o] ition. In the House a similar bill has been considered by the Agricultural Commit- tee of that body. The House gunmu. however, has approved the $23,000,f appropriation, but added $5,000, more for hurricane rellef, making the total $30,000,000. Increase Efforts Likely. Efforts will be made in the House to increase the sum appropriated to $60,- 000,000. However, the House leadership believes that it will be able to'pass the bill with the lesser amount authorized. The situation in the House, where Re- publicans have a majority of 100, is |very different than the Senate, where @ coalition of Democrats and Republican ssives can upset the regular Re- vu%:un leaderu:!nnp -tw any time. e sugges made by Senator Borah of Idaho Saturday that it may be ne to increase the Federal income taxes if the appropriations made by Congress bring about a large deficit in the Treasury is giving the leaders of both parties something to . ooy toruiatn o i + Approj 000.00;"!‘:: the upm “fihl bill carrying - $60,000,000, that some compromise will be reached for & sum lower than $60,000,000. Loans Are Authorized. The bill reported to the Senate toda: authorized the Secretary of Acflcumlrz for the crop of 1931 to make advances or loans to farmers in the drought and storm stricken areas ‘of the country where he shall find that an emergency exists, for the purchase of food, feed or seed of sultable crops, fertilizers, feed for stock or fuel and oil for tractors used for crop production or such other purposes of crop prodfiction as may be prescribed. $134,635,000 ASKED FOR NAVY IN 1931 Department Program Is for Treaty Construction Exclusive of Any Alterations. By the Associated Press. The administration’s first-year pro- gram for construction under the Lon- don Naval Treaty was laid today before the House Naval Committee by Secre- tary Adams. It was estimated to cost $134,635,000. It calls for the construction of one 7,500-ton 6-inch-gun cruiser at a cost of $16,605,000; one 6-inch-gun flyings deck cruiser of 10,000 tons, to $20,780,000; ,100 tons each, to cost $4,400,000 each, or a. total of $17,600,000; one plane carrier of 13,800 tons, to cost $27,650,000; ten destroyers of 1,500 tons each, to cost $4,200,000 each, and one destroyer leader of 1,850 tons, to cost $5,000,000. Adams said the program was exclusive ot the proposed modernization of the/ battleships Mississippi, Idaho and New. Mexico at a cost of $30,000,000, ap- proved today by the Senate. Chairman Britten of the committee said Secretary Adams, declared it es- sential that the $5,000,000 naval diri- gible base be built on the West Coast to accommodate one of the two giant air- ships being constructed for the Navy. The hearing was in closed session. Kellogg Reaches O—Ih. OSLO, Norway, December 8 (#).— Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State under President Coolidge, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1929, arrived here today for the cere- monies on Wednesday at which he will (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) receive the award. Will Be Only First Lady to By the Assoclated Press. jsbe the MRS. HOOVER TO CHRISTEN LINER AT NEWPORT NEWS TOMORROW - Name Vessel for Husband as Biggest Craft Ever Built in U. S. Takes to Water. ial hostess, will be included in the group of launching gussts. The new liner will have 653 feet, depth eet,