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A - f f SYSTEM 1S URGED Hurley Declares Development Neoessary to National Prosperity. By the Associated Press. Oomplétion of a national waterway system was urged as necessary to the ity of thé Middle West by Seeré- Hurléy, speaking. today before the lvers and Harbors Congtess. ™ could eontribute more to the solution of the farm problem'than the establishment of industries in the agri- cultural belt, he said, but this cannot bé aceomplished withotit low transpor- tation, costs such as inland waterways provide. Fess Predicts Development. : be _no doubt that the administration ! policies were to develop the Nation's | waterways. He licted a time when t lakes of the country, instead only inland seas, would be out- to the oceans. t!flldv to railroad opposition to Fed- aid for inland waterways was looked for at the congress. ‘While the subject was not expected #o come up immediately, spokesmen for both sides had places on the program, and delegates informally eéxpressed rous protest against any interfer- ence with the waterways program. Some ex})r!salun also was expectsd on proposals for speeding up governmental expenditures on rivers and harbors Eo’!th as an employment meastre. ippl Valley delegates arriving ‘es- ‘ tetday lost no time in laying suth a - yecommendation before President Lauds Merchant Marine. Pride in the American Merchant Ma- expressed by Chairman T. V. 'Connor of the Shipping Board, one of the speakers on today's program, ‘who said it no longsr “has any apolo- @ies to make to American shippers.” He warned, however. that “patronage from American shipping and American travelers overseas” was an absolute necessity. 8] ers included Chairman Dempsey of the House Rivers and Har- bors Committee; Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown. chief of Army Engineers, and James Francis Burke, counsel for the Re- ‘publican National Committee. ‘The congress is meeting at the Wil- jard Hotel. PROSECUTION ENDS ° TESTIMONY IN CASE OF SMITH CO. HEADS . (Continued From First Page.) 68t of the buildi with the new ap- 'h:‘flllll . “Pifts then asked me to have éhauffeur come out to that the ¢ moved to another farm in after I had my records could Maryland. on Porters farm, | 1t made the ar- October or Novem- | Florida. Pitts sheets from ledger oy development of NS L qetes v Fourteen ) § 2 E H g said that Pitts asked him to get bank the ledger shéets cover- ' his account there, explaining that . vanted to make an income !g °g bl | ed for his deposit slips at that but that he refused to'give them Henry then toid of a conver- g s H December, 1929. “We had a conversation there on the my_ bank failed,” Henry said. was Pitts who told me about it, * and I felt very low, both physically and mentally. Pitts then asked me—1'll mever forget it—to sign several blank sheets of paper and then move with family to Winnipe’, Canada. He ered to of my expenses. However, I refused to sign the papers and refused to go to Winnipeg. I told Rim that I was going back to Wash- where I belonged and see what 1 could do about the bank.” Raichle then took up his eross-ex- amination, which resulted aimost im- mediately in heated quarrels between the two. “You were president of the bank, ‘were'nt {ou Mr. Henry?" “Yes, I was second in command.” “7~ that I suppose you mean that was first in command?” * .es, that's what I mean.” Couldn’t Get In. “Well, did you ever try to interfere with him?>” “Yes, I tried hard enough, but he had such & conspiracy on with sub-officials fhat 1 couldn't get in with & spear- Raichle then asked Henry whether he was angry at Pitts “I am not going to answer any such childish questions,” Henry replied. The two men then became engaged in & heated quarrel, Raichle demand- ng An answer and Henry refusing fiatly to comply with the demand. Justice Hitz finally mterrupted and instructed the witness to answer the question. “I will say that T am disgusted and %umm with him,” Henry replied. stole $200,000 from the com y over my objection the day before I left.” Laughed at Statement. Raichle laughed when Henry made this statement, and the witness immedi- ately bristled. “You needn’t laugh. Raichle. You know what it's all about.” Henry shout- ed. “In my opinion, it's about time the truth was coming out about this busi- ness.” Raichle was on his fect immediately, expressing vigorous objections, and Jus- tice Hits rebuked Henry, instructing him 10 be more responsive in his answers to the questions. Raichle then took up the matter of the bank ledger sheets, which resulted Ll = P in Henry's charge against the attorney. | these —e " CUBAN SCHOOLS CLOSED Troops Patrol Grounds Following Riots of Students. HAVANA, December 9 (#).—The Na- | promoted by organization and normal schools tional University and 1 today. with troops grounds, after st it ice put down ' they will culty. were reports today that Dr.| eral Government Carlos Miguel de of Senator Fess of Ohio said there could | been made In &n- | non, president of Middaugh & Shan- new loans on | non, Ine., realty and construetion firm, p is being brought to this city for funeral |- his place the P ‘was | Widow, Mrs, ‘were | and with her in Virginia, I| Washington. be |and the Columbia Country Club. At He said that Pitts | Club, Columbia Historical Society and he had with Pitts in New York | 4y, " | Red Cross Pinance Committee and wae INCAND WATERWAY SAMUEL 3. HENRY, Former président of the F. H. Smith Co., whose testimony at the trial of his erstwhile associdtes this morhifif caused —Sketched by James T. Berryman, Star Staff Artist. an uproar and short recess. BODY OF REALTOR - 1S ON WAY HERE W. E. Shannon, Prominent in. Capital Civic Life, Dies at Fort Myers, Fla, ‘The body of Willlam Edward Shan- who died in Fort Myers, Fia., yestérday, ?o arrive tomorrow 3 Tal arTangements are ted to be compl is ht _likely 1 be id Thursda e leted tomorrow. that the services Lillian Agnes Shannon, accompany the body into . Shannon was §8 years old. He | had been spending some time in Mr. Was Educated in Capital. ‘The firm 6f which he was president yéars in the had spént & period of f Bloom! , Park th Street ¢ gton. A native of Baltimore, Mr. Shannon received his education in the District of Columbia public schools and the Spencerian Business College. Aside from his position in the real estate business here, he had been active in the banking world and in various organizations. Mr. Shannon- was director of the American Nati Bank, the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards the time of his death he was a mem- ber of the advisory board and director of the American Security & Trust Co.. Was & member of the nguet Ciub, Columbia Country Club, Capital Yacht | the Royal Palm Tarpon Club. Prominent in Civie Cireles. During the World War he was vice rector for war savings stamps in the | District, member of the ct of Columbia Executive Committee of the commandeering officer and maneger of the real estate division of the United States Bureau of Housing and Trans- portation. He also was director of the United States Housing Corporation of the Department of Labor. He was & member of Harmony Lodge ' of Masons. He was author of the Blmphkl. “History and Pacts on the | 'ark Commission Plans of the District | of Columbia.” Mr. Shannon resided at 3200 Wood- ley road. He is survived by his widow, | and brother, Herbert T. SBhannon, who | is president of Shannon & Luchs, Inc. 60 MILLIONS VOTED AS FARM DROUGHT RELIEF BY SENATE (Continued Prom First Page.) discussion of what he described as & raid on the Treasury, “that measures have already been introduced in Con- gress and are having advoeacy, which, if passed, would impose an incressed expenditure beyond the sum which I have recommended for the present and the next fiscal year by a total of nearly $4.500,000,000, ‘and mostly under the guise of giving rellef of some kind or another. The gross sums which I have recommended to carry on ths essential functions of the Government include the extreme sums which can be ap- plied by the Federal Government in | actual unemployment relief and are | the maximum which can be financed | without increase in taxes.” “No matter how devised,” Mr. Hoover went on to explain. “an increase in taxes in the end falis upon the work- ers and farmers or alternatively de- prives industry of that much ability to give employment and defeata the | very purpose of these schemes. For the Government to finance by bond issues deprives industry and agriculture of just that much capital for its own use | snd for employment. Prosperity can- | not be restored by raids upon the public | treasury. Leaders Are Co-operating. “The leaders of both parties” the President pointed out “are So-operating | to prevent any such event. of | schemes are ill considered. Some | Cespedes, new secre- ' burdens. Some of these outside agen lucation, might tender his are also e in consequence yester- represent enthusiasts and some repre- sent the desire of individuals to w mtmnnmnmmuunuu( tion or that they are more 1 generous than even the T8 of their W) playing polities misery. these measures are bel.‘u ncies { nmdpeo:l Conrreub’ u;d are Mn‘fenuh’ - uj members of Congress. ! {Muemhuunumlhnrefl: accomplish and they are s mistaken as to the ability of ti to undertake “Many of he PFed- such political engaged in wflgcflu-“ will not [ oo | GAS ENDS WRITINGS ‘OF CAPITAL STUDENT! Leawes Written Explanation of Suicide With Will in Friend's Favor. Fifteen hours after he promised his friend that he was writing something “which the friend could see pretty soon,” Martin Calhoun Burghard, 30- year-old student writer of Macon, Ga., was found dead today ih a chilly gar- ret room at 1421 Massachusetts avenue. lur(hnrt; was & member of a prominent amily. ‘The body ofaurnurd. who failed re- cently in an examination for the for- eign service of the State Department and who has been out of work for sev- eral months, was found lying on the floor with a blanket carefully tied about his head and & gas jet pouring its fumes under the cover. The writing which he promised Oscar Strackbein of 1900 H street was a letter in which the writer made no “justification.” but of- fered explanation for his suicide. Mr. Strackbein, who also was named beneficiary in Burghard's will, written #s he prepared for death, refused to make public the explanation. Burghard, a graduate of Mercer Uni- versity, at Macon, ‘and a member of Pi Kappa Alcha Fraternity, was a former agent for the Seaboard Air Line Rail- way at Hevana, Cuba. Strackbein told police. He had lived at the Massa- chusetts avenue address less than a month. Burghard's room. a rudely par- titioned section of an attic, was bitterly cold. Shelves of books on political, economic and phiosophic subjects lined the room. According to Strackbein, Burghard had been attempting in recent weeks to make his living by writing. Bcores of pages of poetry written by ‘l‘!urlhlrd were found by police in his lesk. Strackbein sald he saw Burghard in his room shortlv after 9 o'clock last night, at which time, he declared, the man showed no moroseness, but to the contrary seemed quite cheerful. His re- ply to a query as to whether he had written anything recently, Burghard said: “I'm working on something now which you will see pretty soon. The portable typewriter on which Burg- hard's explanation of his suicide was written was in use when Strackbein visited him and was found by the police today neatly in its place. A ‘mother, a brother, August Burg- hard, jr., and two sisters survive him. The coroner issued & certificate of suicide. INCURS DEATH PENALTY ON CHARGE OF MURDER Charles Morris, Colored, Sentenced in District Court to Die by Electrocution—Appeal Noted. Charles Morris, colored, was sentenced to death today by Justice Jesse C. Ad- kins following his conviction of murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Maggle Landon July 26 last at the Thirty-first Street Bridge over the C. and O. Canal in West Washington. The court set the date of the electrocution for April 17, 1931. Attorneys Cedric P. Johnson and QGeorge Naphen, for the accused, noted an appeal to the Court of Appeais. The Government was represented by t- ant United States Attorneys Kirkland and Sirics. Cotton COLUMBUS, Miss., Dacember 9 ().— The Tombigbee cotton mills resumed operation here yesterday after a shut- down of 18 months. Officials said operation will be at half :fium now, but that operation on -time schedule would be at the firet of the year. —_— 1,000 ravon mAnUTa o STt , TUESDAY, DE EMBER URGES EX-SOLDIERS IMURPHY CONTINUES| | practice had given rise to any abuses. Irines and Coest Guard last Saturday {RAIL UNION G | ‘|—_Hm at A. F. L. l\ 'DOAK ATTENDS FIRST AS PAER VENDERS Star Business Manager Cites “Honor System” Failure in Washington. Stating that the so-called “honor system” of newspaper vending had opened up & new opportunity for dis- honesty, Feming Newbold, business manager of The Evening Star News- paper Co., yesterday suggest to the Conimissioners’ Committee on Unem- ployment b:h“ llMl ddls:zble?l :eo'f.l:.;:: veterans be employed to sel on the ltreet: thus displacing the “henor system™ racks. Forty Per Cent of Papers Stolen. Mr. Newbold asserted that the ex- rience of The Star revealed that the bit of stealing f{em the ;anegla m\n’; creased in fecent years had reached the startling figure of 40 it cent of the papers distributed in his manner. The newspapers, he said would save enough money by the change to pay the veterans. The suggestion, made at & meeting of the committee at the District Build- ing yesterday afternoon, was approved by the general body and referred to the Central Committee for action. Mf. Newbold estimated that the five daily newspapers in Wuh%ton dis- tributed approximately 70, pers through the racks, which means, h said, that 28,000 papers afe being stolen by dishon reons. This figure, or 40 per cent of the total. he reminded the committes, 18 in addition to racks robbed of their coin boxes, an offense which the police seem unable to pre- vent. ‘Will Probe Apple Selling. ‘The committee decided to Mmvestigate the matter of apple selling by uhem- ployed perfons, to determine if the The foot ball game between the Ma- netted npproxlmlteli' $17,000 for un- employment relief, it was announced. Frederic. A. Delano, chairman of the committee, said that a survey of Fed- eral departments had revealed that more ns are being employed by the departments this year than last. SROUP HITS GREEN STAND ON NAMING OF DOAK! (Continued From Pirst Page.) e Z | Labor,” at the same time pointing out ' that Doak is not a member of the en- ' gineers’ brothe hood. Break Is Cofjectured. The railroad engineers' official is the first railroad labor representative to give public expression to the feeling | aroused in railroad labor circles by the announced views of President Green. ‘Whether the announcement presages an open breach between the American | Federation of Labor and the rallroad brotherloods was & matter of conjec- ture here today. | In his ment Laughlin pointed | out that Doak’s organization, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, has | had under consideration for some time a proposal to join the American Fed- eration of Labor. This movement was | to have culminated at 4 convantion at Cleveland in May. What effect Green's attitude may have on the merger pro- | pogal is & moot question. H In his statement Laughlin pointed out that all the four big transporta- tion brotherhoods were organized before the Labor Federation ecame into ex- istence in 1886. The Engineers' Brother- hood was formed in 1863 and has a membership now of 86,000, the Order | of Railway Conductors was organize in 1868 and now has a membership of 60.000, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen was organized in 1873 and has a membership of 110,- 000 and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was organized in 1883 and has a membership of 185.000. Total | membership of the four groups is 440,- 000, whereas the American Federation of Labor lists 2,933,545 members. Applications Never Acted Upon. | “The four transportation brother-| hoods,” Laughl'n said, “on account of the nature of their employment, have never been in A position to engage in a boyeott or to participate in mpa- thetic strike. Consequently, for a num- ber of years they could not have very consistently beccme affiliated with the American Fede ation of Labor. “About 1920 both the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Order of Railway Conductors made applica- tion for affiliation with the federation, but for some cause or other the appli- cations were never acted upon and these organizations never weie admitted. “At the time the legislation creating the Department of Labor was under consideration by Congress the move- ment had the substantial backing of the railrcad brotherhoods and has had the substantial support of these organira- | tions since that time.” Federation Groups Back Doak. Laughlin called attention to the fact that Canada does not restrict its ministry of labor to members of the American Federation of Labor, which is | an international organization. Of three ! ministers of labor chosen from the ranks of labor, only one was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, he said. "One of the others was affli- | ated with the Brotherhood of Railroad | Trainmen — Doak’s _organisation—and the other was a member of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers. The railroad labor official stated that the chief executives of seven unions af- filiated with the American Federation of Labor have indorsed Doak for Sec- retary of Labor. These unions, he said, are the Blacksmith, Stationary Firemen and Enginemen, Masters, Mates and Pi- Iots, Railway Clerks, Railroad Telegra- phers, Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Signalmen. This group represents more than 250,000 members. | He sald the Pennsylvania Railroad Shopmen’s Association and the Penn- sylvania Railway Clerks’' Association, with a combined membership of more | than 52,000, also have indorsed Doak. i | [ | LAUGHLIN. ' —Bachrach Photo tends $10,183,391 Should Be Given D. C. (Continued From First Page.) taxes than those in other cities because of fll& altunwonl » My personal opinion,” Murphy re- plied, E that the people in Washing- ton ought to pay as much as the peo- plé in comparable cities without refer- ence to the Federal holdings. only purpose in Ef*nfln'":l! data to the committee to provide a foundation for determining whether District resi- dents are bearing the same tax burden 88 the taxpavers in comparable citles.” M\lr‘)hy brought out that im 1928 Pad of the 14 comparable cities & higher assessed valuation of real Dr?!rty than Washington—Cleveland and Boston—and only 2 cities—Cleve- land and Baltimore—had a higher as- secsed valuation on al Tty ings are ¥ , only and Cleveland had & higher assessed valua- tion of real rty and no city had & Tigher assessed vay property. valuation of personal Per Capita Comparisons. Murphy alo explained that on a per ' basis the capita more comparisons favorable to Washington. assessed valuation per capita for both real and personal , he declared, was higher than for any of the other cities, being $2,353.88, as compared with an av of $1,522.23 for real prop- erty in the 14 cities and $1,266.45 compared with an average of $523.77 for personal property in fine of the cities. Five of the cities which have n income tax were excluded in arriv- at these figures. ashington's assessed real property valuation when the Federst property holdings are included, Murphy de- veloped, was nearly twice the average for the other cities and its assessed personal property valuation per capita was over three times the average of nine comparable cities, ‘The tax levies per capita for Wash- ington excluding the Federal hol Murphy explained, were $40.02 for real property and $9 for personal ‘Y'l;vpeny Including the Federal holdings, Re sald, the tax levis per capita were $51.80 for real properiy and $13.19 for personal property as compated with averages for the other cities of $48.64 for real propeérty ahd $11.52 for per- sonal property. Cites Other Citles. Explaining further the mass of data Jaid in the Bureau of Efficiency report vefore the ccmmittee, Mr. Murphy brought out that the average net per capi tax revenue of the 14 cities studied was $70.33. The same figure for Washington's actual tax collection | was $57.48, he said. He added, however, that if the State tax revenues were omitted from the average for the 13 citles other than Washington, the re- sult would be almost exactly comparable n; the per capita tax revenue for this city. fan Murphy brought out, also, that if the Federal contribution to the Na- tional Capital were rogarded as cover- ing what would be its tax payments cn existing tax-exempt property, the re- sult would raise the gton per capita net tax revenue to $73.15, or higher than the average for the 14 cities as_a whole. Discussihg the per capita personal Mr. Murphy said the that this figure for the 13 eitles would be $9.01 as of 1928, and ¢ that for the pr-ceding five-year period would average $8.77. For Washington, excluding consideration of the Federal contribution, the re would be §9 even for 1928, and $8.13 as an average for the five-year period. Including consideration of the Federal contribution in the light of theoretical tax payment, the per capita personal property tax here would have been $13.19 for the one year and an average of $12.12 over the five-year period, as an average, or higher than the average for the 13 cities. Not Against Inheritance Tax. In &I Mapes, Mr. Murphy said he saw no rea- son why Washington should not have an inheritance tax of its own, in addition to u;'e Federal inheritance tax already in effect. Chairman Mapes added that'while in many States citles do not receive any of the inheritance tax revenues directly, cities in Ohio, Minnesota, New Jersev and Wisconsin do recelve such in- heritance tax funds. Concluding explanation of the volumi- nous tax survey document, Mr. Murphy arranged with the committee to com- plete his testimony tomorrow with an explanation of the suggested formula for arriving at what shculd be the divi- sion of cost of the National Capital as between the Federal and local gov- ernments. CRAMTON DISCLAIMS SEEKING NEW POST Pumor of His Appointmnt Under | Budget Bureau “News to Him." Futuyre Unsettled. If Representative Louis C. Cramtor Republican, of Michigan, who was feated for re-election recently, 18 being considered for the it of assistant controller general by the Budget Bu the President or leaders in Congress, 1t 18 all news to him. “I have not sought that appointment or any other Government appointment whatsoever,” said Mr. Cramton today. “My plans for the future are not settled Since my return ‘o Washington from the campaign, I have been giving my attention to preparation of the appro- priation bill now before the House.” Representative Cramton did not say in so many words that he would not -cu& & Government office if his friends in Congress and throughout the ad- ministration secure an intment for him, but if he does it not be be- cause he has not had attractive offers entirely outside of politics. Many of the most influential among his colleagues have stated that “a good position in the Government ought to be found for Cramton,” and the report that he was being considered for the assistant controllership job has been current for several weeks. — MEETING OF CABINET New Becretary of Labor, Confirmed Yesterday, Takes Oath Quietly. By the Associated Press. A new face aj red today at Presi- dent Hoover's ci 3 ‘William N. Doak, time as a member of the Chief Execu- 'Tme ovearing in simple affaf 8 was & affair, with only department officials t. The { ity that Kerosens sl o mu!wmfin:gfiw- nies | and a sister, Mrs, of Wi o ashington. government. He enjoys the iiers, e Parh. SENATOR PIE! Who was given & mandate by President Doumergue of Fra; to f He is now on the tradition of X oal londers: friendship of man; table Fi hmen, —— “I.p yno‘ ‘renc and was elected to the RRE LAVAL, al round of visits to political leaders. the Seine. He I8 alse mayor of Auber- —A. P. Photo, SHAPIRO PLACED ONTRIAL TODAY Must Answer Indictment Charging False Pretense in Realty Deals. Jacob 8hapiro, president of the Jo- s2ph Shapiro Realty Co., wes pigced on trial today before Justice Fevtsn Gor- don and & jury in Criminal Division 1 to answer an indictment charging false | Dreteness in neglecting to advise pur- chasers of real estate ol‘x"":m!lden trusts” on o e case on trial # ohe of & number of such indictments pending against the broker. &hapiro was called as & witness before the Blaine subcommittes of the Senate District Committee, but was excused when he réfused to waive imfunity. The committee was investi- ting realty conditions in ‘Wasiington. | The eomnlalnln&vimuses in the case jon trial are .Dr. W. Calhoun Furr and | his wife, 1716 Hobart street, who elaim | that Shapiro assured them there was |only oné deed of trust on the propsrty when they traded another piece of real estate and gave a second trust notc for ths deferred payments. They later | discovered, they say, that there was A | “hidden trust” of $2,500 on the prop- erty, of which they had not been ad- Assistant United States Attorner John W. Fihlly and Allen Krouse ar- conducting the' prosecution, while tha broker is represented by Attorne:s Leon Tobriner, Alvin L. Newmyer and Waiter Tobriner. R FRANCO-RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC BREAK APPEARS IMMINENT : _(Continued From Pirst Page.) - “the denials of Poincare and Churchill | faced proves L‘{n‘u‘:‘mmeh ""’f‘m"" e 'IM *y have been caly with { fe goodhr y aught The speedy | ecutive Commi y to questions by Chairman |3 ’ulalun of the Cen‘g::l Ex- e came somewhat as a | surprise to many people since decisons on rlen of elemency usually require sev- eral days’ deliberation after sentence, The “trial itsclf, besides being con- | sldered as most valuable propaganda to inelte the public to fenewed enthusi- asm for fulfiliment of the five-year plan also, Communist circles hope, has dealt a severe blow to the Right Wing upgmlunn of the Communist party, lewspapers see numerous “lessons” in the trial, such as the danger of foreign invasion and the necessity for continu- |ance, as Izvestia says, “of battling | agaimtt political neutrality among the | intelligenzia.” Izvestin declares that there can be no middle class in the future for the intelligensia of Russia. “They must either adopt the ideal position of the proletariat and be loyal to the cause of Socialism or become counter-revolu- tionists and play the role of servants of foreign imperialism.” | All the convicted engineers were classed by the Russians as intelligensia. BRITISH SCOFF AT “TRIAL” LONDON, December 9 (#).—The Daily Express, commenting today on the commutation of sentences imposed by Moscow on el&m men cherged with ' plotting against the Soviet government, characterizes the dramatic trial just ended there as a “put-up job.” In an_editorial headed “The Ogpu Farce.” the newspaper said: “Thus ends the biggest burlesque of justice which has been staged in our time. Its con- fessions and its broadcasting parapher- nalia have been what is colloguially as & put-up job.” The purpose of the exhibition in Mos- cow, sald the newspaper, was to “in- flame Russian opinion against the out- side capitalist world.” e FORMER HEAD OF POLI'S THEATER PASSES AWAY Abbott Eaton Jones Employed by U. 8. Veterans’ Bureau for Past 15 Years—Funeral Thursday. By & Btaft Gorrespondent of The 8t BRENTWOOD, Md., December Abbott Eaton Jones, former superin- tendent of Poll's Theater, died af residence, 3912 Perry street, yesterday. . Mr. Jones was born in Troy, N. ¥., but came to Wash- ington when a young man and for years was em- loyed at Poli's g’hnm. where he became widely known. For the past 15 years he worked for the United States Vet- Mr. Jomes. Cor He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elisabeth Jones; two daughters, Mrs. ‘Thomas L. Watson of Philade], and Mrs. Lawrence E. Harry of Wi gton, John E. Mitchell, also al services will be conds of the existence | J the only show that they lost their wits when | his | yesterday at which the two sides agreed prom| COPELAND TO HELP ' ANNUAL SEAL SALE dress Under Auspices of Health Organization. Senator Copeland of New York, him- 2t a dovior, will spsak at 8:15 this {vening on & national hook-up of the | work from Stati | WRC on_the s ject of “Protect:: the Childrén Amerjea.” His address nsored by ti ‘ashingion Tul: culosis Associati-’ as part of its ec: catonal healt | m in eon | nection with 1 annual sale c Olmsltmu Beals now in progress. Yesterday’s receipts of casha for Christmas Seals at the headquarters of the Tuberculosis Association, 1082 c | the sale in Washington above $17.000, jor the purchase of 1,700,000 seals in | this ety to date, ahd not including the | hdditi-nz1 sales begun yesterday in the | Various s-lf:service stations at chain stores and at the special operated 2t the Woodward & Loth rt- mment Store by fhembers of the Junior gue. Additional booths in all the larger stores and many banks are to be cpened tomorrow for the sale of the 3 William Green, president the 2crti~n of Labor, has given American Fe:. to the seal sale, and ! his indorsem bespoken support for it. 'MATERNITY BILL FOE ATTACKS DRY LAW lings Uses Debate Chance to Rap Prohibition Before “Senate. | maternity bi!l in the Senate for an at- | Democrat, Maryland, clared that “the same arguments made Tor this bill were made when prohibition | became a law.” “The latter was to empty the jails; to en® crime; to bring the haicyon days,” said the dry law opponent. “In- stead, it has brought a train of evils too long to enumera Senator shep&ud, Democrat, Texas, |replied to Tydings' prohibition argu- ments, that “the American people are at the last election they returned an bverwhelming dry majority in both the House and Senate.” Sheppard, one of the authors of the Sheppard-Towner act, to which the Jones maternity bill is proposed as a successor, defended Federal aid to edu- cate mothers. He said the act had lowered the death rate infants and mothers in child-birth, TRAFFIC BILL PROBLEM Utilities Commission Objection to Be Discussed—Compromise Measure Desired. ‘The District Commissioners and the Public Utilities Commission are expected to act late today on the la ge of an emendment to the terms of the Com- missioners' proposed traffic bill made to meet certain objections raised by the Utilities Commission. The act as it stands gives the Com- missioners power over common carriers in the District in certain r:reu ‘The Utllitles Commission objec that this pawer is now lodged in them. The utilities body did not see the terms of the bill before it went uLw Congress, and & joint meeting was held ifg" drafled by Corporstion. Gounse dra Yy lon inse! Willilam W. Bride. ‘The semi-weekly board meeting of the Commissioners was postponed until this afternoon to allow the Commissioners to be present at the hearing on the Mapes bill on fiscal relations between the District and Federal governments, and consequently the action cannot be taken until this afternoon. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home | Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, this evening at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zlmmmmnm", bandmaster; Anton Point- ( [: > “Bupp b e Senator to Give Radio Ad:! | I'etional Broaticasting Co.'s radio nn-‘ Eleventh street, brought the total of > Utilizing dsbate on the pending , | tack on the dry laws, Senator Tydin, veetergay de-) tive Which is marketing well pleased with prohibition because | SENT TO CONFERENCE; gram Wl | 6o atlonally co-ordinate thelr IBRUENING MOVES T0 BACK CURTIUS {Warns Opposition He Will Take Portfolio Himself if Fight Is Made. By the Astociated Prets. BERLIN, December 9.—Chancellor Bruening, who is anxious to send the Reichstag home so he can go to work on his financial reformns, took the inl- tiative into his own hands a8 the Par- liament resumed today and announced that should the Reichstag begin an as- sault on his foreign minister he would over portfolio himseif. Is was his own way, it wa: be- :!;ved. of npm“ uugver i{mmlnn An attack on the cabinet and even- | tually forcing cabinet changes to serve their own pol 1 ends. As a result of the chancellor's threat it was e that the Parliament woul fot launch its anticipated attack on Jultus Curtius, the minieter DRY HEADS UNITED ON OPPOSITION TO RUM REFERENDUM (Continued From First Page.) 1 | enough to remec. this defect before the | new ‘apportionment of Representatives | goes into effect l Mbrfi“hmn ted m:u:th'wmm 'mperance gives sul g ' holding of joint debates with WW‘ wets in carrying the appeal of pro- hibiticn to the e, While the M st Board held fts Annual meeting in the Methodist Bulld- ing, the Netional Temperance Council |m}l}nued its conference at the Dodge [ e S meers ot O B U n, ‘upon [ the couneil the ereation of an_ all-em- bracing federation of dry forces, di- vorced from the church, to protect pro- hibition in the 1932 elections. :'uz at the lack of “militant p” the hibition ranks, and even sug- ’Wmnfiumormmg- nizations. “The church, as such, has no place in & contest for the election of a Presi- dent,” Btewart declared. Mrs. Willebrandt Defends Position. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, for- imer Assistant Attorney General in charge of prohibition enforcement and now legal counsél to a manufacturer of grape céntrate, defended. her posi- tion before temperance leaders today Belet I the ¢thtacy of pronibition. e efficacy of 3 Appearing unannounced before the National Temperng:! Counell, . Wil flgflm talked “nn:lfll tw& hwn'. ihaking & preliminary_statemen she wehryed 1uuumu directed from . arge number of nearly dry leaders who wanted ‘to men were not,present and, further, her remarks be 'En. In & warmly defended Mrs. brandt and also the intent of Fruit In- dusiries, Inc, the California co-opera- the concen- trate. Bishop James Cannon, jr., last night added his volce t5 those ing sup- port by the drys of a pmm ref- etep::dum. om Sibley Hospital, where he : been Il several o;’e’e‘n with lrthrl‘tl.l., ‘nmmf Cannon wrote Dr. Ernest H. | Cherrington, secretary of the Nationai | Temperance Council, that it “would be , | An inexcusable betrayal of trust” for i him to uupg:n such a move, !rl;ho \nnon, nce o™ e Mexhodist By | South, said the'Generai Conference of church voted unanimously for | the maintenance of the eighteenth amendment and called upon ngress | to provide whatever men and money | were necessary for adequate enforce- | ment. A prohibition “battle royal” in the 11932 pa; conventions and defeat for the Republicah m:-fly i lea: f its candidate shows wet I made . Bcott | tendent of the Anti- | WETS S8EEK UNITED PROGRAM. Behind closed , Constitutional ~ Convention, meet here at the instance of seven} organisations favoring modification of the liquor laws, today was continuing to delve into its study of various plans in an effort to hit uj some general pro- hich the mq ut.lgnm orts, The convention, which will remain in.. seasion & week or 10 days at the Melr: & score of more of plans for tion of the liquor laws before , these plans from rep- fesentatives of urm‘a orrlnllltlonl from mufly every State in the Un- Jon. are present more than 100 Tepresentatives of modificationist or- ganizations and organizations of busi-' ' ness, professional, labor and women's organizations, which have taken various stands against the Preunt status of prohibition in the United States. Charles W. Darr, former ident of the Washingion, Chamber of Commerce, is serving as temporary chairman of the convention, (c) “Sweet Noth! o ings’ lueted from the home Thursday at 10:30 am., to be hno-:u burial in Glenwood: Cemetery. P

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