Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1930, Page 2

A2 #» G.0.P.HEAD ADMITS HE GPPOSED NORRIS Lucas Brands Hoover and Coolidge Opponent as “Democrat.” (Continued From First Page.) informed that Norris would be re- elected in November by Democratic votes, although regular Republicans would support former Senator Gilbert ‘M. Hitchcock, Democratic nominee, in their effort to defeat Norris. Mr. Lucas said also that he had talked with State Senator Stevenson, Republican, of Nebraska and had told him that Norris was a Democrat and should be defeated. He said that he had talked with other regular Repub- licans in Nebraska, among them Lulu Andrews. Says Democrats Backed Norris. “On the other hand,” continued Mr. Lucas, “it was freely stated in the press that the leaders of the Democratic or- ganization, Chairman Raskob of the Democratic National Committee; Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Executive Committee, and Charles Michelson, publicity director, were supporting the candidacy of Senator Norris in Nebraska against the Democratic nominee, Mr. Hitchcock. “I wanted to beat a Democrat who was saying that he was a Republican,” said Mr. Lucas. “I preferred Mr. Hitchcock as between the two Demo- crats.” Senator Dill of Washington wanted to know if it was not a fact that Senator Norris is an “independent” and that he had opposed the policies of the last Democratic President, Wcodrow ‘Wilson, as well as those of Mr. Coolidge apd Mr. Hoover. Mr. Lucas stuck to the poin that Norris had voted for Alfred E. Smith in the last presidential election and that he must be considered a Democrat. ‘Wagner Asks About McNinch. At this point Senator Wagner of New York, a Democrat, asked what Mr. Lucas thought about Frank R. Mc- Ninch of North Carolina, who headed the anti-Smith Democrats in that State in 1928 and has now been appointed by President Hoover a member of the Fed- eral Water Power Commission. “Do you consider Mr. McNinch a Republican?” asked Senator Wagner. “He has just been appointed by Presi- dent Hoover to the Power Commission as a Democrat, although he voted against the Democratic presidential nominee in 1928.” “I cannot pass on Mr. McNinch.” re- . Lucas. “I know nothing about him.” At the outset of his testimony, Mr. Lucas told the committee that during the testimony yesterday before the committee an effort had been made to show that he had tried to bring up the | religious issue. “I wish to say that I had nothing to do with any attempt to raise the re- ligious question and made every effort to keep it out of the campaign,” said Mr. Lucas. Before Mr. Lucas went on the stand, Albert F. Dawson, former Representa- tive from Iowa, who has been executive secretary of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee for about a year, was questioned by the committee. Dawson Says Hands Kept Off. Mr. Dawson testified that his com- mittee had kept hands off in the Ne- braska senatorial campaign, both in the primary and in the general election. He did say, however, that the senatorial committee had given Senator Norris the usual aid which had been sent to other Republican senatorial candidates last Fall. He said that no money was sent to Nebraska to aid Norris, however, and that none had been asked for. Senator Nye, chairman of the com- mittee, sought to draw from Mr. Dawson some admission that the senatcrial committee had taken sides against Norris in the primary campaign. This was denied again and again by Mr. Dawson. Mr. Dawson was questioned at length about his connection with Victor Sey- mour, who, according to testimony be- fore the committee, had an important part in getting Grocer George W. Norris of Broken Bow, Nebr, to file in the Republican senatorial primary against Senator Norris. Dawson told the committee that he did not know Seymour very well and that after the testimony before the committee had developed the fact that Seymour had been active against Sen- ator Norris in the primary campaign, he, Dawson, had taken steps to bring about the resignation of Seymour, who was serving in Denver, Colo., as assist- ant to Senator Steiwer, vice chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. Mr. Dawson admitted that he had recommended Seymour for a place with Senator Steiwer earlier in the year. Phone Conversation Recalled. Sen-’ r Nye questioned Mr. Dawson at ler. . about a nine-minute conver- sation which Seymour was sald to have had over the long-distance telephone with Dawson on July 22. This was one day after Seymour, according to Sen- ator Nye, “had lied to the Senatorial Committee, declaring he had nothing ngo with the Nebraska primary cam- ‘The witness insisted that he could not recall any such conversation and that whatever Mr. Seymour might have had to say to him, it had not regis- terad sufficiently for him to remember. The first witness heard today was ‘William Murray, who told the commit- tee that he had been connected with the Republican National Committee as an assistant to Franklin Fort, former secretary of the committe: and a mem- ber of the House from New Jersey. Mr. Murray was asked about a visit he had made to Nebraska last Spring. He said he had gone at the instance of Mr. Fort to find out the trend of public opinion on the tariff, the Pederal Farm Board and the drift on prohibition. He told the committee that he had made verbal reparts to Fort on what | found. 1 Visited Seymour in Lincoln, ! He said that he had visited Mr, Seymour in Lincoln, Nebr, and had | written & report in his office which he | carried back East with him and gave to_Mr. Fort. It that report available?” asked ator N | Senator Nye's comment. The witness told the committee that | during his three-week stay in Nebraska he had visited many county seats in the State: that he had become convinced that Senator Norris would be rencm- | inated and would be re-elected. He! said in reply to a question tha’ he had | never heard of the candidacy of Grocer Norris until he saw it in the newspa- He denjed that he had become nterested in the candidacy of Stebbins, a regular Republican, who was opposing Senator Norris in the primary for the senatorial nomination. Talked With Klan Organizer. ‘Mr. Murray said that among the per- gcs he had seen in Nebraska was a Mr. Reed, who was the organizer for the Ku Klux Klan for Nebraska and Colorado. Reed, he said, was against the repeal of the gighteenth amendment and he was opposec to the re-election THE EVEN YALE DEAN, LITERARY CRITIC, FILLS TIME WITH GOVERNORSHIP Prof. Cross and Gene Tunney Constitute “Strong Minor- ity” in Hartford. He Is Only Democrat and Will Deal With Repub- lican Legislature. ¥ By the Associaled Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., December 20.— Because he was 68 years old they re- tired Prof. Wilbur L. Cross, dean of thcl Graduate School at Yale University, last June. t That left him with nothing much to do but edit the Yale Review and carry on his work as one of America's forc- most_literary critics, | So he went out and got himself elected Governor of Connecticut, and now he is satistied - that his time will be just nice- ly filled again. He had no particular desire to be Gov- ernor. He had never run for office he- fore. But Prof. Cross believes in the two-party system, and he is & Demo- crat. “I thought that even in Connecticut | we Democrats ought at least to consti- tute a strong minority,” he said voday. “I decided the party needed building up. So I said I'd run if they'd let me make a few changes in the organization. Names Tunney Aid. The Democrats are going to have that “strong minority” in Connecticut these coming two_years. * It will consist of »v. Wilbur Lucius Cross, all by himself. He and Gene Tunney, whom he has appointed a major on his stafl, will be about the only Democrats in Hartford. Not only wili Prof. Cr: be the first Democratic Governor Connecticut has had in 20 years, he will be the only Democratic State official put there by the voters. And he'll be dealing with a | legislature of Yankee farmers, over-| whelmingly Republican. | But Prof. Cross is not particularly | worried about those Yankee farmers. He is a Yankee himself. His forefathers settled in Connecticut more than 300 PROF. WILBUR L. CROSS. JOHNSON TO OPPOSE WORLD COURT ON AIR California Semator to Broadcast Disagreement With Capper in Forum Talk. Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican, of California, will be the speaker in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star, and broadcast over the coast-to-coast network of the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System at 9:30 o'clock tonight. Senator Johnson, an ardent foe of American adherence to the World Court, is expected to answer in his speech tonight the talk of Senator Arthur Capper, who upheld the Court in a talk over the National Radio Forum last week. The California Senator is a years ago. His father was a Yankee farmer and a Democratic legislator, too. And he reasons that quite a few Yankee farmers must have voted for him a few weeks ago. Prof. Cross belleves he knows his Yankee farmers. He conducted his cam- pajgn in the homely terms of the farm- yard. Prof. Cross, a tall, well set up man, with gray hair and & ruddy complexion, was long ago given by Yale students the nickname “Uncle Toby.” That was | | because of his fondness for Laurence |. Sterne and “Tristram Shandy.” One of his most notable works is a life of Sterne. He is going to continue as editor of the Yale Review and will keep on writ- ing literary criticism. His latest vol- ume, on Conrad, Bennett, Galsworthy and Wells, came out during the cam- paign. 5 And one thing he cannot understand is why any one should think it out of the ordinary for a retired professor of English literature and a dean emeri- tus of Yale University to become Gov- ernor of Connecticut at the age of 68. (Copyright, 1930, by the Associated Press.) SENATE TAKES UP $116,000,000 BILL TO HELP JOBLESS (Continued From First Page.) now passed and recommends an &ppro- priation—for the full amount, the $25,~ 000,000 urged by the Budget Bureau and Secretary Hyde, or any figure in be- tween—which Congress can pass with- out rousing serious disagreements, this may be done by nightfall. Otherwise it must await the legislators’ return from holiday. However, the Agriculture Depart- ment advised the House Appropriations Committee it would not be necessary | to appropriate any of the $45,000,000 | for drought relief before the Christmas | holidays. Chairman Wood of the commiltee | sald today he had been informed that if the funds are supplied immediately after the holidays they would be avail- able soon enough, because of the pre- liminary work that has to be done be- fore the money can be dispensed through loans to farmers. ‘Wood’s committee will hold hearings | during the holidays to ascertain how the money is to be used. Task Is Formidable. The entire task was huge. There | was plenty of Senate opposition to re- ceding on the three points still at issue in the public works bill. Should it pre- vail more conference sessions with | House delegates would be necessary. The Farm Board bill was held up yes- terday by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, who wished to ascertain what was going Lo be done with the money. Each of the three remaining nominees to the Power Commission faced opposi- tion. Chairman Couzens of the Inter- state Commerce Committee planned to bring up first the name of the chair- man, George Otis Smith of Maine. If the coast scemed clear he had in mind seeking action also on Marcel Garsaud of Louisiana and Frank R. McNinch of North Carolina. With Claude L. Draper of Wyoming and Ralph B. Willlamson of Washington State, who were ap- proved yesterday, Smith could imme- | diately organize the power group. braska since his trip there last Feb- ruary and March. The director’s name was brought into the investigation suddenly. Charles I. Stengle, former member of Congress | from New York and now editor of the | National Farm News, sprang up as the | committee was questioning John F. | Blackwell, composing room forcman the Independent Publishing Co., w! publishes the farm paper. Biackwell had said he did not know who placed the order for the Nebraska literature | with his firm. I am violating a confidence,” shout- ed Stengle, “but in the interest of truth that order was placed in my hands by | Robert H Lucas of the Republican Na- tional Committee. He went on to say Lucas placed the order about the middle of October, paid for it in cash and gave him in- structions that it be shipped to John| M. Fetters, Omaha National Bank Building, Omaha. that name in Omaha and in reality the literature went to Elmer B. Steven- son, who headed the campaign for State Treasurer Stebbins, the Republic~ an senatorial primary candidate. Contents of Letter Published. A letter used for campaign literature was headed, “Democratic Victory Scouts,” and subheaded, “This is the kind of appeal coming from New York from Tammany for Norrls.” It went on to say that “Hitchcock may pro- fess to be with us now, but we can- not depend upon him in 1932.” ‘The letter was signed “J. M. O'Shea, manager,” and in large type beneath the facsimile reproduction this ques- tion was asked: “Can you beat it? The answer printed was; tainly can by voting for Hitchcock for Senator.” of Senator Norris, who had voted for Alfred E. Smith in 1928. “How did you get in touch with 2" asked Senator Nye. “I looked him up,” replied Murray T heard of him when I got.to Ne- braska, although wd not heard that of the Ku Kux | the politi ituation was signature, “Anti-Norris Republicans. Fifty thousand copies of this letter | were printed, Blackwell testified. In addition, 10,000 cartoons ard 25,000 mphiets captioned, * litical Situation in Nebrask: Wt ordered and printed, costing in ail about $685, the foreman said. Stengle volunteered almost all of his member of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee of the Senate, which recently voted to postpone consideration of the World Court proposal until the first Wednesday after Congress meets next December. PAY INCREASE FATE MAY BE DECIDED IN SENATE ACT TODAY (Continued From First Page) House Appropriation Committee told his_colleagues in the House today. He figures that the appropriation bill with the three-year program for bring- ing under average salaries up to the average, he intimated, will still carry between $7,500,000 and $8,000,000 for salary increases. Chairman Wood was desirous at this Christmas season to have the Govern- ment_employes know the truth as he sees it about the question of salary in- creases and hopes that when this is| understood they will not look upon him | as_a hard-hearted ogre. “A great many members are Teceiving telegrams urging them to support Sen- ate_amendments to the Treasury and ost Office appropriation bill, Which have been placed upon the bill in th Senate to provide further salary in- creases amounting in all to approxi- mately $1,200,000,” Mr, Wood said. ‘What Bill Included. “In order that members may under- stand just what the bill as it passed the House contained for such increases I desire to say that in framing the House bill these dmounts are approxi- mately available to cover increases: “Amount on account of the act of July 3, 1930 (Brookhart act), $1,437,480. “Amount under the Treasury Depart- ment in normal appropriation, which will be availsble from lapses, etc., for salary increases. $811,000. mount under the Post Office De- partment in Washington normally used for making Increases from lapses, etc., 000. his makes the amount in the bill sed the House for salary in- 3,480. “To this amount the Senate has added for the salary increases proposed under the threc-year program as rec- mmended in the budget for next year | $1,200,000. This makes the amount of the bill as it passed the Senate avail- able for salary increases $3,473,480. Part of Three-Year Program. “The amount of $1,200,000 inserted by ate for these salary increases is a part of the $4.250,000 proposed by the budget as the first year's increment of a th ear program to c $14,500,- 000 a year for ary increases These amounts the House has denied. “All the appropriation bills will con- tain approximately $4,000,000 for carry- ing out the Brookhart act of July 3, 30, for salary increases. In addition to this amount the bills carried the reg- ular funds under which motion and may be made from lapses, etc., stimate to be at least $3,500,- 000 to $4,000,000. “The appropriation bills, th respective of this three year: refore, ir- program, w ¢ between $7,500,000 and $8,- 000,000 for salary increases. If the Senate amendments should prevail it would run the amount for salary in- creascs up to nearly $12,000,000 for this ession at a time when the Government pressed for money, when people are out of employment, when some are working only a few days a week. We uld be further favoring those on the Government pay roll who have steady enployment, regular pay and none of the suffering and anxiety that now dis- turbs so many who are trying to get work. e 16 PATIENTS ARE RESCUED FROM BURNING HOSPITAL Volunteer Firemen Aid Doctors and Nurses Carry Stricken to Safety. By the Associated Press. MARLINTON, W. Va., December 20. Sixteen patients were removed from he Pocahontas Memorial Hospital dur- Chairman Nye said the committee |ing a fire that destroyed the structure had been unable to find any one by | here early today. None of them: suf- fered from the experience, hospital au- thorities said. The | light an Nurs ospital caught fire before day- d & nurse turned in an alarm. physicians and_volunteer_fire- rried the patients to a hotel. The three-story frame building was | destroyed. Officials estimated the loss at $20,000. FEES JOINS IN CELEBRATION RIO DE JANEIRO, December 20 (/). ‘7—5“ Eric Drummond,, secretary gen- eral of the League of Nations, leaves here today for Buenos Alres and Montevideo, where he will attend the | independence centennial. Since his ar- |{official guest of the govern: it. Two on U. 8. Tanker killed. VALPARAISO, Chile, December 20 (#). —Two members of the crew of the Unitéd States ' tanker . Ceferino were killed in a storm which raged over the and few questions were asked. - Chilean coast during the night. The Ceferino reached port lfl&lfl! dam- D. C. COST DIVISION ARGUED AT HEARING Donovan Holds Service Basis Unfair to Citizens and Hard to Work Out. ntinued From First Page.) to pay the entire cost of maintaining the Nation's capital. We are dependent on the justice and equity of Congress in that respect.” Holaday's Suggestion Adopted. The questlon of the percentage the Federal Government should pay toward District maintenance on the basis of service rendered by the municipality led to such frequent confusion that Repre- sentative Holaday of Illinois suggested that he personally would like to know the views of every interested person. Chafrman Mapes thereupon adopted his suggestion that the commiltee ex- tend an invitation to such persons to appear before it, that the question might be thre.hed out from all possible angles. "Fhis phiase of the hearing should deal with the percentage the Federal Gov- ernment should contribute to each of the 18 separate departments of the municipality, rather than treating the District_appropriations as a whole. Each witness upon expres:ing his opin- fon, Mr. Holaday said, should be re- quired to state the facts on which such & determivation is based. Mr. Mapes concurred in these husgrsiim.).\. The matter arose during a° discussion of newspaper editorials ceploring the fact that the Federal Government has constantly increased its holdings in the District, and by further development was steadily withdrawing taxable prop- erty to the detriment of the District taxpayer. Municipal Center Cited. Durirg the general discussion of va- rious items of District maintenance from which the Federal Government derives & benefit, Mr. Donovan pointed out that the Bureau of Efficlency in its report omitted the effects of ex- traordinary improvement on the general fiscal relations between the Federal and District Government: He declared he wished to cite the proposed new Municipal Center as a case in point. In order to conform to the develop- ment south of Pennsylvania avenue, he said, Congress has decreed that the Dis- trict should erect monumental structures that would compare favorably with the buildings in the Federal project. There is no question, Mr. Donovan said, but that millions of dollars would have to be paid from the District appro- priations_for development of the Mu- nicipal Center to give it & “Federal dress.” When that time comes, Mr. Frear in- terjected, Congress will bear fts part of the necessary expense. Mr. Dono- van replied that in all fairness Congress should certainly do so. The proposed Municipal Center, the auditor said, would cost between $25- 000,000 and $30,000,000. He cited the fact, he said, merely to show that with a development of Government proper- ties a District municipality was com- peled to make improvements on a great- er proportion than most other cities of comparable size. Water Rate Discussed. Mr. Donovan went at length into the various steps leading to the acquisition of four squares for the Center north of the Avenue, explaining that Congress was not satisfied with the original pur- pose of purchasing only two squares of land. He admitted that the District | government, of course, would be paid as any private property owner for the Dis- | trict Building that must be vacated. Such monumental bridges as the Key Bridge are not solely a community need, Mr. Donovan said, adding that this bridge, costing about $2,500,000, was paid out of District appropriations. Mr, Frear suggested that although the Government is not given credit for the new Arlington Bridge the District residents would get the same use from it as from the Key Bridge. At the same time Mr. Frear contended that the reason the District's water rate Is low as compared to other citles, despite a recent increase, was because the Government paid the cost of the original water system. Mr. Donovan believed it had very little, if anything, to do with existing rates. Mr. Frear asked Maj. Donovan if he was opposed to any increase in the taxes in Washington if an investigation showed that the tax burden here is not comparable with that in other clties of e size, Disputes Figure for Intangibles. “I believe the tax on real estate in Washington is as heavy as it ought to be,” replied Maj. Donovan, “I am, how- ever, perfectly willing to concede to the view that the District should pay a tax fair in comparison with other comparable cities.” “I can't see how the Federal-owned property in the District would have any bearing in determining the per capita tax,” declared Mr. Frear. “And I can't see any reason for the Bureau of Effi- clency charging $90,000,000 for intangi- bles in arriving at the tax liability of th= Federal Government.” ‘The automobile license fee question bobbed up again when Representative Davis of Tennessee asked Maj. Donovan if the $1 fee applied to all classes of vehicles such as trucks and busses. ‘The a2uditor explained that it did, and Davis reiterated his opinion that there should be a weight tax on vehicles, but that it should be accompanied by re- peal of the personal property tax on vehicles. “I'll give you a concrete example,” said Mr. Davis. “In my own State we have a registration fee of 50 cents a horsepower, together with the issuing clerk’s fee. In the case of trucks we have a substantial additional tax based upon weight and capacity, which in- creases rather rapidly and finally gets up to several hundred dollars. It is based on the theory that trucks are very damaging to the highways. And I'm of the opinion that the truck tax in my own State is not yet commen- surate with the extent of damage done to the highways by the trucks. “In Tennessee we also have numerous other taxes that you don’t have here in ‘Washington.” Anxious for Federal Activities. Mr. Davis then asked Maj. Donovan if Congress should seriously consider the decentralizatjon of the Government activities in Washington if he thought such a move would be welcomed by the people of the District. m“Absolmely not,” responded the audi- T, “Now,” continued Mr. Davis, “reduced down to brass tacks, the people here are just as anxious to have the Federal activities as the people in other cities are to get them.” “Absolutely,” answered Maj. Donovan. “It's the same old question. You take the Federal Government out of Wash- ington and what is left?" After these questions by Mr. Davis, Maj. Donovan was excused and the committee adjourned subject to call. If i “You cer- | festivities incident to the Uruguayan [further hearings are to be held it was indicated it was unlikely that the co: The document also bore the | rival here yesterday he has been the | mittee will be called together until after the holiday recess of Congress. Artist Takes Own Life. SAN FRANCISCO, December 20 (#).— A man identified as John Henry Duffy, 41, New York commercial artist, shot and killed himself in a railway depot here last night. Police said they were informed his mother was Mrs. John ¢ New York society Left to right: C. Elbert Anadale, G. embezzle. . Bryan Pitts and John H. Edwards, jr. Court last night, where they heard a jury verdict of gullty on four counts photographed in the District Supreme an indictment charging conspiracy to —Star Staff Photo. DISBARRED LAWYER DRAWS JAIL TERM Norman S. Bowles of Capital | Convicted for Second Ti_me in Contempt Case. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., December 20.— Judge William C. Coleman today sen- | tenced Norman S. Bowles of Washing- ton to 55 days in jail on charges of | comtempt growing out of Bowles ap- pearance before him in the United States District Court here as a prac- ticing attorney in November, 1929, five months after Bowles had been barred | by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Judge Coleman had passed a similar sentence on Bowles several months ago, but it was set aside when an appeal | taken by Bowles resulted in his being granted & new trial. Another appeal was taken today by John Phillip Hill, | Bowles' lawyer, and the Washingtonian was released on $2,000 bail. The hearing today was enlivened by the filing of a motion by Hill asking that Bowles be tried before another judge, inasmuch as Judge Coleman was | alleged to have shown himself to be prejudiced against the defendant. Judge Cuieman denied both this mo- tion and another motion seeking a jury trial. Bowles first appeared before Judge Coleman on November 27, 1929, as counsel for Thomas Knott, who was ac- cused of having violated the prohibi- tion laws. Knott pleaded guilty and was fined §200. Bowles had represented himself as an attorney at law in Wash- ington. An investigation later revealed that Bowles had been disbarred by the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum- bia on June 14, 1929. Judge Coleman issued a bench warrant for Bowles’ ar- rest ond following a hearing some months ago sentenced him to 60 days in jail, GEN. PERSHING’'S BOYS EAGERLY AWAIT HIS WORLD WAR MEMOIRS (Continued From First Page.) to officialdom or to the public at large. | He disclosed, as & matter of fact, that but for the insistent clamoring of those who fought under him in the dark days of 1918 he might not have completed his literary undertaking. “Many times I was tempted to leave the job undone,” Gen. Pershing remark- | consider and go back to the story under in response to further questions by Mr. . the pressure of friends. They made me see it was ar impersonal duty I had to perform—an obligation to the public I could not well evade.” Gen, Pershing is disinclined to reveal the number of messages he has re- celved since announcement of comple- tion of his memoirs or to disclose their contents or the names of the senders. A War Department attache, however, said they came by radlo, wire and mail from every corner of the United States and from numerous points abroad. Seated in his secluded but spacious office in the old State, War and Navy Building, Gen. Pershing examined the accumulation of messages with boylike interest and personally answered them with his thanks. The Pershing story of the world con- flict s being awaited eagerly in French. British and German circles, where con- jecture is spirited as to the American general's treatment of disputed phases of allied strategy. Gen. Pershing’s version of his suc- cessful effort to maintain an autoncmous American front on the battlefield in the face of opposition in the allied high command is expected to prove of par- ticular interest abroad. Apparently official Europe is reserving its comment until the story has been made public. A large number of Amer- icans living across the Atlantic have sent Gen. Pershing cables or letters tell- ing of the interest abroad in the “Amer- ican account of the war.” ‘The Pershing articles are generally re- garded as tantamount to an official record, in view not alone of their authorship, but also of the fact that they are based on the general's day-to- day diary of his wartime activities. He speaks plainly in them, but, as he is convinced that he has spoken noth- ing but the truth, he entertains no misgivings. The story will start in The Ster January 12. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) CLOUDINESS TOMORROW, SNOW MONDAY, FORECAST General Precipitation Expected Over North and Middle Atlantic States. With increasing cloudiness forecast here for tomorrow, rain or snow, as art of a general precipitation expected go cover the North and Middle Atlantic States, is expected in the District of Columbia_the early part of the week, probably Monday, according to the fore- caster at the United States Weather Bureau. ‘The general forecast for North and Middle Atlantic States predicts “snow over North and rain or snow over South portion enrly part of week, again Wednesday or Thursday and again toward end of week. Moderately cold over North portion early part of week, temperatures will not change materially thereafter.” ‘A minimum temperature of 28 de- fair i ted hel g:esund" ‘weather is predici "l | ed, “but each time I was forced to fe- | Wide Relief Powers Given to Secretary In Helping Farmer By the Associated Press. The principal provisions of the drought rellef bill passed today by Congress follow: “The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, for the crop of 1931, to make advances or loans to farmers in the drought and storm stricken areas, where he shall find an emergency for such assistance exists, for the purchase of seed and suitable crops, fertilizer, feed for work stock and fuel and oll for tractors used for crop production, and for such other purposes incident to crop production as may be pre- scribed by the Secretary of Agri- culture. SOCIETY OF NATIVES JOINS BILLBOARD WAR Policy of D. C. Commissioners and Civic Association Campaign Are Indorsed. Joining with other civic forces, the | Soclety of Natives of the District of | Columbia last night indorsed the anti- billboard campaign withinh the greater ‘Washington area. In a resolution offered by John A. Saul, which was adopted at its business meeting, the organization declared it- self as follows: The Soclety of Natives, District of Columbia, believing in every practical forward step in advancement and beautification of the National Capital, heavily approves the anti-billboard policy of the District of Columbia Com- missioners and registers its appreciation of actiwties of adjacent States. de- signed to minimize desecration of rural scenery along roads leading into Wash- ington. It indorses the campaign of the American Civic Association for pre- servation of rural landscapes in the environs of the National Capital. It recommends approval of this campaign to the Federation of Citizens' Associa- | tion as the expression of the united organized citizenship of the District of Columbia. 'TABLET IS ERECTED TO SURVEY PIONEER | Bronze Plate in Star Building Honors Ferdinand V. Hayden, First U. 8. Geologist. A bronze tablet memorializing the ploneering efforts of the United Stat:s Geological Survey under the late Ferdi- |nand V. Hayden, first United States geologist in charge, was erected yester- day afternoon on the east wall of the business office of The Evening Star on the first floor of The Star Building. The tablet was dedicated December 13 in the rooms of the Washington Board of Trade on the second floor of The Star Building, which occupy space corresponding to that in the old Star Building in which the first offices of the survey were located. The accomplishments of the Hayden Survey, which came to play a large part in the scientific p: ss of the Nation, are recited on the tablet, which was erected by the surviving members of the Hayden Survey—Dr. Willlam H. Holmes, director of the National Gallery of Art; Frederick D. Owen, Willlam H. Jackson, George B. Chittenden, Ernest Ingersol and S. B. Lad ERim T Mississippi has nearly 5,000,000 acres of abandoned farm land suitable for reforestation. “The First Sig “What Becomes of Santa Claus ia Farmers Take Up Moore. “Christmas Gift"- “Ch “Old Maste Fletcher. '—A.fine Christmas story —A new story “No Mansfield. .Forum,” . Page, In the Christmas Issue of The Sunday Star Magazine “"TOMORROW -A story by Marion Brandon. “Christmas Gift the World Needs Most”—By Lillian G. Genn, enerous Santa Claus to Ex-Convi mas at Mount Vernon”"—By Estelle Harris. HITZ T0 BE NAMED TOAPPEASBERH President to Send Nomina- tion to Senate This After- noon or Monday. (Continued From First Page) District Supreme Court. The Attorney General has had considerable time to | consider this and is understood to be ready to make his recommendation to the President. He is awaiting the time when Justice Hitz will be confirmed for his appointment to the Court of Ap- peals. Proctor Recommended by Bar. Previously when Justice Hitz’ nomina- | tion was decided upon, James M. Proc- tor, a local attorney, is understood to have been recommended by the Attor- ney General for appointment to Justice Hitz’ place. Mr. Proctor was recom- mended to the Attorney General by the District Bar Association and the local Republican organizations as well as a number of local individuals. There have been a number of names under consideration for Justice Hitz’ place and indications at the,White House today were that Mr. Proctor stood at the top of the list of two or three who have been most seriously consid- ered by the Attorney General. Others | who have been seriously considered are | | Prescott ~ Gatley, Paul Sleman and | | | Frederick d'C. Faust. Native of Washington. Justice Hitz is a native of Washing- ton, hlvn;fl' He took law course here and was He later became a member of the law firm of McKenney, Flannery & Hitz, remaining there until his appointment as an associate justice of the District Sppreme Court, where he took the oath of office November 23, 1916. He has presided in all the branches of the court, but had gained prominence from his service in the criminal courts. He presided over the trial of Harry F. Sinclair, New York oil magnate, for eontempt of the United States Senate and sentenced the oil man to serve three months in jail and to pay a fine of $500. Later he presided at the trial of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, charged with accepting a bribe of $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny, ofl magnate of California. He sentenced Fall to pay a fine of $100,000 and to serve one year in jail. liberty on appeal from that decision. Presided at Doheny Trial. Justice Hitz was on the bench at the trial of Doheny on an indictment for giving the $100,000 bribe to Fall, but a jury exonerated Doheny on his testimony that the money was merely a loan to an old friend. The elevation of Justice Hitz will establish a precedent for the promotion of a justice of the Supreme Court to & place on the Court of Appeals. Jus- tice Louis E. McComas served on both benches, but he had resigned from the Supreme Court and had served a term in the United States.Senate from Maryland before his designation to the Court of Appeals bench. —_— BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra this evening at Stan- ley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “For Preedom’s Flag”..Baron Overture, “Guy Mannering” Bishop Spanish sull “Hispania”. . .. .Stoessel idilla,” “La Media Noche,” “In Old Castile” and “Jota.” Scenes from musical comedy, ““Maid Marian” .De Koven Fox trot, ......De Rose Waltz suite, “Glittering Moonbeams,” Fetias Finale, “Fluffy Ruffles” .. Morse “The Star Spangled Letters”—By Kathleen Read. icts”—By Helen Welshimer. Christmas Tree Planting”—By by Fannie Hurst. Made Christmas Story Popular”—By Dorothy by Margaret Culkins Banning. “Nuts You Eat at Christmas Time”—By John Frazier. “Christmas Memories” — A full page of drawings by Dick ‘Together with such regular Star Magazine Book Reviews, Washing John Clagget Proctor) article on Old ‘Washington and Arf Notes. been born April 21, 1871. | admitted to the bar December 20, 1899. | Fall isat | PASSENGER RATES REDUGED ONLINERS Fares for Transatlantic Ships Cut From 7 1-2 to 52 Pct. by Five Services. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 20.—A whote- sale reduction in rates was announced last night by five of the great transat- lantic steamship services. Reduction amounts to as high as 52 per cent in the case of some French Line ships, the cut affecting the Ile de France, the Paris and the France. Rates were also slashed by the Red Star, White Star and Atlantic Transport lines, operated by the International Mercan= tile Marine, and the Cunard Line, French Line reductions affect only first and second class accommodations. Drop on De Luxe Lines. ‘The drop on the de luxe White Star liners in the New York-Southampton service amounts in some cases to more than $1,000 on a booking for two per= sons. The regal suite on the Majestic now will cost $2,637.50 in the Summer seae son, instead of $3,540. The Winter rate will be $1,395 instead of $2,530. Similar reductions ranging from 10 to 25 per cent have been made in the first-class rates for the Olympic and the Homeric, the Belgenland of the Red Star Line and the Minnewaska and Minnetonka of the Atlantic Transe port Line, First-Class Fares Cut, First-class fares have been cut from 20 to 30 per cent in the more exy ensive suites of the first-class mm& iners. The minimum tariff for lower-price rooms in the firs commodations has been eut per_cent. The International Mercantile Co. also announced extension the Summer and Winter lower rates are effective. e —— (Continued Prom Pirst Paged est rung of the business laddey, head of the Smith Co., formerly # of Washington's largest investment brokerage houses, he was reputedly" worth several millions of dollars in his owm right. e Government's case was prepared for trial and prosecuted by Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw. The defense was conducted by Mr. Lambert and Attorneys Rudolph Yeatman, Frank G. Raichle, George D. Horning, jr., and Edmund Toland. The case was given to the jury at 3:37 p.m. yesterday, after Justice Hits had delivered his charge. The jurors retired immediately to an anteroom to consider their verdict. At 6 o’clock their meals were brought to them from the Metropolitan Hotel, where they' stayed during the trial. After eating, they resumed their de- liberations, and at 7:45 p.m. sent out word that an agreement had been reached. Justice Hitz was called to the court from his home to receive the verdict. After the formal verdict was in, the foreman asked the clerk of the court to read a supplemental statement, signed by the ten men and two women com- posing the panel, ‘Express Appreciation. In this statement the jurors thanked | Justice Hitz and court attaches for | courtesies shown them and expressed ilhelr appreciation of the manner in which the trial had been conducted. “It is our unaimous opinion, Mr. ! Justice Hitz,” the statement said, “that it all courts were conducted in the or- derly, efficient manner in which you | conduct yours, there would be no room for complaints of any character.” Except for a short trip uptown for dinner, the defendants waited in the court room and corridors of the build while the jury was out. Edwards ane Anadale chatted with friends and news- paper men, but Pitts sat to one side alone, Rarely did he break his silence. once to ask a reporter what he thought the verdict would be. Without waiting for a reply, Pitts answered his own ques- tion, saying, “I don't see how it can be anything but not guilty.” Other Charges Standing. Samuel J. Henry, former president of the Smith company, was indicted with the men convicted last night, but was granted a separate trial. He testi= fied for the Government against his former associates. It s said today that a date for Henry's trial has not been set. Pitts has yet to face three other in- dictments, Anadale two and Edwards one. All resulted from grand jury in- quiries into their activities in connec- tion with the Smith company. No date has been set for trial of any of these other charges. Mrs. Margaret G. Edwards, mother of one of the defendants, was the most pathetic figure in District Supreme Court last night when the jury brought in the verdict. Too shocked for tears as a deputy marshal walked over to lead John H. Edwards, jr., to jafl, she turned to a reporter and asked in a trembling voice: “Are they really taking my boy to the jail? I can’t believe it.” Unwilling to leave, Mrs. Edwards was led away by her two daughters, Barbara and Margaret. A little later they were joined by Edwards’ wife, who has stood loyally by her husband during the long trial, and who was last to leave him he was taken away to jail. ‘The strain of the long hours she has spent in the court room proved too great for Mrs. C. Elbert Anggale, who broke down in tears half an hour be- fore the jury filed in. She was reas- sured by Mrs. Edwards, however, and recovered her composure. She bore the shock bravely when her husband was pronounced guilty. Mrs. Gladys T. Pitts, wife of the principal defendant, G. Bryan Pitts, maintained her calm demeanor through- out the trial. but just before the jury was ready with its verdict, addressing a newspaperman, she sald: “What do you think about it? I.don't see how Lh;zhverdlct can be anything but not guilty.” ‘When the verdict came in she broke down completely, and clung tearfully to her husband.