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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Somewhat overcast tonight and tomor- row; not much change in temperature; minimum temperature tonight about 26 d ‘Temperatures—Highest, 47, at No. 31,646. post office, legrees. 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 24, today. Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 at 7:20 am. 9. @he ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as second class matter Washington, s G WASHINGTON, pening Star. D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1930—FORTY-TWO PAGES. YOUNG PLAN LAPSE BY GERMANY NOW BELIEVED UNLIKELY Government Expected to Ride Out Economic Dis- tress This Winter. . TWO CRUCIAL PERIODS STILL TO BE SURVIVED MARRIED APPRE JOBS BACK BY Carter Takes Pity on Seven Who Broke Rules to Take Wives. Will Enforce Regulation in Future in Best Interests of Young Men. Public Printer George H. Carter, who forced seven youthful apprentice printers to resign recently because they broke their promise not to get married, played Santa Claus today to the group and gave them back their jobs as & Reichstag Session in February Will Be First Hurdle—Cities’ Finances Grave Problem. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star. BERLIN, Germany, December 22— ‘Widespread investigations during the last three weeks have brought the con- clusion that there is small chance that the German government will during the coming months feel called upon to Meclare a moratorium on conditional %oung plan payments. Contrary to the opinion of Dr. Hjal- foar Schacht, which he broadcast in the United States, and of other Con- servative and Nationalist leaders, the present chancellor and cabinet seem to believe that Germany can by making Christmas gift. “Only one of the boys had been able to find work elsewhere,” Carter ex- plained today in announcing reinstate- ment of the young husbands. “In view of the hardships to which they were subjected, I decided to restore them to duty, beginning today.” ‘The Public Printer emphasized, how- ever, that he intends to enforce the no- marrying rule most_rigidly in _ti (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. NTICES GIVEN PUBLIC PRINTER GEORGE H. CARTER. MEMBER OF HOUSE CALLED IN PROBE New York Aldermen Also desperate efforts hold out during the ‘Winter. Salaries Must Be Cot. It is admitted by experts that State eand municipal salaries must be further reduced—unpleasant as such a meas- ure is in a time of industrial crisis. . The weakest point are the municipali- ties. The new laws place upon them the burden of supporting an ever larger percentage of the unemployed. It is expected that some cities will within a calculable time be financially unable to stand the strain. The states will then interfere and appoint commissioners, who will by flat cut expenses and lower wages. If the municipal budgets can be kept in balance without further indebtedness, it is expected that public finances can weather the Winter. The worst item in the picture, worse than reparation payments, are the floating debts of the municipalities. The German government hopes grad- ually to achieve a situation where it can obtain a funding of these short- term debts. Meanwhile the Young pay- ments are provided for and the year's export surplus provides sufficient for- elgn currency for the transfer. Two Uncertain Periods. Two periods when trouble may be expected are: First, at the beginning of February, when the Rflc.h.!'.lg meets. Then impatient Deputies mig} celvably force CI or Heinrich Bruening's hand and cause his resigna- tion, thus endangering the financial restoration and smash the German credit position, which, resting on short- term loans, is extremely vulnerable. The second danger time is later in the Spring when it will be seen if economic recovery is imminent. Government ex- perts belleve that a moratorium would give Germany little benefit and that in any case it can be declared only when finances are in order and the credit situation is stronger. But it is always possible that hotheads may get control of the situation and that the eo-called chaos party, which advocates & simple refusal to pay regardless of "the consequences, may have an oppor- tunity to test its theories. Foreigners believe that such a test ‘would be disastrous for Germany. This correspondent’s personal opinion is that Herr Bruening and sanity are *likely to maintain control. (Copyrisht, 1930.) CRASH WITH TRUCK KILLS 3, HURTS 5 Man, Woman and Child of Balti- more Victims of Accident Near Abingdon. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 22.—Three persons were killed and five others were injured in a collision between the auto- mobile 1n which they were riding and a parked truck on the Philadelphia road near Abingdon, Md, early today. All were Baltimoreans. ‘The dead: Eugene Castognera, 21. Mrs. Anna Wcod, 19. Beatrice Haseni, 7. ‘The injured, none of whom was re- rted as being seriously hurt, were ken to the Havre de Grace Hospital They were suffering from shock and lacerations. They are: Mrs, Efleen Castognera, 20, wife of the dead man. Marcus Wood, 21, husband of Mrs. Anna Wood. & ‘Mrs. Mary Haseni, 35, is the mother ©f Mrs. Wood and Beatrice Haseni, who killed. John Carroll Hagan, 22, Hagan was driving the party to Aberdeen, where they intended to spend the Christmas holidays with relations. * " At Abingdon the car ran into the truck, the rear lights of which Hagan claims were not burning. The truck belonged to a Baltimore furniture com- m’. The driver was said to have making repairs. STATUS OF GUATEMALA GOVERNMENT STUDIED By the Associated Press. Secretary Stimson announced today the State Department is studying the status of the new regime in Guatemala with a view to a decision on extension ©f American recognition. Strict adherence by the Washington Government to the policy enunciated by Charles Evans Hughes when Secretary of State in 1923 with regard to recog- nition of Central American republicans ‘was pronounced by Stimson. Among 159 Summoned for Graft Inquiry. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 22.—New York's senior member in the House of Representatives, two aldermen and a public administrator are among 159 per- sons whose financial dealings are being scanned for evidences of vice graft. Representative Christopher D. Bulu-‘ van, Aldermen Moritz Graubard and ‘William Solomon and James W. Brown, Bronx official, all of whom are high in the councils of Tammany, are named in a blanket subpoena demanding the rec- ords of some 2,000 banks and brokerage houses in the metropolitan area for the court’s inquiry. Othets are Hyman Bushel, lawyer, who once served a 30-day term as magistrate; Daniel J. Byrne, clerk of the Bronx County Court; Hattie Good- man, wife of Magistrate Henry Good- man; Joseph E. Well, said to be a rela- tive of Magistrate Edward Weil, and Nathan Viodinger, called “the mayor of Eldridge street.” Most of the number are police, in- cluding all members of the vice squad. Four of these men are standing trial on departmental charges of conduci unbe- coming an officer and perjury, based or testimony alleging that an alliance existed between police, lawyers and bondsmen — working through stool | pigeons—to .extort money from petty offenders on fabricated complaints. BRITAIN SEEKS END OF PARIS-ROME ROW Follows U. 8. Lead in Promoting: Accord on Navies to Save Limitation Treaty. BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN. By_Radio to The Star. ROME, Italy, December 22.—Great Britain has followed the United States’ cue by dispatching R. L. Craigie, one of its leading naval experts, to Rome and later Paris in an effort to accomplish what Hugh S. Gibson, American Am- bassador to Belgium and disarmament expert, was unable to do on his recent visits to Rome and Paris—that is, to find some means of agreement between Italy and France on the naval question. Mr. Craigie, who heads the American section of the British foreign office, conferred Friday night here and has | left for Paris, where he will continue his discussions with French officials,. While the results, if any, of Mr. Craigie's visit are kept completely secret, his presence proves that Great Britain and the United States are co-operating delicate- ly to bring about a compromise between the French and Italians and subse- quently save the London naval treaty, | which loses its effect if the two con- | tinental powers continue naval building without restriction. (Copyright, 1930.) BULLET FE!:LS DANCERS Youth Sought for Shot Sending 2 to Hospital. MEDINA, N. Y., December 22 (#)— A bullet fired ‘through a window | brought to a tragic end the dance of | Helen Dunn, 24, and Walter Bryant, 25, in_the latter's home early yester- day. The single bullet passed through the woman's body and lodged in Bryant's body. Both were taken to a hospital, where their condition is critical. “Police start- ed search for a youth with whom Miss LAW GROUP REPORT DECISION IS NEAR Wickersham Body Expected to Ignore Dry Ruling of Judge Clark. Members of the Law Enforcement Commission expect the next few days will bring a decision on what will be written into their prohibition report. ‘The members, while confident they the President about January 1, have not yet, according to authoritative word, reached agreement upon the principal points. The commission apparently has de- cided to disregard entirely the Clark decision holding invalid the eighteenth amendment, There had been sugges- tions that since the decision had been placed before the Supreme Court by direct ‘appeal filed last Saturday, the commission might hold up its recom- mendations. As the group reassembled today it had for the first time its full member- ship of 11. Judge William S. Kenyon had been held out of the city by court sessions for the past three weeks. Unanimous Report Possible. ‘There was a strong expectation that the commission report would be unanimous. Some time ago it devel- oped the members planned to append supplementary = explanations of their individual positions and today it ap- peared hopes were entertained that all differences of opinion could be covered by these. z A new attack on the Clark decision o League Against Alcoholism, who usured a statement asserting the New Jersey Federal judge left it to be plainly in- ferred by the language of his decision that he expected his opini - - ; (pe pinion to be re. Appeal Action Rushed. “Briefly stated,” he said, “Judge Clark’s opinion seems to hold the eighteenth amendment invalid because he prefers the convention method of amending the Constitution when dele- gation of power to the Federal Govern- ment is involved * * * because argu- ments offered in vain before the Su- preme Court of the United States make an appeal to him which they did not make to that court which rejected them.” The appeal filed with the Supreme Court last Saturday did not present arguments against the Clark decision. Solicitor General Thatcher contented himself with stating the exceptions upon which the matter was brought for review, leaving development of the case for a later time. It was hoped the court would set the case down for hearing the week of January 19. CASE MADE ON CHARGE OF DESTROYING LIQUOR Warrant Issued by Judge, Who Jailed Man for Refusal to Tell Bource of Rum. By the Associated Press. CADILLAC, Mich., December 22.—A second unusual prohibition charge has been invoked by Recorder’s Judge E. J. Millington, who kept Frank Harrand in jail 37 days because Harrand claim- ed he did not know from whom he ob- tained liquor that caused his arrest for intoxication. Judge Millington issued a warrant against Ralph Nutter, 19, charging him with possessing a pint of liquor and destroying it “manifestly for the pur- pose” of preventing its seizure. Nutter and his father, James Nutter, the lat- ter charged with transporting liquor in |an_automobile, were arraigned before Judge Millington and demanded exami- nations. They were released on bond. ‘The judge came into prominence as a result of his invoking a little-used statute against Harrand, who won his release on bond from an indefinite con- Dunn was said to have quarreled re- cently. itempt sentence only when the State Supreme Court intervened last week. BRIDE’S SURPRISE HAMMOND, Ind, December 22—It really is surprising, Mrs. J. H. Shekels may have reasoned today, how many Under this policy, based on existing treaties, the United States would refuse fo recognize any regime which came into power through a coup d'etat or a revolution. The State Department has sought the wdvice of the American legation at Oulumdlll City. The department’s inquiry is directed mainly on whether the present regime is merely in power until President Chacon policemen can come to a surprise party, like, for instance, the one she arranged for her husband It all started when Mr. Shekels came home last night, observed a light in the house, and knowing that his bride was not due back from a visit with her mother for five more days came to the most natural conclusion that all was not_well within. “Burglars,” houklwhlnzlluu PARTY BRINGS FLOCK OF POLICE WITH HUSBAND “Boo!” She Cried, and Fainted at Sight of Officer Brought to Catch “Burglars.” later to the police over a telephone from the house of a neighbor. A squad of picked officers responded. One man was stationed at each door and window before Officer Albert Rich- man, noted for bravery under fire, en- tered the_house cautiously, followed by Shekels on tiptoes. “I'm surely glad my wife isn't home," he whispered, about which time the m&" fl:c‘;lor mfl ;:;ddenly and a y figure out. sal rs. Shekels, who took ong look at the in front of her- fainted. can get the recommendations before | SMITH C0. OFFICERS WILL RUSH APPEAL FOR YULE LIBERTY Plan to Go to Court Tomor- row Despite Failure to Serve Government Counsel. MOTIONS ASK NEW TRIAL AND STAY OF JUDGMENT |Dodds and Burkinshaw Flooded With Congratulations for Man- ner of Handling Case. Unsuccessful in their efforts to obtain service on Government counsel, attor- neys for the convicted officers of the F. H. Smith Co. today announced their intention, nevertheless, of going into court tomorrow in an effort to secure a new trial. ‘Two defense motions, one asking for & new trial and the other for an arrest of judgment, were filed with the clerk of the court this afternoon, Under the law the attorneys for the prosecution are entitled to two days in which to prepare their answer after being served with notice of the defend- ants’ intention of reopening the case. As tomorrow is the last court day prior to the holiday season, the failure of counsel for the defendants to serve notice of their motion was expected to prove fatal to the chances of the con- y:_g]l:ed men to spend Christmas out of jail Hope to Argue Two Motions. ‘The defense counsel hope to argue the motions tomorrow. If the court refused to hear their pleas on the ground that the Government was not given proper notice, the matter cannot be reopened until next year. The ccnvicted men—G. Bryan Pitts, C. Elbert Anadale and John H. Ed- wards, jr.—were sald by their friends to be adapting themselves readily to the jail routine. Pitts, according to-reports from the jail, spent part of last Saturday after- noon mopping floors. Attired i an expensive silk dressing gown, the former chairman of the Smith company board cf directors, was strolling down the jail corridor Satur- day and passed Frank Mahoney, con- victed last week of second-degree murder in connection with the slaying of Louls Bush. Millionaire, Prisoner Obeys. Mahoney, who had been appcinted a tiersman at the jail, called to Pitts: “Here you,” he grdered, “get this mop.” The millionaire hesitated momen- tarily, witnesses said, but then took the mop and applied it industriously to the corridor floor. The motion for a new trial for the three men was drawn up by Attorne; Wilton J. Lambert, Frank G. Raicl and Rudolph Yeatman. ‘The motion is based on the grounds that the conviction was contrary to the evidence, that the court erred in refusing a directed verdict at the close of the Government's case and that a new jury should have been impaneled when' a prospective talesman, while being questioned, expressed the belief that the three men were guilty. Nugent Dodds, Special Assistant At- torney General, and Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, were being flooded with congratulations to- day for the manner in which they prose- cuted the case. Praised by Defense Attorney. One defense attorney, who had de- scribed Dodds early in the trial as “just a country lawyer,” had undergone a change of heart today. “I underrated him once,” he said, “but I won’t make that mistake again.” Members of the local bar were out- spoken in their praise of the closing argument made by Dodds. One attor- ney, who has practiced before the local courts for 25 years, said it was the most skillful he had ever heard. Preparations were being made to serve Pitts at the jail with notice of two civil suits pending against him. These were filed by Samuel J. Henry, former president of the Smith Co., and Anthony Senes, formerly Pitts body- guard. ‘Their attorney, Harry S. Barger, said he would refile the suits in the District Supreme Court today. ‘They were originally filed in Alexandria. Henry, who was indicted with Pitts and the others, but granted a severance, is suing for $120,000, which he says is due him from a loan to Pitts. Senes is asking for $25,000, which he says Pitts promised to pay for his services )l:: u:ecunng income tax abatements for MOONEY-BILLINGS PROBE REJECTED Crime Study Group Feels Indi- vidual Cases Out of Jurisdiction. s e By the Associated Press. The Law Enforcement Commission does not intend to investigate the cases of Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings, serving life sentences in Cali- fornia on conviction in the San Fran- cisco Preparedness day parade bombing on July 22, 1916. In one of the rare statements issued by the commission, Chairman Wicker- shaw today said: “It is beyond the province of this commission to investi- gate individual cases with a view to making recommendations as to their disposition, particularly in State courts, for the reason, among others, that the commission has no power to e witnesses or redetermine facts.” ‘The statement said, however, that “at a meeting of the commission hel vember 24, 1930, some correspondence regarding the desire of certain people to have this commission consider and make some recommendations regarding the Mooney case was brought to the at- tention of the ” ———— Four Rob Indiana Bank ENGLISH, Ind, December 22 The Crawford County State Bank robbed of of $2,500. 1d No- | tios “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes Sunday’s PR¥ (#) Means Assoc it fi ALLAN HOOVER WILL BE HOST TO 200 AT WHITE HOUSE DANCE Much-Coveted Invitations Al- ready Issued for Decem- ber 30. Jazz Music to Resound in Stately Mansion for Second Season. | Jazz music again will resound through the White House December 30, with | Allan Hoover host at a dance to 200 or more members of the Capital's younger society set. A private dance orchestra has been engaged for the festivities in the east room, ‘The much-coveted invitations to this function already have been sent out. ‘These include virtually all of the promi- nent debs and subdebs of this Winter. Miss Janet Large, 18-year-old daughter (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ALLAN HOOVER. IMPEACHMENT QUIZ LIMITS ARGUMENTS Defense Protest Overruled in Case Involving Arlington County Supervisor. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star CULPEPER, Va., December 22.—Over the objections of the prosecution, Judge Alexander T. Browning today limited the arguments in the impeachment proceedings against Supervisor B. M. Hedrick of Arlington County to an hour and three-quarters. The first clash between attorneys occurred when Burnett Miller, special prosecutor, asked that two hours be allowed each side, while the defense contended that an hour would be sufficient. Judge Brown- ing compromised with an hour and three-quarters. While many of those interested feared that today's proceedings might be carried over because of the lack of time, Judge Browning stated at the beginning that he had set aside this one day to complete the case and that the length of the arguments would have to be governed accordingly. Reveals Prosecution’s Plans. Miller was the first attorney to ad- dress the court. In a review of the testimony, he declared that Hedrick could be removed from office for the violation of any one of a number of visions in the code, amng these be- g malfeasance, misfeasance or gross neglect of duty, and that the prosecu- tion was prepared to show that he was guilty of at least one of these. Under the laws of the GState there was but one way in which water and sewerage could have been installed in ‘Waycroft suddivision, which is owned py the Arlington Investment Corpora- tion, of which Hedrick is managing di- rector, and that was through the pay- ment of a certain amount of cash and the issuance of negotiable notes for the balance. Claiming that the law was entirely disregarded, Miller alleges that not until many inonths had elapsed aft- er the completion of the work was either payment made or notes pre- sented. Says County Needed Funds. At the time this work was done, at an expense of $9,175, Miller claims Arling- ton County was badly in need of money and that for this reason any delay was a hardship on the taxpayers. After the matter was called to the attention of Hedrick, Miller charged he was called ‘time after e by the commonwealth attorney to make settlement, but stead- fastly refused to take any action. Miller charged that in the negotiation for the llation of water and sewer in the subdivision, Hedrick was acting for the Arlington Investment Corpora- n instead of for the county, leaving the latter's interests to the county di- recting engineer. Poincare’s Condition Unchanged. ground, bul must continue to have absolute rest. The war-time President suffered a vascular spasm last week. . on ;lle C-6 ROTWALS APPROVES SIGN AMENDMENT 'Favors Letting Commission Regulate Al OQutdoor D. C. Advertising. Maj. John C. Gotwals, District En- gineer Commissioner, today gave his approval to the amendments under which the bill now pending in the House District Committee would be b lened to increase the powers of the Commis- sioners to regulate and control placing and maintenance of all forms of out- door advertising within the District of Columbiz. Believing the legislation meets the local situation fully, Maj. Gotwals said he would submit it to the Commissioners at tomorrow’s board meeting with the suggestion that they recommend its passage during the present session of Congress, if that step is feasible at the present time. “I believe it is a good bill and about the best that can be worked out,” Maj. Gotwals said, “though I am inclined to doubt the possibility of getting it through the House before the end of the short session.” Several D. C. Measures Pending. ‘There are other important District measures pending, such as the new traf- fic code, and whether much District’ legislation of any kind can be put through the House in view of the pres- ent situation in the District Committee is a matter about which there is some doubt. It was pointed -out, however, that the signboard measure, having al- ready passed the Senate, becomes class- ified as pending legislation which give it more or less privileged status. While the signboard bill is in part a compromise with the outdoor advertis- ing interests it gives the Commissioners sweeping powers in the matter of regu- lating conditions and would make pos- sible the removal of many thousands of signs of the “tack and hammer” va- riety which the Commissioners are not now able to control effectively. These signs are of the type now plastered over the exterior of places of business. ‘While the provisions of the bill gen- erally meet with the full approval of all concerned, the inclusion of the word “maintenance” meets with the sharp (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) PHILADELPHIA BANK CLOSES IS DOOR $55,000,000 Bankers’ Trust in Hands of State—Police Guarding Branches. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 22.—The Bankers' Trust Co. of Philadelphia, one of the prominent institutions of the city, with assets of $55,000,000, was closed today by the State secretary of banking. ‘The bank has 19 branches scattered throughout the city, some of which came into the company through mergers of neighborhood banks within the last few years. A detail of police was sent to the main bank building and to all the branches to maintain order if crowds should gather. A steady seepage of deposits due to ‘wit.hdnwfls in the last few days was | given as reason for the action of the State banking department. In a formal statement, Samuel H. Barker, president of the bank. said: “At a meet of the board of direc~ tors this morning the affairs of the bank were placed in charge of Peter G. Cameron, secretary of banking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This action was taken to conserve the assets for the protection of depositors and stockholders.” A statement issued in September showed the bank had ap tely 135,000 _depositors, with its of $45,036,592. At the main bank officials took up plans for reorganization. It was said that Secretary Cameron was in the city Saturday and spent considerable time in conferences with President Barker and others. MIAMI ALSO IS HIT. | “Malicious Rumors” Blamed for Closing of Financial House. MIAMI, Fla., December 22 (#).—An- nouncement of the closing of the City National Bank, Miami's second largest financial institution, was made early today by the board of directors. The board said heavy withdrawals, “due to malicious rumors” regarding the bank’s condition, were. responsible for the decision to close. It was announced the City National Bank of Miami Beach, the City Trust Co. and the Guardian Trust Co., sub- sidiaries of the City National Bank in Miami, would not be affected by the closing. A statement, dated September 24 last, gave resources of $7,209,234 and depos- its totaling $5,862,662.27, with a sur- plus of $500,000. The bank was capi- talized at $500,000. STATE INSTITUTION SHUT Small Atlanta Bank in Hands of Examiner. ATLANTA, December 22 (#)—A. B. Mobley, State superintendent of banks, announced today his department had taken over the affairs of the City Bank & Trust Co., one of the smaller At the last call on September 24, the bank reported resources of $284,593, capital of $167,000 and deposits of $76,~ 852. DEPOSITORS TO BE PAID. Indiana Institution Shut, but Has Ample Assets. INDIANAPOLIS, December 22 (). The First Bank & Trust Co. at Attica closed voluntarily today. Luther Symons, State bank commis- sioner, who reported the closing here, said the depositors would be paid in full. 3,000 DISTRICT EM PLOYES TO.LOSE DAY'’S PAY FOR YULE VACATION Statutes Forbid Per Diem Remuneration Even When President Grants Them Holiday. Three thousand per diem employes of the District government will receive no compensation for the Christmas eve holiday ordered by President Hoover. Under a number of statutes affecting salaries and leaves of absence, it has been found that while the employes may be paid for Christmas day, which is a legal holiday, they may not be paid for December 24, which is sim a e .00 Em:smg:;icm those 3 ly the various de- Nothwithstanding the fact that the District per diem workers will not be paid for stmas eve, it was learned today, that under the law governing Navy Yard workers, such workers will receive pay. ‘There are about 8,500 employes in the District government on the regular annual rolls, as distinguishe per diem rolls. Of these about 5,000 make up the class consisting of policemen, Firemen and school teachers, to whom the e no d'l’(fi day. the school teachers¥gre on vacation.' This leaves about 3, employes on_ the regular annual Tol who will fit by the holiday. The! wil! quit tomorrow afternoon and not come until Friday morning. d Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 112,238 Circulation, 120,478 TWO CENTS. {[}UTTINB BLAMES LUCAS STATEMENT ON “HIGHER-UPS” New Mexico Senator De- mands Repudiation of At- tack on Norris. G. 0. P. PARTY DIRECTOR CHARGED “DISLOYALTY” Nebraskan Expected to Reply to Accusation—White House Is Silent. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Responsibility for the actions of Rob- ert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, who opposed Senator Norris in the last cam= pain and has now issued a statement attempting to read Norris out of the Republican party, “lies higher up,” Senator Cutiing of New Mexico, publican Progressive, declared in a statement issued today. “Considerably higher up,” added Mr, Cutting. ‘The Senator from New Mexico at- tacked vigorously the statement issued last night by Mr. Lucas, in which Lucas asserted that leaders of the Republican party must "gh'eut.h!&r active opposition TEis to men like Noi G. O. P. Leaders Stirred. Mr. Cutt statement was the lat- est contribution to the intraparty row which was developed since the Nye Senate campaign investigating commit- tee developed the fact last week that Lucas had sent literature to Nebraska in an effort to defeat Senator Norris for re-election last Fall. Republicans in the Senate, regular and progressive alike, were stirred to the core today over the statement issued by Mr. Lucas last night. They in it as an attempt to read Senator Nor- ris and other progressive Republicans out of the party. The verdict of those who would ex- press opinions was that Mr. Lucas “would have to go.” Failing that, they said, the Republican party would be in for a row of such proportions that might cause a political upheaval. One Republican Senator who is not identified with the Progressive group, but with the regular organization of the Senate, insisted that Mr. Lucas’ - tion should be demanded without delay. Cutting Issues Attack. Senator Cutting, in his statement at- tacking Mr. Lucas and those b~ licans who support Lucas, said: “Mr. Lucas is not a personal issue. He is merely an employe of the Nation- al Republican Committee. The re- sponsibility for his actions lies higher up. Considerably higher up. “The trouble with the gentlemen ‘whom Mr. Lucas repregents is that they fail to remember that the Republican party does not belong to the it of the United States, the national chairman and a few dozen members of the National Committee. It belongs to the Republican voters. It is not & part of Mr. Lucas’ official functions to de- termine whether the Republican voters are right or wrong. “The Republicans of Nebraska de- cided in the primaries that Senator Norris was a good enough Republican for them. He thereby became the regu- lar Republican nominee, and was en- titled to the same undivided support from the National Committee which Mr. Hoover received in 1928. Of course, Mr. Lucas as an individual had a right, even after the nomination, to oppose the election of Senator Norris. But he had no right to do so while remaining on the payroll of the Republican party. Pamphlets Denounced. “The pamphlets which were circulated in Nebraska wers scurrilous, false on their face, and unworthy of the mean- est ward heeler in the land. If Mr. Lucas had not been entirely aware of the indefensibility of his conduct, h2 would have acted in the open, instead of resorting to subterfuge and chicanery in order to conceal his own identity. Here, again, the responsibility is not that of Mr. Lucas alone. “The statement signed by Mr. Lucas called on Republicans, in the name of Lincoln to throw out of their party the man whose attitude toward national problems is probably more closely akin to Lincoln’s than that of any other man in public life today.” Senator Cutting referred to an edi- torial of Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post, which said that Senator Norris has “endeavored to make the Republican platform of 1928 a lie and a fraud.” Senator Cutting denied that Senator Norris had done any such thing. He said that the Re- publican platform in 1928 promised to place agriculture on an equal basis with other industries, and that Senator forris had done everything in his power live up to this pledge. Senator Cutting said, too. that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) o uilniinien. < si iy THREE BOATS AND RUM WORTH $130,000 SEIZED NEW YORK, December 22 (#).— Seizure. yesterday of three rum-run- ning vessels with crews of eight men and liquor worth $130,000 was an- nounced today by the Coast Guard. One of the captured craft sank after 400 cases had been transferred to a Coast Guard boal HOOVER SIGNS FARM BILL Appropriates $150,000,000 for Fed- eral Board's Fund. President Hoover today signed the bill appropriating $150,000,000 for the use {of the Federal Farm Board. Congress _enacted the appropriation Saturday. It brings to $400,000,000 the amount made available from the $500,~ 1000,000 authorized for the board’s re- volving fund. BROKER DIEé ON TRACKS Reported to Have Fallen From Train in New York City. NEW YORK, December 22 (#).—Roy d | Wilson, member of the New York Prod- uce Exchange, was found dead s terday between the tracks of the New York Central Railroad near the Wood- lawn Station, in the Bronx. His skull was crushed and his pelvis fractured. Police reported that he fell from the train Saturday night on the way to his home, in White Plains, N. Y. Phy- siclans said they found no evidences f foul play. He was 35-and unmar- led. Durin A (24