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2 ‘ASSAILANT- IS CALLED , Caraway. NATIONAL DEBT OUT] 20 MLLION IN YEAR Reduction Announced by! “freasury Made Despite Big | Drop in Federal Tax Receipts. L By the Associated Press. "In spite of recent decreases in Federal tax receipts, the national debt on January 31 as the Treasury accounted | for it today, was more than $300,000,000 | less tha, on the sam: date & year ago. The sctual et indebtedness of the | countiy amounted to $16,007.475,340, | as compared with $16,324,081,376 one year &go. However, the showinz is a long way from settling the difficuiti's of the Government's- financial administration, which Secretary Mellon has indicated is facing a probable deficit of about $380,000,000 to b2 realized on June 30, when the fiscal year «<nds. The temporary debt reduction made 8o far this year will be offset shortly by the heavy semi-annual payments of interest coupons on outstanding bonds. Further, the anticipated shrinkage in income taxation will register itself heavily on March 15 and it is propable the Treasury’s debt statement made to- day will represent a low point in na- tional indebtedness for a matter of many months, if not years. This is indicated by the fact that the next monthly statement will show a known increese of $60,000.000 in the naticnal debt. Cue to the sale of Treas- ury notes for that amount on Feb- ruary 1. “UNADULTERATED LIAR” BY CRAMTON IN-HOUSE! (Continued From First Page.) tor Caraway of Arkansas and Senator Borah of Idaho in the Senate yesterday egainst Cramton and Majority Lead<r Tilson when the turmoil began. G. O. P. Members Applaud. Rising the validity of the Walsh which Blackmer was convicted, permit- ing fining American citizens who refuse to return from abroad to testify in criminal cases, BLACKMER CLAIMS CONVICTION VoI Validity of Walsh Law in 0il Scandals Attacked—rFall Argument Ends. By the Associated Press. ‘With argument ended upon the ap- peal of Albert B. Fall from his. convic- tion of taking a bribe while Interior Secretary, counsel for Harry M. Black- mer of Denver opened an attack upcn his conviction of contempt of court in connection with the oil lease scandals. Elackmer was fined $30,000 .in the District of Columbia Supreme Court on each of two counts of contempt for failure to return from abroad to testify in the conspiracy trial of Fall and Hairy F. Sinclair, ofl magnaf Walsh Law Is Hit. Karl C. Schuyler of Denver attacked law under Schuyler said the Walsh law en- deavored to stretch the arm of United States courts into foreign lands in con- travention of international law. He said Blackmer had established a to a point of personal priv-| residence in Paris two years before the flege, but adhering to the House rules Fall-Sinclair cases were started, and of not mentioning names, Cramton made his “liar” daclaration . ) The Republican membership arose and applauded vigorously this declara- tion by Mr. Cramton. Representative Parks, Democrat, Arkansas, raised the point of order that this was unparliamentary language and charged Cramton with referring “to a gentleman he'dl not look in the eye and repeat it.” Representative Parks chal- lenged Mr. Cramton to say he would not take a job under the Government. Mr. Cramton answered, “If my brother is in want and I have money I will not ask th: Gayernment to care for him " This was umderstood as a direct fliing at Senator Caraway, who ha stated in the Senate that his own brether was in dire need. “I will not ask the Government to send all my sons to West Point,” yelled Mr. Cramton, again making a verbal crack at Scnator | Questions Start Row. ‘The row in the House started when Representative Treadway asked several | parliamentary questions as to how he ! could reply on the floor to Senator Caraway's statements on the floor of the Senate yesterday. Representatives Parks and Rankin, | the latter of Mississippi, both raised | parliamentary objecticns, while Chair- | man Snell and several other Republican | juror after the that while a resident there he had bzen served with subpoenas ordering him to return. Sentence Held Just. Contending Fall had an impartial trial, Atlee Pomerene, Government pros- ecutor, earlier had urged the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to sustain his sentence. ‘The former cabinet officer of Presi- dent Harding was sentenced to one year |in | bribe of $100,000 for awarding to a com- | pany of his friend, Edward L. Doheny, |a lease in the Elk Hills, Calif. Naval 4 | Oil Reserve. He said, answering defense | counsel, that Justice Hits, who presided | at_the Fal | lumb’a Suy in hi prison end to pay a fine of $100,000. Pomerene said Fall had accepted a trial in the District of Co- ority in excusing a woman Juryedhlg‘ been selected. The defense cl is was an error and said that the man who replaced the woman from the first insisted that Fall ; tossed about on the waters. ! be found guilty. BISHOP CANNON FACES ACCUSERS AS HEARING OPENS (Continued From First Page.) members supported the effort of Mr‘l Treadway to gain recognition so that he could reply to Scnator Caraway under | the House rules. Speaker Longworth, at whom Senator Caraway also had thrcwn the sareastic remark that “Longfellow’s only claim to distinction was that he had married Roosevelt's daughter,” repeated the rul- ing which he had made some e I&re. after he himself had been similarly brunt of senatorial ire, as follows: to argument. forth their complaints; proof résts with them, and it is up to N. C., was unable to serve, and Bishop McMurry took his place. eiing elders who “constitute the “jury” are understood to have come from va- mm of the jurisdiction of the ‘The 12 trav- In a case of this nature, it has been ewplained, the charg:s are not subject The accusers simply set the burden of “Members of the House are not per-|the ‘12 men to decide if th: charges mitted to refer in any way that is dis- paraging or in criticism of any msmber of the Senate under the JeYerson manual, The chair is fitm and believes the House will rem2in firm’in adherence to these rules. The alternative,” the Speaker suggested, “is to change the Tules.” e Ruling Brings Discussion. Speaker Longworth continued to rule adversely against repeated efforts to cut | corners around this ruling. Representative Treadway dsked how & member who had been referred to by name in the Senate and ‘askéd ques- tions could reply and defend himself from asp:rsion. The Speaker smil replied that he had no control of 3 members’ conduct cutside the legislative chamber, but that he could not do it under the rules of the House. When Representative Dyer of Mis- souri suggested that it was in order for the House to pass a resolution request- ing the Senate to expunge the Cara- way offensive remarks from its record, Representative Blanton suggested that “when the two legisiative bodies are so close together that a member of one can quickly reach a member of the! other body, why it is necessery to go to the trouble of changing the rules Favoritism Is Lamented. Crisp of Georgla out that a House member could Y his réply outside th: House chamber by’ giving out a statement or pre-s. Cramton, who had e a storm cloud in the the Republican and mocratic sides, with clenched fts and set jew, at this point arose @ a | questicn of personal privilege and when the chair had ruled that he would recognize him, offered to change the request to procesd under unanimous e t. But when Representative Cox, Demorrat, Georgia, rved the right to cbiect, Representative Cramton’s. ef- fort at composure was exploded and peunding the reading’ stand, daclarsd he would proceed under his’ right for personel priviledge end was asking con- sent from nobody. He declared a point had been reached where a Republican was entitled to rights in the House as well_as the Democrats. “On two occasions I have been most unfairly ~attacked with _contemptibl gisrezard for truth and facts” h uted 1 am completing 18 years of service, characterized by courage and perform- #nce cf duty and disregard for personal interest.” he eontinued. “It is no small thing that it should be carried in the | press of the country that 1, through my place on the Appropriations Commit- tee, have prepared a place for myself | with Government pay. Any one, who ! ys that is a plain unadulterated liar. Denies Seeking Position. During the storm of applause that! followed on the Republican side Repre- sentative Parks was clamoring for re #gnition on & point of order, while Rep- resentative Qramton was endeavoring to rowl mumn_ Guw. After Representative Tarks had challenged Mr. Cramton to say he does not intend to take s job under the Government, and My, Cram- ton had replied with sarcastic references to Senator Caraway as quoted above, Mr. Cramton loudly declared: “I have not asked for any appropria- tions for the Bicentennial Commission. In my work here I never regardsd ee: tion or party. I have not as yet asked of this administration any job whatever Xhl(venotllkedlnyomwuk(orl for Bleente ‘#bout for a fitting name Representative pointed m man to be some time ton last m:diately entered Sbley Hospital. have sufficient foundation to justify the r invoking suspension. At the invitation of those conduct- ing the hearing the accused party ma; make a statement. i Cannon, who has been re- in Texas from an attack of with which he was stricken ), came back to Washing- for the hearing, but im- Policeman on Guard. He was accompanied by a companion as he came to the hearing today, the using to the | chuich end “Avoiding newspaper | 4 rear entrance men raphers who had gathered Pphotog! on the Mount Vernon place side of the partic.pants in the he: ing were there to meet Bi Ains- worth. m{mop dn- using that entranée alo, Bishop n° did not come in cocntact, in public view, with any of the other par- ticipants. The hearing was set to start at 10 o'clock, and when it was suggested to Bishop Ainsworth that prcbably the first act of the gather.ng would be to bow in praye:, ne smilingly assented and left his questioners. In antic’pation of any possible need, a policemean, 1. P. Clothier, was sta- tioned at the church as the heering started. B S — I was told that every member of the commission present spoke favorably of me. “I have never yet told any one that I wculd take the job if it is offered to me.” Representative Parks again rupted, “but will you?” “That is none of the gentleman's business,” Mr. Cremton heatedly re- plied. After Chatrman Simmons of the sub- commitiee on District appropriations had called up the District appropria- tions bill, under general debate, Repre- sentative Treadway was reccgnized, and he, in turn, replied caustically to Sena- tor Caraway’s attack upon him in the Senate y ay R:presentative Treadway pointed out the dfficulties in the situation arising from the fact that the Red Cross had refused to accept the $25,000,000 ap- propriation. Representative Park in- terrugted by caying that he could not hear Treadway, wh-reupon the Massa- chusetts man moved over to the Demo- intar- | eratic side and said he thought he had “sufficient lurg power” to be heard. Mr. Treadway then proceeded to an- swer Sonator Caraway as best he could without violating the Speaker’s ruling. He commented on the fact that Senator Ceraway had gotten two sons into West Point and -suggested further as an im- plied criticism of Mr. Caraway that if his brother were starving or without clothes, he weould at least try to feed and clothe him Mr. Treadway suggested that the Sen- ate should revise its rules, or, failing in !hllzl!. both houses should have the same rul “I only want fair play and the same chance to answer attacks and reply to inquiries that mcmbers. of the other house have,” said be. “We are not gcl to sit here quietly and let that t{pe cf abuse of members of cur House fom Speaker down to be distributed through the- country. It s the lest thing in the world we want to have a man with a glib tongue on for years at many members of House.” Treadway concluded by rt a change in d permit oing our reme Court, had acted with- | |QUAKES AND FIRE TAKE HEAVY mul, o [More Than 100 Killed and Three Towns Wrecked in New Zealand. (Continued From First Page.) been destroyed and in many cases they wre blazing furiously. “Hundreds of frame buildings have been wrecked, and because the water supply has failed we have been unable to cope with the flames. “I have organized a food depot, and’ are setting up and X-ray station for | many hundreds have been injured. No Disorder Reported. “All the destitute women and chil- dren have been taken aboard the Veronica. | *“The earth shocks are still occurring and I have learned that many people | were killed while they Were sitting in their parked automobilcs. The popula- tion is quiet. There is no disorder among them and they seemed to be stunned by the magnitude of this disaster.” ‘The business area of the town of Hastings, 12 miles southwest of Napier, was devastated by the quake and a con- fiagration which followed. Several persons were killed in the col- |lapse of the Roach Building, and five women died when an apartmient house fell in about them. At Hastings the doeoath toll will probably be more than 100. It was feared that 14 boys had been | killed in the collapse of a building con- nected with the Technical School at Napier. Large supplies of fcod will be re- quired in Napier and the remainder of the district affected. Roads were broken up and bridges destroyed between Napier and Hastings. Nurses's Home Collapses. The fire spread to the Napier Hos- pital Nurses' Home, which collapsed, killing several patients and nurses. Relief was being rushed from all available places by warship, train and airplane. Advices from Hastings said the hos- pital there had been wrecked, while the nurses' hcme collapsed and killed several of the residents. The Veronica, in the harbor at Napier, assumed charge of relief work there, landing its entire crew, and upon its urgent request the warships Diomede and Dunedin left Auckland with doctors, nurses and medical sup- plies for the stricken city. The gov- ernment also dispatched doctors and nurses from other places outside the devastated area to the villages and towns around Napier and Hastings. Smalier Places Badly Hit. continuous since morning and many of the smaller places have been badly hit. Two persons are reported dead at Wairoa, Waipikurau and Walpawa | both were heavy sufferers. ‘The quake was felt over the whole of the Hawkes Bay region, which is about 150 miles northeast of Wellington. There was a great upheaval of the s:a and steamers in the harbor putting out were New Zealand has been frequently hard hit by earthquakes. Shocks begin- ning June 17, 1929, and continuing for a long period caused considerable dam- age in the Karamea region on the west coast of South Island. The Riverview Observatory, recording today's tremors, said that’ they were the strongest which had \;cc::r&eu in New Zealand | since those of tI kS | The Hawkes Bay district has been generally regarded as immune to seis- mic_ disturbances. The hot springs near Lake Taupo are only 80 miles west of Napier and a rec- ognized volcanic line runs from the lake and from White Island, 30 miles off the coast, for 100 miles north of Napier. Quake Killed 17 in 1929, Between 1848 and 1928 only seven | persons were killed in earthquakes in | New Zealand. A quake in June, 1929, | accounted for 17 deaths. Napier s the eigh'’h Australlan city in point of size, with a population of about 20,000. Since the '80s it has flourished principally as a packing cen- ter, exporting mutton, dairy products and fruit to the Brilish Isles. Hastings, 12 miles by railway from Napi:, is built on a plain and consists rincipally of frame houses. Napier is Built partly on a high hill and is the rail nead for a_200-mile railroad- line to Wellington. The entire district suf- fers periodically from floods in _the | rivers, which empty into Hawkes Bay. | Napier Still Ablaze. AUCKLAND, N:w Zealand, February | 3 (7).—Earihquake and fire leveled the city of Napler, New Zealand, today, leaving a casualty list reported at 100 dead end 1,000 injured and wrecked four nearby towns, causing an unde- termined number of fatalities and in- Jjuries. Napier was still ablaze and virtually helpless tonight, the quake having cut off its water supply. Its stunned pop- ulace stood by unable to count its| death and without effective means of fighting the fire. Dynamiting was re- | sorted to in an attempt to check the flames The first shock came shortly before 11 a.m., shaking a large portion of the ccestal reg'on of Hawkes Bay Province, | of which Napler is the capital. Hast- ings, a town 15 miles from Napier, re- ported 21 dead and 100 injured. j Deaths Expected to Mount. | The towns of Walpawa and Waipu- | kurau slso suffered. Fire from the Napier blaze caused the shutting off of oil 1n the tanks at Fort Ahuriri, All early reports of casualties were expected to be exceeded as no accurate count could be made immediately. The Briiish war sloop Veronica, an- chored at Napler, was grounded, but subsequently refioated. The steamer Northumber and headed for sea when the water in the harbor be.an to re- cede. Early reports of a tidal wave following the quake were denied. The British warships D'omede and Dunedin left Auckland for Napier with 66 doctors and 15 nurses. A wireless from the Veronica reported the whole town was afire. All tele~ phonic and telegraphic communication was cut off. A pall of smoke hung over the disirict. The shock razed virtually every stone building in the town. Temporary Hospitals Set Up. Comdr. Morgan of the Veronica re- ported it was impossible to estimate the casualties tonight. Emerg.ncy hospitals, food depots and police protection were organized and temporary hospitals set up. The Veroni- ca became a refuge, for women and children. Shocks were still b-ing felt. The first shocks were felt across the nd district from Napier to New l!:lymouth, but were not experienced ere. The earthquake is the worst disaster ever suffered by New Zealand. The material loss was hundreds of thousands pounds sterling. The whole business area of Napier, one-half mile square, was destroyed by fire and quake. Ceremonies Open Alaska Capitol. JUNEAU, Alaska, February 3 (#).— The territorial government was housed today in A'aska’s $700,000 capitol, com- pleted nere recently. The ceremony marking offizial acceptance of the building was carried out yesterday. T Eighteen hundred and eighty-three the wetest year and 1930 the driest according to Sanitary my «crew are policing the streets. We | The earth tremcrs have been almost | Co. | Hitz, who ordered the papers HARRY A. KITE. —Harris-Ewing Photo. HARRY A. KITE DIES OF HEART ATTACK Developer Stricken Several Days Ago Succumbs at Residence Here. Harry A. Kite, leading Washington real estate dealer and builder, died of an acute heart attack at nis home, 2220 ‘Wyoming avenue, today. He was 49 years old. Mr. Kite was stricken Wednesday, January 21, with a heart attack while at work and had since been under con- stant care of his personal physician, Dr. Roy Lyman Sexton, and Dr. Thomas S. Lee, heart specialist. Heart weakness several years ago had forced him to avold strenuous physical exercise he had been accustomed to taking. Widely Known Developer. As president of the firm which bears his name, Mr. Kite had become widely known as a developer of real estate properties in the District of Columbia In addition to his real estate activ- ities, he also had been active in sev- eral other enterprises. He formerly was sresident of the Mortgage Bond & Guar- anty Corp, and also was a former treasurer of the People’s Life Insurance Untli warned of heart weakness sev- eral years ago, Mr. Kite was an ardent golfer. He was a member of the Burn- ing Tree Club, the Congressional Coun- | try Club, the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Ciub, the Racquet Club and other rec- reational and social organizations in the National Capital and other citles. Born at Stanley, in Page County, Va., September 19, 1881, Mr. Kite was edu- cated in the public schools and at Roanoke College, Salem, Va. Came Here in 1902. Coming to this city in 1902, he rose quickly to a position of prominence here. His activities in the building field have been principally in the northwest and northeast sections of the city.” He had built many apartment houses and pri- vate residences. Mr. Kite was married on May 6, 1911, to Miss Claire Wright, a daughter of Judge Daniel Thew Wright. He is sur- vived by his widow, Mrs Claire Wright Kite; two sons, Paul C. Kite and Harry A. Kite, jr.; a young daughter, Nancy Claire Kite; his mother, Mrs. Laura sisters, Mrs. Austin Bricker and Mrs. Charlotte Kerrick. His mother, brother and sisters reside in Stanley, Va. Funeral services will be held at the residence, 2220 Wyoming avenue, at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. MRS. J. B. HENDERSON REPUDIATES ADOPTION OF “GRANDDAUGHTER” f’cprrmnu;diP_‘;omi;l_!‘st}'rage.) L] sires to continue to do so. She was ap- pointed guardian of the child under the last will of her son, John B. Hender- son, jr. She states that she’is financial able to care for the child and to main- tain’ her 1n a manner befitting her present station in lif The petitioner says she has always been regarded by Beatrice Henderson and the public generally as her grand- mother_and that owing to the love and affection that she has for the child and because of the death of her son, her oniy child, she desires to make said Beatrice Henderson her heir-at-law. The petition was filed by Attorneys Peclie & Ogilby. The decree signed by Justice William sealed December 30, 1924, authorizes the adop- tion cf Beatrice Henderson by Mrs. Mary F. Henderson and makes her the heir- at-law cf Mrs, Henderson, the same as if born to her, and that shé shall to all intent and purposes stand in the relation of child to the petitioner under the name of Beatrice Henderson. “Trixie (Mrs. Henderson's nickname for Mrs. Wholean) is not my grand- daughter, but she is a fine little girl,” Mrs. Henderson said. “I never adopted her, and if there are papers to that effect in court, then I don't know any- thing about them.” Statements Confirmed. Mrs. Henderson assert>d she had in- formed “Trixie" several years ago that she was not related to her by blood. | She said she learned that Mrs. Wholean | was not her r:al granddaughter from a |servant, who has been in the family employ for 30 years. The latier today confirmed that statement before Mrs. |Henderson and several representatives of the press, making sensaticnal alleg- ations during the interview. The ser- vant explained he had been pledg:d to secrecy by Mrs. Henderson's daughter- in-law and only let the secret out inad- ivertently in a quarrel with another | servant about five years ago. Mrs. Henderson expressed deep re- gret at the action of Mrs. Wholean in filing suit to restrain her from giving her palatial residence at 2437 Fifteenth street to the Government and to have her busmess effairs taken over b7 someone else. She indicated she would fight the suit vigorously. | CASES AWAITING TRIAL United States Attorney Rover today issued the following statement showing | the condition of cases in Police Court involving vioiations of the national pro- hibition act” “According b the report for month of January, 1931, just filed with ime by Assistant United States Attor- neys Hart and Baughman, showing the condition of the FPolice Court docket, in so far as prosecutions of the Volstead act are concerned, on February 1, 1931, there were only 14 cases at issue await- ing trial. By reason of the splendid work done by these two assistants, de- fendants demanding jury trials in pro- hibition cases can now be placed on trial within two weeks after they have been arrested.” 2 a4 Kite; a brother, Lloyd Kite, and l’.\lol STRIKE S CALLED IN MACHADO FIGHT Havana Labor Plans 24-Hour Halt to Protest Suspen- sion of Rights. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 3.—A general strike, to last 24 hours or more, has been called to begin in Havana at 6 pm. today in protest at renewed au- thorization by the Cuban Congress for suspension of constitutional guarantees. Havaria labor organizaticns, meeting separately last night, voted to call the walkout. There were indications that the order would be widely obeyed. Most Havana newspapers, their employes af- fected, gave notice they would make no attempt to publish. While the chief grievance is the re- newed authcrization for supsension of constitutional guarantees, the strike or- der also cites the recent suspension of most of the Havana newspapers, impris- onment of students, and other measures of defense adopted by the administra- tion of President Machado. May Invoke Order Again. Street railway company employes also protested a proposed reduction of their wages by 5 cents per hour. They will send a delegation to officials of the com- pany today and demand that the pres- ent salary rates be continued. In the event their request is refused, which is probable, the strike wiil go into effect alcng with others. The 60-day suspension of constitu- ticnal guarante:s decreed by President Machado in December, after island-wide disturbances, will end tomorrow, but un- der a new authorizing order, passed last week by the House of Representatives and approved last night by the Senate, the President may at any time renew the suspension for’an indefinite term. Some believed that the projected general strike might cause the measure to be invoked immediately. President Machado, in a proclamation last night directed to foreigners as well as Cubans, denied that his regime was a dictatorship and repeated charges that Communists and outside influences were responsible for the troubles which have besct the island. Wants Aid Against Reds. The proclamation asserted that the president instead of being a dictator, was a Cuban patriot working for the best interests of his country, and it asked all to ald in banning Communism | from Cuba. Declaring the present crisis the worst in Cuban history, the proclamation said it “constitutes an invasion of Cuba's Pacific tranquil activities by powerful revolutionary currents bent on destruc- tion of the people’s foundations.” It concluded: “Deep at the bottom of our troubles is an implacable Com- munist aggression directed by power- ful, hidden foreign powers. The gov- ernment has extensive and docu- mentary proof of all these statements.” END OF ALEXANDRIA RAILWAY FORESEEN OVER REPAIR ISSUE ____(Continued From First Page) that he would not bear the entire cost tof the track reconstruction within Washington. | Directors of the Arlington line met | this morning with the Public. Utilities | Commissfon”in Washington, and while | they.did not announce the subject to be | discussed with the commission, it is | believed that sought some connec- | | tion with the Capital Traction Co. at Rosslyn which would allow them to re- | route"their traffic into that point and | thus retain practically all of thelr pas- | senger traffic without the use of the present Fourteenth street route into the Capital City. { May Address Directors. meetirg of the full Board of Di- rectors of the Arlington line was held yesterday and was addressed by Mr. May, who told them that the matter now rested with whatever decision the board reached concerning putting up of cne-half of whatever the cost of the | work in Washington will be and of as- suming_the responsibilities of one-half ownership of those tracks. It was contended at the meeting by some members of the board of the Arlington line that they were temants of the Alexandria line, in so far as tracks from Arlington Junction into Washington were concerned, and that they should not be expected to bear a | portion of the reconstruction ccsts. May, however, stated that inasmuch as they helped mhaintain those tracks, he felt they were jointly responsible with him, especially since the Arling- ton line operates a 15-minute schedule over the tracks and the Alexandria line a 20-minute schedule. The board then asked May to give them a week or 10 days to reach a decision, but he told them that the matter must be settled at once_since if he is to pull up his tracks in Wash- ington a bill must be passed by the present Congress to reimburse him, May | stated that he was ready to go to Rich- mond at once to ask for a certificate of abandonment and was only waiting on the decision of the Arlington line. New Street Discussed. It is believed that a largs part of the cost of the reconstruction work in | Washington would be the laying of | tracks along a new street which the | National Park and Planning Commis- |sion is said to have in mind construct- ing from Highway Bridge direct to Wa- ter street. This street would run across the park area now occupied by several athletic fields and a series of tennis courts and would require the widening of the bridg: across the Tidal Basin_inlet. If the Arlington line would meet him halfway, May stated previously, he planned to ask Federal authorities for permission to run his line across Penn- | sylvania avenue to a terminal on E strect somewhere near Twelfth street {northwest This would mean that the terminal would only be about one block from the present location at Twelfth | street and Pennsylvania avenue. | Following the meeting of the Ar- ilington line officials with the Public Utilities Commission today, the direc- tors are scheduled to meet with May and give him their decision. If May abandons the Alexandria line, city council here is expected to offer to take up the tracks in the city proper from Temple Station and restore the street in return for May's right of way \from Hume Station to Temple Station, which the city will probably grade and | convert into a city street. F. J. GOENSCH DIES Internal Revenue Employe Suc- | though the people support the Govern- sumbs After Illness of 4 Months. Frederick J. Goensch, employe of the Internal Revenue Bureau, died at his home, at 3000 Tilden street, yesterday bafternocn, after an illness of about four months. He had been an employe of the Government since coming to ‘Washington 12 years ago. Puneral services will be held tonight Masonic services at 7:15 o'clock will precede those ccnducted by Rev. J. P. Hand, pastor of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, at o'clozk. Mr. Goensch was a thirty- econd degree Mason. Interment will be at Derry, Pa. He is survived by his widow, Mary Amend Goensch. t has started plant. ‘The Mukden 2 motor-truck. SIGN TAX:PLANNED BY PENNSYLVANIA Fight Against' Billboards Similar to That Resulting in New Jersey Law. Flagrant disregard or public spinin on the part of the organized billboard industry which is under fire in many sections of the country, has civic-minded people l:, Pennsy] nm:u:) continue their relentless campaign for the protection of roadside scenery by Spol a bill taxing the industry .'1‘:;2” to that recently enacted in New y. The long-sought opportunity to fol- low up efforts which already have re- sulted in the removal of 35,000 advertis- ing signs from rural highways and g:lv te property was presented to the nnsylvania Legislature last week in the form of a bill which has the sup- gort of the Garden Club Federation of ennsylvania, the Council for the Pres- Policeman I. P. Clothier was detailed at the entrance to Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South this morning as the hearing of Bishop Cannon got under way there. —Star Staff Photo. HOOVER ADAVANT N RELIEF IS President Holds His Desirei to Aid Humanity Is Strong as Any Congressman’s. (Continued From First Page) people, on cne hand, will maintain the spirit of charity and mutual self-help through voluntary giving, and the re- sponsibility of local Government, as distinguished on the other hand, from appropriations out of the Federal Treas- ury for such purposes. My own con- viction is strongly that if we break down this sense of responsibility of individual generosity to individual and mutual self-help in the country in times of na- tional difficulty and if we start appro- priations of this character, we have not only impaired something infinitely val- uable in the life of the American people, but have struck at the very roots of self-government. . Face Future Problems. “Once this has happened, it is not the cost of a few score millions, but we are faced with thz abyss of reliance in future upon Government charity in some form or other. The money in- volved is indeed the cost of American ideals and American institut.ons. “Presid:nt Cleveland, in 1887, con- fronted ‘with a similar issue, stated, in “'A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should, I think, be steadfastly re- s.sted to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced, and that, ment, the Government should not sup- port the people. *“The fri:ndliness and charity of our countrymen can always be’relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in mis- fortune. Tais has been repeatedly and juit> lately demonstrated. Federal aid such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the | Government and weakens the sturdiness ‘of our national character, whil> it pre- vents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a com- mon brotherhood.’ Aid Exceeds Appropriations. “And there is a practical problem in all this. The help being daily extended by neighbors, by local and national agencies, by municipalities, by industry and a great multitude of organizations throughout the country today is many times any appropriation yet prop:sed. ‘The opening of the doors of the Federal ‘Treasury is likely to stifie this giving and thus destroy far more resources than the proposed chairty of the Fed- eral Government. “The basis of successful relief in na- tional distress is to mobilize and organ- ize the infinite number of agencies of self-help in the community. That has been the American way of relieving dis- tress among our own people and the country is successfully meeting its problems in the American way today. Two Separate Problems. “We have two entirely separate and distinct situations in the country: The first is the drought area; the second is the unemployment jn our industrial centers—for both of which these ap- propriations attempt to make charitable contributions. “Immedliately upon the appearance of the drought last August I called a meet- ing of the Governors, the Red Cross and the railways, the bankers and other agencies in the country, and laid the foundations of crganization and the re- sources to stimulafe every degree of self-help to meet the situation which it was then obvious would develop. The result of this action was to attack the drought _problem in a number of direc- tions. The Red Cross established com- mittees in every drought county. com- prising the leading citizens of those ccunties, with instructions to them that they were to prevent starvation among their neighbors, and if the prob- lemr went beyond local resources the Red Cross-would support them. No One Going Hungry. “The organization has been stretched throughout the area of suffering. The people are being cared for today through the hands and with sympa- thetic' understanding and upon . the responsibility of their neighbors, who are being supported, in turn, by the fine spirit of mutual assistance of the merit of the American people. The Red Cross officials, whose long, devoted service and experience is unchallenged, in- formed me this morning that, except for minor incidents of any emergency organization, no one is going hungry and no one need go hungry or cold. i "To‘ rte:lnforce thlu ‘work Btnldheed Dlgerl'lé ng of Congress, I recomme! appropriations for loans to rehabilitate agriculture from the drought and pro- vision of further large sums for public works and construction in the drought territory, which would give employment in further relief to the whole situation. These Federal activities provide for an experiditure of upwards of $100,000,000 in this area and it is in progress today. “The Red Cross has always met the tuations which it has undertaken. fter careful survey and after actual experience of several months with their part of the problem they have an- nounced firmly that they can command the resources with which to meet any call for human relief in prevention of hunger and suffering in drought areas and that they accept this re- sponsibility. They have refused to ac- cept Federal appropriat'ons as not be- Haroun Al Raschid Descendant Fights Deportation Move By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 3.— Mohammed Al Raschid, 35, claimant to a lineal descent from Haroun Al Raschid, Moslem caliph of Arabian folklore and mentioned frequently in “Ara- bian Nights,” is fighting deporta- tion from the United States. Held on Ellis Island as an undesirable alien, Raschid will appear in Federal Court today in efforts to gain release. He claims he was born in Detroit, February 22, 1895, and is a law- ful resident of New York. His wife, a native of Frankfort, Ky., whom he married in Paris in 1919, lives here. are giving them every assistance. We possibly need to strengthen the public health service in matters of sanitation and to strengthen she credit facilities of that area throught the method ap- proved by the Governmental ments to divert some existing trpro- priations to strengthen agricultural credit corporations. Cites Employment Helps. “In the matter of unemployment out- side of the drought areas, important economic measures of mutual self- help have been developed such as those to maintain wages,’ to .distribute employment equitably, to increase con- s.ruction work by Industry, to increase Federal construction work from a rate of about $275,000,000 a year prior to the depression to a rate now of over $750,000,000 year: to expand State and municipal "construction—all upon a scale never b:fore provided or even at'empted in any depression. But be- yond this to assure there shall be no suffering, in every town and county voluntary agencies in relief of distress have been strengthened and created and gencrous funds have been placed at their disposal. They are ng on tc}!nlelir work efficienily and sympatheti- y. “But after and coineidentall > untary relief, our American l:?y:’t‘et:\vroel— quires that municipal, county and State governments shall use their own re- sources and ctedit before seeking such assistance from the Federal Treasury. I have spent much of my life in fight- ing hardship and starvation, both abroad and in the Southern States. I do not feel that- I should be charged with lack of human sympathy for those who suffer, but I recall that in all the organizations with which I have been connected over these many years, the foundation has been to summon the maximum of seif-help. I am proud to have sought the help of Congress in the past for nations who were so disorgan- ized by war and anarchy that self-help was impossible. But even these appro- priations were but a tithe of that which was_coincidentally mobilized from the public charity of the United States and foreign countries. There is no such paralysis in the United States and I am confident that our people have the re- sources, the initiative, the courage, the stamina and kindliness of spirit to meet this situation in the way they :.ag;:s met their problems over gener- Has Faith in People. “I will accredit to those who advocate Federal charity a natural anxiety for the ‘people of their States. I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with the local and State governments ‘are unable to find resources with which to prevent hunger and suffering in my country, I will ask the aid of every resource of the Federal Government because I would Do more see starvation among my coun- trymen than would any Senator or Congressman. I have faith in the Amer- ican people that such a day will not **“The A “The American people are doing their job today. They should be gi%en a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the principles of individual and local responsibility and mutual self- help before they embark on what I ?;}":vtehe‘; nfl;ilslmmau i;qstem, I feel will succee - Rkl Dy given the op- “The whole business situation would be greatly strengthened by the prompt completion of the mecessary legislation of this session of Congress and there} the unemployment problem would lessened, the drought area indirectly benefited and the resources of self-help in the country strengthened.” A letter from John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Réd Cross, in which assurance was given that the campal raise $10,000,000 for drought relief is proceeding with rea- sonable satisfaction and expressing confidence in the outcome, was received by the President today. ‘Watson Breakfast Guest. ervation of Natural Beauty and other organizations in the State. Pennsylvania has long been heM up as a model in campaigns to eliminate so-called illegal signs from the high- ways, and the public interests which so effectively cleaned up great areas in the State are now directing their energies toward the removal and real- locatiop of the boasted “scenic panels of the organized industry. Would Require License. The Pennsylvania bill, which has the same object as legislaticn introduced in the Maryland Legislature, provides that after January 1, 1932, any person or agency engaged in the business of outdoor advertising must obtain an annual license, costing $100, from the department of revenue. No billboard may be erected without a permit from the department and the payment of an annual excise tax of 3 cents a square foot in surface used. The department may refuse to issue a permit when in its judgment the billboard would be injurious to property or to any public interest or when such signs are pro- hibited by municipal ordinance. The bill also provides that no sign may be erected within 500 feet of a highway, trolley or railway intersection. ‘This 'provlsk)n is imperative, it was said, for the protection of the safety of 'r"he"ekm ¢ progress of curb what the Philadelphia Public ladlel?'ellll “land- scape leprosy” in New Jersey, has been watched with interest all over the coun- try. Weeks before the law went into’ effect on January 1, about 60 billboards which interferred with scenery or con- stituted a menace to travel been removed, while 150 firms had given no- tice that they would discontinue out- door advertising. Three States Act. ., The movement to abate this form of ‘landscape leprosy” has gained mo- mentum in the Eastern State with a re- sult that regulatory legislation has been enacted in icut, New York, Vir- ginia and is ih the Distriat of Columbia and Maryland. The license and tax charges in the Pennsylvania bill are declared by the Public Ledger to be exceedingly mild in comparison with the billboard fees in France, which range from $24 to $116 per 39 square inches. Even so, bitter opposition to the enactment of this measure is expected. The billboard in- dustry claims that the smaller signs escape with a paltry tax, while the large posters used by the industry must pay e Beneylvania De e Pennsylvani partmen Highways, despite its limited Ile‘de;’ lll;n'.‘ha“m\!fl&f thousan ol’lfl- gal s a clean-up campaign last Fall in co-operation with civic forces. But these results are small in comparison with which can be |§,‘bntzgefl through adequate State regu- Says Regulation Necessary. Gov. Buck of Delaware has pointed out that the only real solution of the outdoor advertising problem lies in ef- fective State regulation. In a recent statement the Delaware executive said: “The rapidity with which this class of advertising is increasing in our State demands that the business, which en- tirely derives Jjts life and subsistence from the public’s investment in mo- torized highways, be subjected to State regulation if our main thoroughfares are not to become avenues of artificial scenery.” “All arguments for this form of reg- ulation lpzly with especial force to Pennsylvania, with its thousands of gfl? of fine roa}:i‘ihu’:d abundance of vely scenery, wi suffe from the jncreasing enmnchmen:r‘:x‘ road- side signs,” says the Public Ledger. “Billboard regulation is overdue in Pennsylvania, and the present Legisla~ ture must be made to realize that taxa- tion and restriction on roadside adver- tising are imperative for the preserva- tion of the State’s scenery and the pro- tection of its travelers.” ROUGH SEAS HOLD DO-X DOWN IN CANARY ISLANDS Giant German Airplane Makes Several Unsuccessful Attempts to Take Off. By the Assoclated Press. LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Feb- ruary 3.—After several attempts to get into the air in continuation 0? its flight across the Atlantic, officers of the DO-X, giant German seaplane, had suspended their flight today until to- morrow. The plane taxied yesterday from near Las Palmas to Bahia Gando, but even there the water was too rough today for the take-off with the more than 4,000 gallons of fuel which the craft is carrying. ‘The next lap of the flight will be from here to the Cape Verde Islands, the plane continuing from there to Fernando do Nororha, Natal, Rio de Janeiro and New York. The DO-X came here Saturday from Lisbon. INCOME TAX FACTS. No. 2. Form for filing returns of in- come have been sent to persons who filed returns last year. Fail- ure to receive a form, however, does not relieve a person of his obligation to file a return within the time prescribed by law—on or before March 16, 1931, if the re- turn is made on the calendar- ear basis, as is true with most individuals. March 15, the usual date, this year falls on Sunday. Forms may be obtained upon request, written or personal, at offices of collectors of internal Earlier.in the day Senator Watson, Republican leader of the Senate, gave the President his own impressions of the situation which has arisen on Capi- 5| Hill over the Robinson proposal for $25,000,000 fund to buy food for the drought-stricken and the unemployed. The Republican leader was at break- lll’;hvllfllhflile {hesldenm i e whole efl&llflve tuation, with its threat of defeat of some of the ap- propriation bills, resulting in a forced special session of the next O\mm. was ;lctured for the President by - tor Watson. The Republican leader did not inti- mate at’ all that President Hoover showed any sign of yielding in his op- posmo#o.\~ g the Federal - m:a vide fum o0 buy food for the destitute, instead of ng upon vol- untary conf the American tor Watson pe Presi- ing consonant either with the need or character of their organizaf Governmental sOR@ measure be