Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1931, Page 2

BIG OHIO PROBLEM Twenty-Five Counties, Still Sufifigfl From Drought,’ FightingYor Moisture. By the Associated Press. -4 COLUMBUS, Ohio, iFebruary 10— Ohio’s southern counties::émbracing its hilly farmland and its destitute whining sections, are as dismal todey as the patch of black drawn acrgss the State Rellef Committee's map to indicate thé |’ drought area. A line drawn diagonally from Jeffer- son County, on the central east bound- ary, to Clermont, on the: lower ‘west extremities of the muddy ©hio, sets off a sector wherein 25 coyntiesare urgently in need of all the Lplp ‘the State can give, and more. -’ . ‘What they neetl /a8 much as anything right now neither the State nor any other ageney-of man can supply. It is rain, axd plenty of it. - The jiack of moisture. -over -the pro- longeg Arought peripd<hassjeft most of the'‘irea without a7 adequate water supply. Farmers . who'-saw their crops dwindle and their pastures wilt under the heat of last Summer’s sun Ilu'e :2: hting for water for themselves flm‘eu‘?‘mmu. as well as their live stock. Even the small-city dwellers within | the drought area have seen the wells and stresms that supplied them unfail- for decades sucked dry by the tamine. g rought i€ ot the only prob- lm\nmh::“ k ugon the relief agencies. n added to those which go depression and unemploy- ment. To the thousands in the mining regions, who have had nothing but . luck for 10 years, the water famine just another eruption of an old sore, but one. " Thaoemvho ,rume on t.:: farms, y rs, and. those o "m.‘:‘xfi fn‘::: are equally hard hit. villages ilfes e fed by tTh.: number of fam! t.m‘h“ - tends accura ilation probably will not be lVl'Gl;om or several months. The le creases dally. nu'f-:hb:rahelmnz of wagons and trucks resounds on nearly every mhwn; in the area. They are hauling water from the few sources that are left to places where it is most needed. The distance traveled by & farmer to get water for his stock and hll;fime needs is any- 3 to 8 miles. 'hgo:.!mwmw Relief Committee, u‘”“fl: the Bflz! ‘Highway Department and ti tacked chiefly in the Department of Health, has at- the water famine and the un- employment situation jointl SCHALL OPPOSES HOOVER ON' MICHEL IN 4,000-WORD LETTER (Continued From FPirst Page.) # negative answer. Could Find No Other Name. itchell, & native of Minnesots and s ‘t:cmnu'lt.. recently accused Schall of Michel as payment of & po- backing the President he could - - _name which “could AheE Michel's” name be the Senate with the objections for hearing and present Mr. Michel with a chance for a defense which he has never had an opportunity to_make. “Once before the Senate he will have such an rtunity and if there is merit in mommmey General's con- tentions, he will have a chance to show it.” Schall told the President that Mitchell had done nothing “for our party except to stab it in the back.” He contended the Attorney General had “undermined the Republican party when he hatched in his own office, ac- cording to his own admission, scheme to nominate Judge Parker.” “Born With Gold Spoon.” “He (Mitchell) has always carried ympathetic by nature, he grew up with little regard for the rights and feelings of the great masses or for any one eise except the wealthy and powerful.” “Mr. President,” he added, “there gre some ‘implications’ of which I fear you are not ‘aware,’ and they are growing daily more portentious. The Republi- cans of this country did not nominate and elect you in order to make your Attorney General the dictator of United States judicial appointments. * * * Your Attorney General has succeeded in so alienating the personnel of his department that of the seven Assistant Attorneys General who were there when he was solicitor general, not on= :-:s in office a few months after he took Charges Mitchell Failed U. 8. Schall contended the Attorney General had “failed the United States Govern- ment when he prevented the execution of a judgment in its favor for over $1,000,000 ipheritange tax upon the es- !L[l;g"o! a former client, Mrs. James J. “Later, using his office as solicitor general,” the Senator wrote, “he pre- vented #he Supreme Court from passing on the validity of the scheme by which he had ‘eabled that client”to defraud the Goverpment, though he himseif drew up:thé rs for Mry. Hill, out of which grew the controversy. “I can show you several other side- steppings of your Attorney General dur- his term of office if you are ready to listen to them.” The Minnesotan said he had been in- formed today that the Department of Justice had sent an investigator into Minnesota to inquire of Michel. He asked At @ full copy of this investiga. tion be sent to the Senate, i TEXTILE GOODS SALES UP Business Around 118 Per Cent of Production, Says Report. CHARLOTTE, N. C. February 10 (#).—Indications of better conditions in the textlle industry were seen today in the announcement of W. M. Mc- Laurine, secretary of the American Cot- ton Manufacturers. Association, that sales of standard “cotten cloths last} month were 118 per cent of production, Production during the month, he sald, amounted to 202,1 yards, as com- pared with sales of 239.106,000 yards. Unfilled crders at the end of the month totaled 31746500 yards, an increase of 9.9 per cent aver the, pre- ceding month. Stocks on hand were reduced 2.3 per cent. " |'and physically Mx?h Sk NEW YORK, February 10 (#).—Ralph T. O'Neill, national commander of the American Legion, was reported “doing very picely” today at the Pennsylvania &mm he is recovering from Ppneumonia. . ..,".* . MISS BESSIE POE, Director of entertainment at the annual party of the National Women's Press Club. —Harris-Ewing Photo. CONGRESS SPEEDS BONUS BILL WORK White House Declared to Be Insisting for Some Dif- ferentiation. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although Republican leaders of the House of Representatives have publicly conceded that they will favor some form of soldier bonus legislaticn with loans even up to a half billion dollars, this is by no means a reflection of the at- titude of the White House or the Treas- ury rtment. The position of the administration 1s that Government finances- are not in condition at this time to be loaded down with further obligations and that the flotation of certificates to increase the loan value on the veterans' insurance policies must be kept down to as low a as On_ Capitol Hill there is a disposi- tion to avold any distinction between the veterans in need and those who may wish to borrow on their insurance ies. But at the Executive end of the Government some such differentia- tion is advocated, particularly with the idea that the Veterans’ Bureau can ascertain just which veterans are in Similar to Young Plan. ‘The so-called Young plan practically recommended the same thing, but in- dicated that fully a half billion dollars might be required for the purpose. ‘The administration is aware that rm- sure in Congress for some form of sol- dier bonus legislation is intense and ‘The letter of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury sent to committees of the Sen- ate and the House outlines the admin- istration’s point of view, and it is im- probable that anything more will be said on the subject until both houses have acted. The chances are that the House bill will provide for an appropriation not to exceed a half billion dollars, and that the Senate will pass a measure for iyment in full at this time of the three-and-a-half-billion-dollar obliga- tion. ‘This will furnish an opportunity when the Conference Committee meets to iron out differences and reach a compromise on the lesser sum. An effort may be made by the administration, when the bill is in conference, to secure the adop- tion of a plan requiring less than a half billlon dollars, and it appears certain Passage over the veto would seem to be assured if the amount to be appropriated does not exceed a half billion dollars, House Working on Plan. House leaders meanwhile are trying to draft a measure which will win presi- dential approval, though from the point of view of strategy it is unlikely that the White House will approve or dis- approve any bonus bill until after it has had an opportunity to know what the Senate will really do. Certainly the issue will have to be disposed of if there is not going to be an extra sessicn, as there are plenty of Semators who would rather have an extra session than to let the soldier bonus legislation die. A report from the House committee is expected this week and debate on the measure will be forthcoming in the Senate almost immediately thereafter. Thus far the Senate has been waiting on the House because revenue measures must origin- ate in the latter body. (Copyright, 1931.) MAN DIES IN LEAP OFF 140-FOOT SPAN TO ROADWAY BELOW (Continued From First Page.) to the bridge -soon after the man plunged to death to keep traffic moving. Several score cars had been parked on both sides of the span. Skogland was assistant chief of the of standards and tests for electric light- ing. He has been in poor health for some time, it was said at the Bureau, and re- cently has been away from his work on sick leave. . Mr. Skogland’s wife, Mrs. Emma Loulsa Skogland, became hysterical when informed of his death at her resi- dence, 1316 C street northeast. She said Mr. Skogland had been sick for several days and upon her advice left home about 11:30 o'clock to take a walk. She suggested to him that he take a walk, thinking the fresh air and sunshine would be beneficial. Mrs. Skogland said her husband had been depressed for some time and that shortly before he left t house she had called to him saying go_down to Florida for a little trip.” Ir. Skogland, she sald, replied that he was afraid he did not have money enough for such a trip. Soon after- ward Mrs Skogland said he declared: ‘I am all to pleces and am mentally . Skogland was a native of Ohio and had been a resident of the District of Columbia about 23 years. He has sons, one Kenneth Skog- land, a clerk at the Second National Bank, and the other Nelson Skogland, employed at Kann's Department Store. |Buests. The marionettes, representing THE EVENTNG “STAR; WOMAN WRTERS TURN THESPIAN Members of Women’s Na- tional Press Club Hold Din- ner and Stunt Party. ‘Temporarily casting aside their serib- al implements, the members of the ‘Women's National Press Club went on | the stage last night at their annual din- | ner and stunt party, entertaining, in a series of burlesques and parodies, a large | gathering of distinguished guests. Scattered throughout the large ball- room of the Willard were many who have been generous contributors to the social and news columns of the coun- try's press. With the exception of Mrs. Lamont, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, the wives of every Cabinet officer were present as honor guests of the club. Among other notables present was Miss Amelia Earhart, who recently married George Palmer Putnam, pub- lisher. Proper seating of several of the guests proved a problem, but it was finally decided that a crescent-shaped table would bring the luck of the new | moon, and it was at this table that Miss Ruth Jones, president of the club, within the curve of the crescent, sat facing four of the most distinguished guests, Mrf, Henry L. Stimson, Mrs. E. E. Gann, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes. From this table, shortly after the commencement of the dinner, Mrs. Alice Longworth and Mrs. Dolly Gann were able to witness the long-deferred obsequies of their famous hatchet, which, though buried for some time, was considered by the ladies of the press to have lacked proper ceremony at_the time of its interment. ‘To the solemn strains of the funeral march, therefore, a number of black- draped figures appeared bearing a white object which, when carried to the spot where the hatchet is supposed to have been buried, was seen to be a large stone, bearing as an epitaph those nation-famous words: “Hello, Alice! Hello, Dolly!" Greetings From Absent Friends. Miss Bessie Poe, of the Washington Post, served as master of ceremonies, and, attierd in the costume of a Chinese mandarin, announced that she had re- cently appointed herself representative of the Chinese Times. Greetings from absent friends were read, as well as several telegrams from prominent officials throughout the country, including Will Rogers. No members of the “superior” sex ‘were present at this exclusive gather- ing of women. as even the professional orchestra consisted of women. Much credit for their skillful play- ing was due to the efforts of Mrs. Mil- dred Kolb Schultze, who not only trained the musicians, but accompanied them on the piano. Miss Katherine Brooks proved herself an accomplished orchestra leader. Gertrude Marsden, Dorothy Howerth, Virginia Price, Lily Shepard, Miss Poe, Isabelle Story, Corinne Frazier and Margaret Germond, all members ot the club, played several popular numbers on a variety of diffi- cult instruments. Immediately after the dinner the! guests retired to the small ball room for coffee. Persons, problems and places, which have filled the news columns of the country, came in for comment in some form or other by the writers who held the stage for the evening. ‘The program continued with & col- orful presentation of several of the fa- mous ancestors of club members. These included Lady Godiva, Edgar Allen Poe, Mrs. Harrison, first presi- dent general of the D. A. R., Pocahon- tas; Gen. Pickett and John Paul Jones. - Those who took the part of these famous characters were: Corinne Prazier, May Craig, Maud McDougall, Katherine Lewis, Susan Walker and | Evelyn Condon. Political Figures Discussed. City nuisances, such as billboards, parking, etc., were thoroughly cleaned up in @ dialogue between Stella Mc- | Cord and¢ Dorothy Howereth. Political figures, as seen by newspa- per women, were discussed by Martha Strayer, Ruby Black, May Craig, Mary Hornaday. Ruth Pinney and Margue- rite Young. ‘The musical scribes then followed suit and a ‘went political, accom- panying Katherine Brooks as she sang | several Mother Goose political nursery rhymes. This number was followed by Sena- tor Lily Shepard, who brought forth some favorite marionettes to amuse the | several characters very much in the social and political spotlight, had a few words to say relative to current events. Those taking part in this act were: Katherine Brooks, Margaret Germond, Gretchen Smith, Mary Hornaday, Evelyn Condon, Virginia Price, Isabelia Story and Maud McDougall. “The Widow's Might,” as told by Gourley Edwards Hooes, gave an idea of what girls might do if they could catch a certain prominent wid- ower in the moonlight on a mid-sum- mer’s night. The “three-ringed circus” of the eve- ning was directed and managed by Miss Margaret Hart of the Evening Star, who proved her versatility as a stage manager, producér and playwright. Interpretative Dance. ‘The evening's program was concluded with an interpretative dance by Miss Democracy and Mr. Republican, in| which a political pie was served as the inspiration for many fantastic steps. Corinne FPrazier and Gretchen Smith, respectively, took the parts of the don- key and the elephant. club were: Mrs. ., wife of the Secretary of the Navy; Mrs. Walter P. Brown, wife of Postmaster General Brown; Mrs. Willlam N. Doak, wife of the Secretary of Labor; Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, wife of the Secretary of | ture; Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, wife of | the Secretary of the Interior; Mrs. Wil- | lam DeWitt Mitchell, wife of the Attor- | Piske Stone, Mrs. Porter Dale, | Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, Mrs. J. Bord- | section of optometry of the Bureau of | Man Harriman, Mrs. Frank S. Hight, Standards, engaged in the establishment | Mis. Willlam Chapin Huntington, Mrs. | Charles E. Hughes, Representative Flor- i Norton, Representative Edith Nourse 1$275,000 Said to Have Been Used | : “Please, let's | State; Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wife of the Secretary of War; Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the Secretary of Agricul- ney General; Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs. Harlan Mrs. James J. Davis, Mrs. Willlam V. Pratt, Mrs. Ben Fuller, Miss Amelia Earhart, ence P. Kahn, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, Representative Mary T. Rogers, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross and Mrs. Ellis Stone. Other guests in- cluded Miss Helen Bunn, house guest of Mrs. Mitchell; Mrs. Ruth Raymond Gavin, house guest of Representative nd Mrs. Mildred Kolb Schultze, NUN FACES THEFT CHARGE by Belgian Sister for Convent. BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 10 (). —Sister Madeleine, mother superior of the Carmelite Convent at Malines, was arrested today, charged with em- bezzlement of $275,000 over a period of the last five years, during which, it was alleged, she followed a policy of borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. The mother superior is said to have borrowed in all walks of life, paying old debts with proceeds of new loans and always increasing the amount bor- rowed, thus financing the purchase of & mansion, erection of a wall around m:. convent and numerous other char- SHINGTON JURY NAMES EIGHT INFAILURE OF BANK Indicted Officials of New York Institution Include Prober of Magistrates. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 10.—The New York County grand jury today indicted eight officials and directors of the closed bank of United States. The men indicted include President | Bernard K. Marcus, Vice President Saul Singer, his brother Herbert, Chairman C. Stanley Mitchell of the board of di- rectors and Isidor J. Kresel, counsel and director. The grand jury also indicted. A. 8. White, a director of Bankus Corpora- tion, an affiliate, and of the Marcus- Singer Trading Corporation, Simon Kugel, vice chairman of the board and director of Bankers Corporation, and H. W. Pollock, general counsel for the bank. Conducting Court Probe. Kresel is special prosecutor' in the current Appellate Court inguiry into New York Magistrates Courts, and as smch has turned up & mass of testi- mony alleging cbrruption in the city judiciary. Herbert Singer was one of Mr. Kresel's clerks. Kresel appeared as a surprise wit- ness before the grand jury yesterday, getting up from a sick bed to testify. Indictments were to have been re- turned yesterday noon, but were put off to give him an opportunity to tell his story. He was reported today to be confined to bed again, suffering from laryngitis. Six indictments in all were filed. Some of them charged felonies under the banking laws, others misdemeanors, Exactly which officials were charged with felonies could not be learned im- mediately. Charges Records Burned. Bench warrants were issued for the -of the seven men. The men to be booked at Elizabeth street station, photographed and fingerprinted for the rogues’ gallery -and arraigned before the judge this afternoon. At the moment the indictments were being returned Deputy Attorney Gen- eral Harry A. Gordon, questioning wit- nesses for Max D. Steuer, prosecutor of an investigation into the closed bank, was making the assertion that a mov- ing van load of records of the bank of United States was burned in an in- cinerator of a Central Park West hotel. “Did you know that 1,000 bundles of records and papers of the bank.were incinerated there last November?” Gor- don asked a witness, Joseph Ravitch. Ravitch said he did not. Closed December 11, 1930. The Bank of United States was closed December 11, 1930, by Joseph A. Brod- erick, State banking superintendent. It had no connection with the Govern-|rescued by the Coast Guard, guided by ment. In a report of the bank’s condi- tion as it was when he took it over, Broderick showed that $75,000,000 of its resources had been lost, impaired or “frozen.” ‘The deposits at the time the banking department assumed control were about $160,000,000. Loans totaled $148,026,977, of which $108.525,526 were unsecured. Loans l.mountlng to $21,872,596 had been made to iated companies with- out collateral. The Broderick report also showed 17 of the 33 directors had borrowed $2,578,632 from the bank. . SECRET TRADE PACT DENIED BY BRITON Book Due Tomorrow Charges 1918 Mission From England to Brazil Sought Monopoly. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 10.—Sir Maurice de Bunsen has made a flat denial to & story of a secret Anglo-Brazilian trade | man: treaty which, it is understood from messages received here, G. H. Payne, in his book “Engiand and Her Treatment of America,” alleges Sir Maurice tried to secure when he headed a British mission to Brazil in 1918. “I know nothing whatever of this," was Sir Maurice’s comment when the matter was brought to his attention. “I was engaged on a mission the de- tails of which were perfectly well known both by the United States and Great Britain, “There is no truth whatever in these storles. Certainly there was nothing in any way hostile to the United States, but, on the contrary, negotiations were carried on in the closest co-operation. “A man who was at that time head of the Pan-American Association in Washington was a personal friend of mine during the whole time, and on my return from South America he gave a party in Washington to receive me and thank me for my work.” Payne’s book tells of an unsuccessful attempt by a British mission to Brazil in 1918 to obtain exclusive trade advan- tages for Great Britain in Brazil. It will be published tomorrow. ‘The book says that the mission went to the South American country ostensi- bly only to create sentiment for the allled- cause. Payne says negotiations were ended after the matter came to the attention of a cabinet officer in Washington. SPEAKER DECLINES TO RECEIVE REDS’ INSURANCE DEMAND __(Continued From Firat Page) fdle. The sum of $15 a week was de- manded, with $3 additional for each dependent, the payments to be made to “all workers unemployed because of no Jjobs being available for them or in- capacitated through accident .or sick-|to ness.” Workers reaching the age of 55 years automatically would retire with full insurance rates, it was contended. To finance the scheme, the commit- tee called for recall of all appropriations for military, naval or other war pur- poses, supplemented by “a graduated capital levy” on all “capital and prop- erty accumulations in excess of $25,000" and by a graduated income tax on all incomes in excess of $5,000 a year. A workers’ commission would administer the fund. “Workers Will Fight.” For immediate rellef, an emergency appropriation from the Treasury to pay idle workers for two months this Winter at one and a half times the proposed insurance rate was demanded. The statement declared the “workers will fight, not starve,” and said the Government “has done nothing to re- lleve the terrible distress of the un- employed.” The committee called on the workers to “fight against the war which the capitalists are proposing to make against the Soviet Union.” ‘The committee, in addition to Chair- man Wagenknecht, consisted of Sam Nesin, New York; A. Bissell, Detroit; Charlotte Bowser, Canton, Ohio; Lil- lian West, Youngstown, Ohio; Sol Har- per, New York; Silas Copeland, Phila- delphia; Fred Meyers, Rochester, N. Y. Adam Adams, Piitsburgh; Cecil Porter, Minnesota; Lowry Adams, Denver; John Johnson and Willlam Dunn, Charlotte, N. O.; °'Y:'u'-“mhn‘ Finale. linois, and Henry Boy! 1 D. JESDAY, F BRUARY- 1 GUARDS AND CROWD AWAIT 'COM MUNISTS AT CAPITOL Some 200 extra policemen and detectives awalted the arrival of Communists at the Capitol today, whe announced they would attempt to invade the bullding to present a petition. However, long before the time for arrival the “Reds” declared that only 15 of their members would present the petition and that the proceedings would be éntirely peacef: —Star Staff Photo. ALL MEN STRANDED. ONICE FLOE SAVED Former Defendant in Shoot- | ing Trial Cited for Heroism as Coast Guardsman. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y, February 10.—The blue-clad men of the Coast Guard scored another victory last night over that treacherous inland sea, Lake Erie. After a 50-hour battle with bitter | winds, blinding snow and fog they brought ashore 10 men who had faced death on grinding ice floes. They were the last of 57 saved since Saturday. Among them were seven Coast Guards who were trapped by shifting ice as they went out from shore for the last boatload of marconed fishermen. Small Boy Among Sufferers. ‘The official report of the Coast Guard | showed that 50 men went adrift Satur- day morning when a blizzard, driven by a 50-mile wind from the northeast, | swept ‘down upon the lake, snapping| off the sections of ice on which the| men were fishing. Forty-one were | airplanes chartered by local newspapers; 8 walked ashore as the floes touched shore for a moment, while still another | landed safely on the Canadian shore when veering wind swung the ice cake | against the northern shore of the lake. Nineteen men and a 9-year-old boy, hungry, exhausted and on the verge of | freezing, spent more than 30 hours on one icy floe, huddled about tiny fires of | driftwood, chewing half-cooked fish, be- fore they were located by airplane Sun- day morning. Rescuers Tofl Into Night. ‘Throughout Sunday and far into the | night the work of rescue went on. Only‘ ice skiffs, which could be used either on ice or in open water, were of any use. A mortar sent out in an attempt to shoot a line to the marooned men through the ice twice and had-to m.‘" Izuk.um less than three T8, ust. & e PATS. ago Jacob B. Hanson, secrefary o{‘&w] Niagara Falls Lodge of Elks, was shot and killed at Lewiston, N. Y., by Coast Guards who were searching for rum- runners. A great discussion was pro- voked throughout the country over the shooting of an innocent man. Motor Machinist's Mate Glenn Jen- nings of the United States Coast Guard was tried in Elmira on a charge of aughter. The jury disay He was again on the same charge in Rochester and was acquitted. Heroism Is Commended, Sunday night Jennings was one of the crew of Coast Guards who rowed | and slid an ice skiff out to the fllhflk’ me~ marooned on the ice floe. Eagerly the stranded fishermen crowded about | the boat. It would hold only a few; some must be left behind on the ice, and darkness was closing in. It was then that Motor Machinist's Mate Glenn Jennings turned his back | on safety, warmth and a well earned rest to ~uphold the traditions of the United States Coast Guard. Jennings stepped out of the boat and a fisherman who already had endured hours of exposure took his place in the frail craft. Jennings spent the night out on the ice after the returning boat had been caught by a sudden shift of ice. He was brought ashore yesterday and | recommended to headquarters at Wash- ington for special commendation for meritorious service. POLICE SEEK SLAYER OF GANDHI AGENT Report Hindu Had Aided in In- vestigation of: Killings in California. By the Associated m-u:5 . i SACRAMENTO, Calif., ruary 10. The slayer of Nagina Ram Dhami, 28-y old Hindu, identified by police as “general secretary of the Indian National Cvnw‘l'{'ul of the Pacific Coast,” was sought lay. Dhlm!l was shot and killed on a downtown street last night by a man who fled in & motor car said by police be registered to Naren Singh of Marysville, Calif. Clarence Morrill, chief of the State Bureau of Criminal Identification, said the slain man aided authorities in in- vest] ons of several recent cases in which Hindus were mysteriously slain or had disappeared. Morrill’s records also brought to light evidence that trouble betwen followers of Mahatma Ghandi and the British government in India may have had some connetcion with Hindu disturb- ances in California. “In India trouble is settled by arbi- tration. In America one has to killed,” read & line of a letter quoted by Morrill. This letter, he said, was written by a California Hindu to an editor in India and intercepted in that country. Pamphlets quoting the let- ter were sent back to California. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerma bandmaster. . Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The Spirit of Peace,” Goldman Overture, “Le Pre Aux Clercs” (the Duelling Ground) . Suite, “Cleopatra” .. “In Cleopatra's Barge. “Antony’s Love Song.” Excerpts from musical comedy— “My Maryland” berg Characteristic, “The Siamese Patrol,” Valse, “Cl Raj o , +Rapee , “Ivanhoe” . . Losey “The Star Spangled Banner.” —Gov. Sampson y tion on the Governor of California for hope Little,, who is boro on a charge of murder in con- INCOME TAX FACTS. No. 9. % All net income up to $5,000, whether actually carned or not, is considered earncd income for the purpose of the 25 per cent credit. However, thousands of re- turns are recived showing net in- come in excess of $5,000, part of which was earned income and part of which was not earned. Following is an example of how to compute correctly the tax on such a return: A taxpayer, married and with no dependents, received in 1930 a salary of $4,000 and from a real estate transaction made a net profit of $4,000. His personal ex- emption is $3,500. The tax rate is 112 per cent on the first $4,000 in excess of such exemption and 3 per cent on the remainder: Net income. .$8,000 Less personal exemption... 3,500 Balance, taxable income. ..34,500 1%, per cent on first $4,000 $60 3 p;;o cent on the remaining $! Total tax.... $75 But of the $8,000 net income, $5,000 is considered as earned net income. From $5,000, theré- fore, is deducted the personal emption of $3,500, the tax on the remaining $1,500 at 1'; per cent amounting to $22.50. Deduct one-fourth of $22.50, or $5.63, from $75, leaving payable a tax of $69.37. $249,000 SWINDLES LINKED TO SUSPECT Three Victims of Race Track Con- fidence Game Prompt Inquiry. By the Assoclated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y., February 10.— Thomas Costigan, 63, of San Franeisco, was daeld here today in connection with X_425,000 race track swindle in Quebec last Summer. Costigan was arrested January 28 in Boston at the request of John A. Doyle, head of a detective agency, and brought to this city for questio in connec- tion with the working of a $149,000 swindle on John H. Callahan, Rochester restaurateur, in Reno last December. Meanwhile, Thomas H. Quigley, re- tired Boston grain dealer, according to Doyle, saw Costigan’'s picture in a Bos- ton newspaper and last Saturday identi- Costigan as the man who mulcted him of $25,000 at Quebec in 1 swindle similar to that worked on Callahan. Officials said today they were investi- gating the claim of a Pennsylvanian, whose name they would not reveal, that he had identified Costigan from a Ber- tillon picture as the man who had swindled him of $75,000. Doyle said that he ordered Costigan's arrest when he- leurned that Costigan had written Callakan follow.ng the Reno swindle of the restaurant opera- tor. Callahan and his wife yesterday failed to identify Costig: ADVERTISING LIMIT HELD RADIO’S NEED Commissioner La Fount Declares Stations Are Licensed for Benefit of Public. What radio needs today, according to Radio Commisisoner La Fount, is a lim- itation on the kind and amount of ad- vmllin, on the air. In a formal statement he said broad- casting stations were licensed to serve the public “and not for the furthering of private or selfish interests of in- dividuals.” “Since advertising furnishes the eco- nomic support for the service a station renders and makes it ible,” he added, “it must ne ly be an ex- ception to the rule. “However, the amount and character of advertising must be rigidly confined within Jimits consistent with the public service expected of the station.” * Stressing the necessity for limitation, Mr. La Fount cited the recent decision of the District of Columbia Courf of Appeals upholding the Radio Commis- sion in refusing to renew the license of Station KFKB of Milford, Kans. The license was refused on the grounds that Dr. John B. Brikley, who operated the station, had prescribed for allments over the radio. RETIRED WATCHMAN DIES Richard Dougherty, 82, ‘Widow and Two Sons. Richard Dougherty, 82 years old, re- tired watchman for the Pennsylvania Rallroad, died at his residence, 2214 Fairlawn avenue southeast, yesterday after a short iliness. Mr Dougherty was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad for 36 years until retiring 11 years ago. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Dougherty, and two sons, George and Raymond Dougherty. He also leaves six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at Leaves N1, 12:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Con- gressional Cemete! REQUISITION ISSUED "3." February 10 (®). FRANKFORT, issued a requisi the return from Sacaramento of Stan- wanted in Owens- with the death of Miss Edwina nection Gordon, 19, in March, 1925. | that. & FRENCH NAVY PLAN VIEWED AS THREAT Italy Said to Be Willing to Extend Naval Holiday in Hope of Parley. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 10.—The French government proposal to begin construc- tion of armored cruisers is regarded in Italian official circles as a distinct naval threat and a disappointment to the hope that France would stand on the terms of a building truce between Italy and herself. Italy, it was said. still stands on the offer to continue the naval holiday un- til PFranco-italian differences are ad- Jjusted, but she is ready to carry out her declared intention of building ton for ton what France puts on the ways. Italy considers that practical parity exists because the Italian fleet is mod- ern and roughly equivalent in fighting power to the French Navy, which has much old tonnage. France and Italy were placed on parity in battleships at the Washington Naval Conference. Should France adopt the proposed plan for building a series of armored cruisers of about 23,000 tons each, it is said that Italy probably would reply wi;:: & “ton-for-ton, ~ gun-for-gun” policy. ’ LA FOLLETTE LEADS ATTACK ON RELIEF COMPROMISE PLAN (Continued From First Page.) if he failed to demand sadequate se- curity for a return to the Government of the money loaned.. ~ Ny “Either this law is to be administered by the Secretary without regard to its to be given,” provisions if real aid is said Senator La. Follette, “or it is & ” “Plan Discussed in Detall. Senator La Follette discussed in de- 4 tail the provisions of the act a fund of $45,000.000 to be loaned to rmers in the drought-stricken area to buy feed for live stock, fertilizer, seed | and ;gasoline to be used in tractors, ef to which the proposed $20,000,000 lief fund is an amendment. He peinted out that under the penalty clause of the $45,000,000 act a farmer could ve put in jail for six months if he bor- rowed the money and used it for some purpose not specified in that act. “If I were a farmer in distress in the drought area,” said Senator La Fol- lette, “I would®be tempted to violate | this law and be sent to jail. For I would get better food in jail than the Red Cross is providing for the people In Arkansas today.” In conclusion Senator La Follette said that acceptance of the compromise nrud me:t t:aulge beu “hr\unllhnng p:‘\lll;- render by the Senate of a great - ciple.” principle, he said, was % rnment is the BLAME FOR POSTAL LEASE LAID TO NEW, BARTLETT STATES (Continued Prom First Page.) later notified District Attorney Drill he could not arrive until later, Blaine said. “Pratt had successfully deferred ac- tion by the grand jury,” Blaine said. The committee chairman said the grand jury which was called for August 7 to investigate the lease was dismissed :uxun 10, without receiving the evi- lence. Bartlett then tald of a conference be- tween New and Fesler at which he was present, in which Fesler “did most of the talking and did it in a most positive manner, focusing blame for the con- wflm“km Mr. New, which he didn't seem e.” Demanded. Fesler Removal. After the conference, Bartlett said, New said Fesler it be displaced. ‘Wasn't it t,” Blaine said, “that New gave you a letter to Good at the very time you weré on a mission he knew was to ac sh his of preventing an investigation?” Bartlett gade a non-committal re- ly. 4 ;Yduut before he left the stand Bartlett said: “I have not desired to injure any one, not even those who have misrep- resented me in secret places. But I can not. it my reputation, bullt up by a lifetime of rectitude, to pass down to my descendants, tarnished with deeds of others, because I either fear or dis- like to tell the truth.” Denies Signing Lease. Charles F. Trotter, who was Bart- lette’'s assistant, folowed him on the stand and denied previous testimony he signed Bartlett’s name to the lease. affixed by another clerk. ‘There was pothing irregular about it,” Trotter said. explaining it was im- possible for the high officials personally to sign everything. Trotter l-l;dafl: real D&I:IM 'fl“fl"lh: p! an acceptance, and' tha B iimatupas s the Joase were merely & matter of form. The witness verified previous testi- mony that he was called into New's 30 Gratt moctprance. of ‘the Joass pro- ce posed by m Charges have p_made that the Gove ‘m n bitant rental for t. and o office leases over the country, andithe com- mittee is conducting a general investi- gation, The Tow, ittee recessed untilit@mor- wh laine announced Pos Brown would appear. GERVIAN FOREN POLCY QUTLINED Curtius Says Nation Will Pay Under Young Plan as Long as Possible. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, February 10.—Reminding the world that Germany never guaran- teed her ability to fulfill the Young plan, Julius Curtius, the foreign minis~ ter, today told the Reichstag that the nation is determined, nevertheless, to live up to its provisions as long as pos- sible and to try to change it only by legal means. In his first appearance before the Parliament since he returned from the League of Nations discussions at Geneva he outlined in detail the German for- elgn policy and described the world dis- armament conference called for next February as the “touchstone of the efficacy of the League of Nations.” Opposes League Withdrawal. He dwelt upon improvement in Pranco-German relations as a pivotal problem of European statecraft, at the same time emphasizing that Germany will not be shoved to one side. Herr Curtius expressed satisfaction that Tar- key and Russia had been invited to participate in the pan-European eco- nomic conference, and vigorously - posed & suggestion that Germany with- draw from the League of Nations. An unbiased panel of judges and his- torians, he told the Reichstag, would have no difficulty in disproving the thesis that Germany alone bears the guilt of the World War, e The reparations question,” he said, forces itself as an unbidden guest into all international gatherings. This spec~ ter will not be laid and world economy will not be free until economic common sense and justice finally have their way. Hits Lack of Co-operation. The economic position of the whole world has shifted since the Young plan was adopted, he said, and the nations are more inclined now to apply l:érmmun sense to the reparations prob- m. “But little has been shown of spirit of international Wntm which would make the fulfillment of our obligations easier,” he declared. ‘This, coupled with our financial needs and the misery of our people, brings this issue into the foreground of our foreign policy. Our opponents know we will not renounce the Young plan and our creditors know we never will give rld"’"m that the plan be ful- As for disarmament, he nations will have to show lbflr-“filn? at the conference next February. At that time the case for which we have been pleading for years before the bar of public opinton will be brought to a definite issue. We shall see then wether there will be dis- armament or not. As for me, I will not make any prophecies. Our viewpoint is simply that we have a clear legal title to demand gen- eral disarmament and that we can no lon‘:g' stand for delay in its achieve- Socialists Leave Chamber. Before Curtius ‘most :fhgl' National Soci ts and Nation- marched out of the cham| a declaration that they wb:“wir:lz turn until scme importang b manded their e. B V- oy ey 'Pplemen discussions, them came el s she demands deeds to the words of disarmament fiusw!lld. “We demand the same d e- curity which other muo':r- Mo( ... The League of Nations is facing the gravest problem in its history. Its very existence would be endangered if should prove unable to solve this prob- iem. Not only for us but for the whole world disarmament is the touchstone lo;l:h:e( Itlmm mo! Nations.” economic and polit relations with France as a plvnt‘: m in the structure of Europe, asserting that “although during the last months of last year we. suffered some setbacks in the development of those relations, we hope they soon will be overcome.” OB, the other h‘:ynd. [ can & country in a position liks ours hope to reach its goal lhl’olltl: any one-sided policy. We must always and everywhere operate for our own ad- antage when our aims and interests run parallel with those of another country.” Tribunal to Judge War Guilt. He recalled statements by President von Hindenburg and other German statesmen denying the thesis of Ger- many’s responsibility for the war and predicted that “the day is not far dis- tant when historians will come together to pro- nounce a final verdict based on truth and justice.” Meanwhile, he said, the ‘German government will continue its efforts for removal of the stigma of war guilt from the German people. Curtius expressed satisfaction with the settlement of the Polish differences which came out of the League Council and repudiated radical demands for aiothdnwll from the League of Na- ns. “As Hans Luther said when ws en- tered in 1926, ‘Better inside than out- side’"” he declared, “that's what I say. Criticism of and disappointment with :mz!gwg was rix:t ;:aca;nmy equive~ en a necessity for our membership and our n.ht:"m B GLASS HITS LIMITS UNDER BUDGET LAW TO CURB REQUESTS (Continued From Pirst Page.) Rittue, Mrs. Arthur 8. Field and Herbert 8. Wood. 54 The subcommittee heard a number of witnesses this afternoon from Langdon, Woodridge, Brookland and vicinity as to which side of Rhode Island avenue northeast is in greater need of additional grade school space. K. P. Armstrong ind Marvin M. McLean presented.the arguments as to the elementary school need north of Rhode Island' avenue, while M. C. Wilson of the Woodridge Parent-Teacher Association presented the arguments as to the school needs on the south side of Rhode Island avenue. All were in agreement as to the need He said he thought the signature was | We to take care of the animals to be given to the park from the estate of the late Victor J. Evans. COURT GETS RUM TESTER J., February 10 (#).— divining rod of by of nounced he will rule on that whether or not arrests made foll “ebullometer” tests are legal, with is used to meat~