Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1931, Page 1

Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,697. Entered as second class'matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. The T WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1931-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ##» RASKOB CALL OPENS™* 5,59 ' Teipors 70 tincou DOOR T0' DISPUTES e on B ehalf of Union to Be Delivered Into Microphone Installed in White H AMONG DEMOGRATS) ™% oo Ui by Givid War Presidene Parley March 5 to DiscusS| A rincomn day message to Americans Finanoes May Embrace | Bocers o s T inances May Embr ce Hoo;ler wmon‘vv:b:vel;\ng nr; 'ihhe llzlflxd Prohibition Issue. feenth Proident of the United States. A few minutes before 10 o’clock Prési- QUALIFICATIONS OF 1932 LEADER ALSO TO BE TOPI Abraham Lincoln as a private study during the days when his whole C | object was to save the Union from dis- solution. There a microphone will be el M e B " ” wi pay & nat Southern Opposition ‘to Chairman |Lincoin's great work and the ideals ot - . 2 Government which President Lincoln Likely to Find Expression preserved, will be conveyed over the combined networks of the Columbia and at Conference Here. National broadcasting companies. The room, which is 5o closely asso- clated with memories of President Lin- BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. coln, is on the second floor of the of the ai ital. Ther White House. It contains many Lincoln relics n&d lurmnuummli is known and preserved as the “Lincoln room.” The President's address will be the outstan feature of the observance versary in the National Cap- e will be @u0_general cere- monies, but & number of the G. A. R. posts and patriotic organizations will remember the day. At a number of the public schools the day will be ob- served with informal assemblies or with references to President Lincoln at the opening of classes, but no instructions have been issued by’ the Board of Edu- cation to make such observance geu- e oseph B Blzon, pastor of th B 5 of the New Yarflvenue Presbyterian Church, W] Lincoln worshiped during his years in the White House, will be the speaker at exercises in the college chapel (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Leaders of the Democratic party from every part of the counlry are to meet March 5 in Washington “to discuss plans and policies to govern our activi- ties during the next 15 months,” ing to a call for the Demorcatic Na- tional Committee sent out by Chairman John J. Raskob. COPELAND WANTS SEEEEEE RIS FED WORLD COURT PUT ASIDE FOR SESSION N and all party matters or policies. This i and il party matters of polices. e [Survey of Schools to Decide taken regarding national prohibition. It i taken resarding Dational Br e | NUMber Needing Lunches cannot write the party platform for the - 1932 campaign. “That can only be done Asked hy Senator. by the party in national convention. S TR But the National Committee; composed | A survey by the Health Department, of men and women from all the States, | in co-operation with the Board of Edu- not to mention the Territories and the | cation, to determine to what extent District of Columbia, presents more ) there are under-nourished children in Walsh Motion to Reconsider Postponement Beaten in Senate Committee. By the Assoctated Press. 'The Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee today voted down the motion of Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, to reconsider the decision postponing con- than a cross section of the leadership | the local public schools and what steps ,and indeed of the rank and file of the | might be taken to provide milk and The problem of the Democrats, as | S by Senator Copeland ow, Yol at the before the Senate sub- several of the party leaders in Washing- tee on the District ro- ton explained today, is to adjust what | priation bilL. - T ‘The ‘was made by semm| uation and the “mistakes” of the Re- party. It is also to reach an agreement on constructive program of Some Fear Meeting. : Some of the Democrats look with ap- toward the meeting set for ma. ‘They fear that uaedl:!ndmeu over - eadersbip of Chasrman Hi of w58 chairman of the eighteenth amendment and who bas never made any bones sbout the matter. Just what plan will be proj to the national commiittee for arty needs and expenditures has not n disclosed. It may be ex] , however, to urge the adoption of a obtaining funds from 3 general contribution of Democratic woters, probably an annual contribution which may be counted upon to finance the party at all times. If such & plan could really be worked out and put through, with the aid of the local leat ers in_every community, it would ol wiate deficits which have followed n: tional campaigns with great regularity, and also make it less necessary to fall back on big contributiops from indi- wviduals, The Democrats have been greatly encouraged by the results of the con- gressional campaign last Fall, although they fell just short of winning actual control of either Senate or House. They are anxious to pick a winner for the next presidential campaign. When party leaders meet here March 5, there is likely to be a general interch: (Continued on Paj HOUSE GETS REPORT ON BANK RUNS BILL Quick Action Asked to Make False Rumor Mongers Law Violators. By the Associated Press. many of whom, he said, 14 financially able to nourishing lunches. ness did not mendation for a partic the pending bill, but urged the com- problem. 'ween assumed the Walsh and | defeated by a tie vote, 10 to 10. to Parragut square. Senator Tydings" asked for $7,740 to complete thelgrading of Eastern avenue between Bunker Hill and Queens Chapel road northeast. ‘ Mrs. M. W. Buell made an urgent appeal for inclusion of an eight-room addition to the Tenley-Janney School, to cost $120,000. harles F. Consaul of the Mount Pleasant Cifizens’ Association requested an addition of $125,000 to the House item for suburban sewers to relieve what he described as a serious sanitary condition existing in the Pimey Branch Valley, , just west of Sixteenth street, when storms cause the sanitary sewers to overflow into the valley, creating an objectionable situatien. Commissioner Gotwals told Engineer the committee that the portion of the | da, work_that could be done with the pro- (Continued on Page 2, umn 3.) po - < Eeah Clay Plants Resume Work. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., February 11 8. Dickey Clay Manufac- last May, has resumed activit two plants and mine with a force of 350 workmen and enough orders to run until the Fall season of next year, Resumption of activities by pany brought. to more number of workers 1p} tanooga since the than 1,000 4,894,000 Jobless in G:mny. " | ing the /| Early Profit-Taking Sales sideration of the World Court Protocol until next December. The vote was 10 to 8. 'Two members were absent who would have supported the Walsh motion, but even counting their votes it would have been defeated by a tie. As a result, the protocol for Amer- ican adherence to the Court, which Président Hoover sent to the Senate 155 | early this-session, is definitely shelved during the session. 5 Extra Session Possibility. ‘The committee has agreed, howeyer, that if an extra session of Congress is called this Spring the Court issue may be considered then. Chairman Borah of the committee, who is an outspoken foe to American adherence, again opposed postponement until December. Democrats were united also in oppos- nement, but the Repub- flllh.éle , including friend and foe the issue into this session. Vote on Motion. ‘The vote on the Walsh motion for reconsideration of the postponement ‘was: For: Republicans, Borah and Gillett of Massachusetts; Democrats, Swanson, Walsh, George, Black and Wagner. Against: Republicans, Johnson, Moses, Capper, Reed, Fess, Goff, La Follette, Vandenberg and Robinson of Farmer-Labor, Shipstead. Senators. Pittman and Harrison, -both Democrats, who pnvlmulytvfled against ADVANCE IN STOCK MARKET CONTINUES Ab- sorbed as List Again Moves Forward. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 11.—Bulls maintained their grip on tife stock mar- ket during the early trading today, al- though s flurry~of profit-taking gave them some anxious moments at the start. In the first few minutes, several issues, including United States Steel, Bethlehem, Westinghouse and Atchison dropped $1 to $2, but buying of coppers and utilities soon pulled the list up. was at a more sober pace, transfers in the first hour aggre; 400,000 shares, or half the turnover for that period yesterday. Transactions wwere in sufficient volume, however, to delay the ticker slightly. Auburn continued to bob about wild- ly, dropping $10.50 a share, only to re- gain most of its loss. Case dropped ::. then bounded up $7 from the bot- m. Shares up $1 to $2 included Anacon- , Kennecott, American Smelting, American Zinc, St. Joseph Lead, Am ican Can, American Water Works and Consolidated Gas. et MOSLEM LEADER SLAIN ‘Worshipers, Forbidden to Turn Heads During Prayer—Killer Flees BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, February 11 (#)—Dispatches from Tuza on the Al- banian-Jugoslav frontier today said the Mussulman elder, Hadje Dresevitch, was shot to death while leading: prayers in & mosque. His assallant escaped across the frontier. BERLIN, February 11 (#). many’s unemployed January -31 4,804,000, an increase of 129,000 since ‘The killer fled in full view of hun- [ rell igious tenets forbade them to turn their heads or to interrupt the devotions, the iu:fl 16. reports said. he Howe Basiing commies went| FALL, PUTS 9-YEAR-OLD BOY IN C’AST 22ND TIME IN 5 YEARS 4, and Bump Sends Him to Bed. By the Associated Press. ST.. PAUL, February 11.—Maurice Breslau, 9, has a brand-new fracture today, the twenty-second such injury O-hrwzh. experiences. collar bone was breken. his left arm bone had And 13 times before he has had broken his "'WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION S20000000 RELEF HELD ‘SURRENDER BYSEMATORGLASS Assault Puts New Life in At- tack, but Supporters Are Confident of Majority. ATTACK ON COMPROMISE RESUMED BY THOMAS Smoot Tells Oklahoman People ‘Will Oversubscribe Red Cross $10,000,000 Fund. By the Assoclated Press. Senate Democrats divided more sharply today over the drought relief compromise, with Glass of Virginia terining the $20,000,000 loan fund a cepted by the party leadership an Jject surrender.” ‘The Glass assault put new life into the attack against the compromise, but Senate leaders still were confident of & decisive majority for it and prepared to seek a roll call before adjournment today. Glass described the substitute for the $25,000,000 Red Cross a tion as “s surrender disguised with pretense.” The administration refused the Red Cross proposal and the House decisively rejected it. Not Willing to Compromise. “I am willing to'surrender,” said the Virginian, “but I am not willing to com- promise our intellectual integrity. I am not willing to have people suppose that in surrendering I am s0 stupid as to fool myself in any measure as to whonhat‘hl:.:durr;ndzr means.” e was “utterly opposed to the extra session of Congress.” Two days have been spent largely in discussing the compromise with Sena- tors La Follette and Norris, Republican independents, assailing it. ‘Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma, demned it today. Stating that President Hoover had “called a governmental benefaction a socialistic dole,” Glass shouted that this was a “depraved conception” of the ?en.w. plan to help the drought suf< ferers, “The President, whose fame rests Flderal Treasury . pehait of iman Tl easury of suffering,” the Virginian , “hag translated the proposal of the Senate into a bitterly disparaging epithet. Senator Connally, Democrat, 3 joined in- the Democratic attack on the relief compromise. “I cannot vote for this compromise agreement,” the Texan said. “If there is any human food in the proposal it is deftly concealed by language.” Senator con- ‘Watson to Ask Night Session. Anxious to get his' controversy out of the way, Leader Watson said he would seek a t session to- night to speed passage of the apptropri- ation if necessary, Senator Thomas Presi- dent Hoover's gift of $7,500 to the Red Cross relief fund, but said he ld not understand why Mr. Hoover “as an individual would give $7,500, while as (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) U. S. AGENTS PROBING HECTIC SHIP VOYAGE Captain Stabbed, Mate Arrested, |5mier | l ‘Desertions Among Crew and Collisions Recorded. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., February 11.— Desertions, stabbing of the captain, ar- rest of the first mate and two collisions, which marked a five months’ voyage of the American freighter Hopatcong werg mvmtigwfl today by Federal steamboat TS, SR mm';?m on the Black Ses, the o on deck crew deserted, according to the captain, and later he was stabbed in an altercation. For seven weeks he was in & hospital. One of the collisions occurred in_the Black Sea and the other in the Bos- phorus at Istanbul “L AME DUCK” VOTE BY HOUSE ASSURED Rules Committee to Allow Actioh on Resolution to Eliminate Short Sessions. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The House Rules Committee today de- cided to allow the House to vote at this session on the Gifford resolution to eliminate the “lame duck” sessions of Congress. The Senate has five times over- ‘whelmingly lgpmved the resolution by Senator Ni , ‘Republican, Nebraska, for abolition of the short sessions. The House has never voted on the proposal, however, which is s there by Representative Gifford, The Gifford resolution {kc:r an ament ‘would | WILL SHIP JOBLESS HOME SANTA FE,N. ry 11 et fagiies n the o boom ‘Hobbs, N. Mex., whose off by = — | \ppropria also said, ‘Texas, l gy & HOOVER'S BACKING FORNAVY BILL SEEN Sponsors -of $74,000,000 Plan Renew Plea for Ac- tion on Legislation. 1,000 Miles an Hour Speed for Planes By the Associated Press. President Hoover's support for enact- ment of the naval construction pro- gram at this session was claimed today by Senate sponsors of the $74,000,000 construction bill. They renewed pleas to Republican leaders for privileged status for this legislation. The bill was recommended by Sec- retary Adams to carry out in part the shipbuilding required to bring Ameri- ca up to its strength under terms of the London naval limitations treaty. ‘The House Republican leaders de- cided to sidetrack it for this session, but met demands of Navy advocates in the House for action on both the con- structfon bill and the $30,000,000 nn«l tleship modernization measure which already has passed the Senate over- whelmingly. Clash Over Measures. ‘The Republican Steering Committee has refused to be judge in the dispute in the Senate as to whether the naval construction bill or the Capper ol em- bargo legislation is to get the right of way. Chairman Hale of the Senate Naval Committee is going to the floor with & motion to take up the naval bill as soon as the relief dis- pute is settled. Senator Capper, Re- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1., TOKIO-SAN FRANCISCO FLIGHT ANNOUNCED Newspaper Will Sponsor Good- Will Project, With Yoshi- wara as Pilot. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, February 11.—Plans for a solo flight by Seiji Yoshiwara across the Pacific from Tokio to San Fran- cisco via the Kurile and Aleutian Is- (Pl to blows and the theater was in an | in b, announcement said the fiight was in the interest of Japanese-Amer- ican friendship. The newspaper will sponsor the venture. Hochi chose to annou glam because ufi’- ;u'.lon;l A apan’s first Emperor, Jimmu, ascel the throne 2,591 years ago MM“ ——— FRENCH PARLEY AIMS Franco-Italian Negotiations An Still in Progress. February 11 —Ne - a view to nl-myhum'_ """n'. hol PARIS, BANKERS CALLED IN CANNON PROBE Virginians First Witnesses Called by Senators in - Campaign Inquiry. lv:h‘-nd.udh-. The Senate Campaign Punds Commit~ tee called its first witnesses for the latest inquiry into the 1928 political ac- tivities of Bishop James Cannon to ap- pear this afternoon. The Southern Methodist Churchman, | has who succeded in having questioning | tnjs program along similar lines halted last year by the Senate Lobby Committee, sent word X 3 The much-investigated bishop 1:;; week turned back a e WATER QUELLS FIGHT Firemen Called to End Free-for-All at Beauty Contest. Mexico, » February 5 fire department was called out last night to quell a free-for-all fight in the Degollado Theater, where election of a beauty queen was taking ace. Partisans of several candidates came the entire drenched audience with a speech from the . “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system covers - tion * city block and t ered to Wa: as fast as the papers are printed. regular edi- hington homes Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,313 \ ALHOUR POSTAL | WEEK BILL PASSES Senate Unanimous in Cutting Working Period for All Eggg g T isf 52k $3,000,000 PARKWAY FUND IS APPROVED House Committee Favorably Re- ment. ‘This measure also gvvuu National Capital and Commission shall have the Mount Vernon that the Planning 1y CHOICE OF DEATH-BED MUSIC IS EXPRESSED. BY CELEBRITIES Sousa Would Like t6 Hear *“Stars and Stripes,” While Longworth Prefers Beethoven’s “Seventh Symphony.” (P) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. BROWN AND BLAINE GLASH ON REPORT O POSTAL LEASES Postmaster General Refuses to Give Committee Infor- mation Sent to Hoover. EVASION IS CHARGED BY PROBE CHAIRMAN Wisconsin Senator Calls Cabinet Member “Impertinent and Ar- rogant” in Replies. By the Assoclated Press. Postmaster General Brown refused today to furnish the Senate Postal u-g Investigating Committee infor- mation which formed the basis of a re- port by him to President Hoover last Summer. &:e :‘I:h h:g questioned in connec- department’s leasing policies. Chairman Blaine said he wanted fo “Ol will question ut that when we get to the St. present. ‘The inquiry attracted more’ public at- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) BRITISH DOLE’S COST IS HELD $250,000,000 Official Estimate Predicts Rise and ‘Warns That Tax Rate Is Too Low. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 11.—The dole, it is officially estimated, will cost the Brit- ish taxpayer befween $250,000,000 and $275,000,000 or even more during the financial year opening April 1, next. * ‘The figures are contained in a mem- orandum submitted by the British treas~ EE"E 55 et Eo B T B E 1 E ‘ -