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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather "Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness tonight, probably followed by occassional rain tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight; minimum tem- perature about 38 degrees. Temperatures —Highest, 43, at noon today; lowest, 30, at 2 am. today. Full 1 report on page 5, New York Markets Closed Today. Entered as seco; post office, +No. 31,698. nd class matter Washington, ) D C WILBUR CHARGES | FALSEHOOD AT OIL SHALE PROBE Secretary Scores Former Agent Kelley, Denying He or Department Influenced. FACTS BELONGING TO U. S. SOLD, HE SAYS Senate Committee Hears Secretary and Solicitor Finney on Deals. By the Associated Press. | Secretary Wilbur told the Senate Public Lands Committee today that | “any statement that either I or the de- partment has been influenced by pres- sure or anything else in connection with oil shale claims is a deliberate falsehood.” Taking the stand in answer to pub- lished charges against the department by Ralph S. Kelley, former fleld agent of the General Land Office, Secretary ‘Wilbur said Kelley had “sold out to outsiders statements he should have made to the department.” He said “the New York World has admitted pay- ing Kelley $12,000 for his charges.” The committee investigation into Kelley's charges that the Interior De- partment has favored large oil com- panies in disposing of Colorado ofl shale lands has shifted to the Krush- nic case, in which a decision of the de- partment was overruled by the Supreme Court. Furore in Colorado. Solicitor Finney of the Interior De- artment said that when, in 1927, he eld the claim of Emil Krushnic had been forfeited through failure to per- form the annual required assessment work “there was uite a furore about it out in Colorado.” Previously he had testified at length on the Freeman- Summers case. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, the hearing, said Court ruled the department's decision was , “the point was that the Government had not challenged until after $500 of work had been done” on the claim. The Senator cited that the court held this had satisfled the legal requirement of $100 assessment work annually. The department . had contended the work could not be allowed to lapse for sev- eral years and then be made up. Hearings Held Up. Finney dence in- tended to show that hearings in cases in the was ip- volved had-been heid Secretaty Work at of tor Water- Republican, Colorado, and cthers man, until after its final decision by the Cl t. As in the previous hearings, Kelley Bat at the , but took no part. Secretary Wilbur said he had made effort to give Kelley full oppor- ty to prove his charges while the was still in the department. He said letters received from Kelley fwhile he was still in the Land Office y at Denver had been ‘“vague, and full of charges cont Washington and put him in charge of .hu oil shale department of the Land Office_here. ‘Wilbur sald the first intimation he that Kelley had left was a call a _press association asking *whether I knew Kelley had resigned snd made charges.” e STEAMER IN DISTRESS FROM FIERCE STORM Shipping Off Coasts of England and TIreland Buffeted Badly for Night and Day. By the Assoplated Press. LONDON, February 12.—Shipping in the English Channel, the Irish Coast and in the Bay of Biscay was badly| buffetzd by a fierce gale which rose suddenly yesterday and continued to blow all day today with little diminished force. One steamer was reported in distress | tonight. She was the British freighter | Swiftway, of 3917 tons, which left Las | Palmas, Canary Island, February 1, for Limerick, Ireland. Her stering gear was carried away and she was drifting help- lessly in the vicinity of Southwest Ire- nd. Two_tugs left Cobh (Queenstown) to assist_her. High seas raged in the channel and drove all sorts of craft to shelter in various ports, a large number taking| refuge in Plymouth Sound, while a score of Welsh trawlers, fishing in Irish { waters, sheltered in Bantry Bay. A number of vessels reported more or less damage as a result of the pound- ing to which they had been subjected. | VOLSTEAD, ILL ABED, GREETS W00DCOCK Dry Administrator (Es on Author of Enforcement Act, Ap- pendicitis Patient. By the Associated Press. 2 MINNEAPOLIS, February 12.— The “father” of the prohibition enforcement act and the man who now enforces it met for the first time yesterday. From a sick bed in Fairview Hospital Andrew J. Volstead looked up to greet Slugged by Bandits Upper: Peter Johnson, registered mail clerk. Lower: Satchel and pieces of | pipe discarded by bandits. —Star Staff Photos. BONUS SELECTION | AWAITS COST STUDY House Committee Briefly De- fers Action on Bacharach Proposition. By the Associated Press. b The House Ways and Means Commit- tee today deferred until 2 o'clock con- sideration of the Bacharach proposal certificates. The action was postponed to permit the committee to make a further study of the cost of the plan on figures sub- mitted by Veterans’ Administrator Hines and Undersecretary Ogden Mills of the ‘Treasury. Announcement that the vote had been deferred was made by Represent- ative Garner of Texas, ranking minority ‘member. Garner said he thought a vote would come today as the committee session ended. Mills had informed them that it would be difficult to finance loans amounting to $500,000,000 at this time. This is the estimated cost of the Bacha- rach plan. Representative Collier, Democrat, Mis- sissippl, said he was in favor of the Bacharach proposal and expressed the belief the majority of the committee was, Selection of Plan Soon. Selection of one of two plans to give war veterans more cash on their com- znflflon certificates was expected to- y. Yesterday it eliminated all but the Bacharach plan to increase loans on certificates by approximately $500,000,- 000 and the Fish proposal to pay off one-fourth of the face value of the cer- tificates at a cost of $850,000,000. Action by the committee will clear the way for consideration in the House Monday. Leaders were thinking of bringing up whatever measure is re- ported under a suspension of the rules which would cut off debate, bar amend- ments and make for speedy passage. Paving the way for the measure still further, House members have been con- stiting with Senators in_the interest \Capitol street by a taxi driver, August of speedy action there. However, de- bate cannot be shut off easily in -that branch and more protracted considera- tion virtually is certain. Johnson Bill Action, ‘The Veterans' Committee of the House also today is to act upon the Johnson bill to provide $20 a month for widows and $6 a month for each dependent orphan of World War vet- erans, without regard to whether death was caused as a result of war service. ‘The measure is expected to cost $18.- 000,000 the first year, and some esti- mates have placed the second year fig- ure at double that. The Ways and Means Committee yes- terday ruled out by successive votes three measures which would have paid off the full face value of the certificates, or portions thereof. Estimates of the cost of these ran from one and three- quarter billions to $3,400,000,000. 3,000 ENTOMBED SAVED MUKDEN, Manchuria, February 12 (A).—Japanese officials at the Pushun mines near here announced today that 3,000 miners who were entombed fol- lowing a gas explosion Sunday, have been saved. Earlier reports indicated fear of a heavy loss of life. he Fp WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, FE MAIL BANDITS GET MUTILATED MONEY TOTALING $800,000 Three Pouches Are Stolen at Union Station From Truck in Concourse. TWO POSTAL EMPLOYES UNABLE TO BALK THEFT Sedan Parked Nearby Used by Pair in Getaway—Other Cities Are Notified. Two daring bandits who held up two | postal employes and seized three | pouches of registered mail early today in the concourse at Union Station escaped with a huge “gold brick” in the shape of $800,000 in mutilated curren- cy consigned to the Treasury Depart- ment from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The currency was being sent here for destruction and included the upper halvés of the bills only, the lower halves having been received here some time ago. ‘W. H. Moran, chief of the Secret Service, sald shipments incoming to the Treasury from Reserve Banks usually consist of currency mutilated at the shipping point, or canceled bonds, a precaution adopted several years ago to balk possible robberies. Paper Money Cut in Half. Paper money to be replaced by fresh issues is cut in half and perforated be- fore it is dispatched to the Treasury Department from Federal Reserve banks. Care is exercised to prevent the corresponding halves of bills being con- unrd in the same shipment. ‘The bandits fell upon the truckload of registered mail as it was being cpn- veyed from the 1:55 incoming New York train along the concourse to a bridge connecting with the post office. They waved lead pipes at the regis- try clerk the consignment, Peter Johnson, 35 years old, of Belle- ville, N. J., and dashed out with three pouches selected at random from a truckload of 25 others. Thought Men Employes. Johnson said he saw the two men walk hurriedly in through an open gate in the barricade at the west end of the concourse. - As they approached, John- son noticed that the larger of the men carried a small black traveling The registry clerk supposed they were railway mail employes reporting for duty on an outgoing train. cl;'k exphfmd paid the e h strangers no heed until they were al- most en him. Then they whipped some sort of wea) ns from beneath their cvercoats the hx:re{n‘mnn lifted his right arm as if to it down on Johnson's head. . Johnson said he had no time to reach for his gun, strapped about his waist. He raised his right forearm to protect his hzad and in away from his attackers, either fell or was struck down. The truck containing the mail pouches which Johnson was escorting was being pulled toward the bridge to the Post Office by a colored postal em- ploye, Jesse B. Swygert of 119 Mas- sachusetts avenue. Heard Cry for Help. Swygert heard Johnson cry out for help just as they came abreast of the west gate in the barricade. When Swygert saw the glint of weapons in the hands of Johnson's assailants he dodged behind the truck, he told police, and ran for help as soon as he believed he was unobserved. ‘The pair snatched three pouches at random from the truckload and ran out the gate, across the concourse and entered a walting automobile parked in an alley outside the west entrance to (!het station, a distance of less than 100 eet. Swygert said a third man was at the wheel and the automobile drove off rapidly. He was unable to say which way the machine turned when it left the alley or to get the license number. He was certain, however, that the car was a heavy sedan. = Car Seen By Driver. At about the same hour a large dark touring car with curtains drawn was seen to come from the direction of Union Station and speed north on North E. Powell of 116 Fourth street north- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) YEGGMEN FAIL TO BLOW FREDERICKSBURG SAFE Smoke Still Coming From Door of Bank Vault When Employes Arrive. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., February 12.—Yeggmen last night failed to open the door of the Callao-Northumberland County State Bank vault, but left be- hind evidences of an attempt to blast their way through with an explosive that was still smoking when employes arrived at the bank this morning. A hole had been drilled in the door, through which there still poured a small volume of smoke, leading bank officials to believe some of the explosive was_still inside. Although descriptions of the yeggmen were not available, officials broadcasted appeals to neighboring counties and towns to look out for suspicious charac- ters. At a late hour today entry had not been made to the vault because the time clock was rendered ineffective by the explosion. ’POSSUM BOOSTS WHEN FRIENDS ‘Amos W. W. Woodcock, Federal pro- hibition administrator. ~Mr. Volstead, former Representative, is recovering from an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Woodcock is here to inspect the eighth prohibition 3 “I'm glad to know you,” said Mr. Wolstead as Mr. Woodcock stood at his ide. “And I'm delighted to meet you,” re- sponded the prohibition administrator, reaching out his hand. “I am sorry to find you ill. { Diamond Restrictions Hold. ANTWERP, Belgium, February 12 (#). »The International Diamond Commis- sion, meeting here Wednesday night, 1 unanimously decided | strictions of the diamond industry for J/@® ualimited period. Dull Trade Becomes Lively APPLE SALES MEET BY CHANCE bag. | be for Vender' After Boyhood Chum Comes Along With Pet. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 12— Crowds passed the corner of Market and New Montgomery streets, scarcely noticing R. B. Newhall or his apples, “unemployed apples” being no longer a novelty. Along came a man with a baby ’pos- sum on a string. Here was somef new. A crowd gathered. “Big red apples,” Newhall called. At the sound of his voice the man ‘with. the ‘possum’ looked up and broke through the crowd, hand extended, “‘Pewee’ Newhall!” he exclaimed. “Joe Farrell!” the apple vender shouted. Whereupon Farrell and his ’possum joined the apple salesman. “Five cents a look at the trained 'possum,” Farrell shouted at the crowd “and an apple thrown in.” In 20 minutes two boxes of apples were gone. So was Farrell and his um. Newhall jingled the money. 'he two were playmates in Fort Worth, Tex., 23 years ago. WORLD HEARSPOPE N RADID ADDRESS FROM NEW STATI Speech, in Latin, Preceded by Colorful Rites in Sistine Chapel. MESSAGE URGING PEACE SENT TO ALL PEOPLE Faithful and Dissidents Included in Plea for Amity and Constancy. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, February 12.—The whole world tuned in today to hear Pope Pius XI celebrate the ninth an- niversary of his coronation with ded- ication of the new Vatican City radio station in the first radio address ever made by a pontiff. For Romans the time of the address was late afternoon, just before dinner; in New York it was mid-morning; on the Pacific Coast before breakfast, and in far-away Japan and Eastern China Jjust after midnight on Friday morning. Assisting in the ceremonies of dedi- cation and inauguration was the Mar- quis Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of practical wireless telegraphy and de- signer of the new station, the most modern of short-wave stations and one which will free the Vatican of any in- termediary in its radio communication with its outposts Sends Message of Peace. Smiling and tranquil, as though he were a veteran of radio broadcasting, he spoke over HVJ after Senator Mar- coni, introducing the pontiff, had spoken briefly. “It is my great honor,” Marconi said, speaking into the microphone, “to an- nounce that within a few moments his holiness Pius XI will inau te the radio station of the State of Vatican City. “This is the first time in hisfory that the living voice of the Pope will have been heard simultaneously in all parts of the globe.” Turning to the Pope, his friend of long standing, he said: “Holy father, I consign to your holi- ness the work entrusted to me. Be pleased, I pray you, to let your voice heard across the world.” It was 10:52 o'clock (Eastern stand- ard time) when the Pope began speaking. No longer a prisoner of the Vatican, this most modern of all living voice to his congregat 3 000,000 Catholics and to the members of all other faiths. is was & message of peace and union. Address Made in Latin, ‘The Pontiff, allying modern progress with something indicative of the fun- damental immutability of the church, eleéted to deliver the dedicatory mes- sage to the world in Latin, the lan- guage of the church through the ages. A second address, in Italian, was scheduled several minutes after the first upon induction of the Marquis Marconi into the pontifical academy. Transla- tions were arranged to follow the prin- cipal addresses in all the languages of Christendom. All the color and splendor of the Holy See was summoned to mark the ninth _anniversary of the coronation of Pope Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel pre- ceding the inauguration of the new radio station. Surrounded by Swiss Guards and borne aloft on his portable throne, Pope Pius entered the Sistine Chapel, ac- claimed on all sides, to attend the mass. ‘The simple white cassock that the Pope wears on other occasions today was covered with a rich, gold-embroid- ered and jewel-studded mantle of red. On the Pope's head was the famous triple crown, and his right hand bore the “fisherman’s ring,” supposed to have belonged to St. Peter. Students of the North American Col- lege, the Pio Latino College which trains Latin-American youths for the priesthood, members of the “black” or papal aristocracy, monks and nuns of the religious orders, and a host of vis- itors from all over the world comprised the company within the chapel. Two hundred workmen for the last two or three days swarmed about the station, planting gardens outside and arranging it for the pontifical visit. Hundreds Crowd Grounds. Hundreds of invited guests and church dignitaries crowded the grounds about the papal palace. An hour before Pope Plus XI was scheduled to appear at the radio station the crowd had filled every post of vantage. ‘The men, dressed in the usual costume for papal reception, mingled with women clad in black with long veils and long sleeves. Five cardinals were awaiting the Pope’s arrival. They were Cardinal Pascelli, papal secretary of state; Car- dinal Gasparri, former secretary of state, and Cardinals Bisletti, Granito and Belmonte. As the Pontiff’s car swept up the gravel drive of the Vatican gardens passing the observatory and the Grotto copled from the famous one at Lourdes, the six trumpeters in medieval dress sounded their silver instruments. ‘The Pope, assisted in alighting by a nobleman in waiting, smiled at the cheering crowd. Father Gianfranceschi, director of the station, and Senator Marconi es- corted his holiness over soft carpets to the generating room. There the Pope pressed the switch which set the gen- erators running. From the generating room he passed (Continuea on Page 7, Column 1.) TWO CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE; PARENTS BURNED Daughter and Son of Akron Attor- ney Trapped in Home and Third Child Is Slightly Hurt. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohlo, February 12.—Two children trapped in a bed room were burned to death and the father, mother and another child are in an Akron hospital as the result of a fire that destroyed the home of Attorney Joseph F. Sourek, today. The dead are: Elizabeth May, 16, and Joseph Francis, 6. Attorney Sourek, 45, is reported in a serious condition from burns, ~Mrs. Sourek, 44, and Rose Sourek, 14 who escaped, are slightly burned. 3 BRUARY 12, 1931—FORTY-SIX PAGES. ening Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. FHH () Means Associated Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,998 TWO CENTS. Press. FEBRUARY 12, 1931, EXPECT NAVY BILL WILL PASS TODAY $344,000,000 Measure Up for Amendment After Three Days of Debate. By the Assoclated Press. The naval establishment held House attention today as the $344,000,000 an- nual supply bill came up for amend- ment after three days of general debate. ‘With its passage expected late today or tomorrow, the House will have cleared all necessary appropriation bills from its calendar. Then it will make plans to consider the $30,000,000 bat- tleship modernization bill sponsored by the administration and already ap- proved by the Senate. Although the House Rules Commit- tee has deferred giving the moderniza- tion program legislative right of way, Chairman Briiten of the House Naval Committee predicted action would come before the end of the session. The bill would provide for remodeling of the ships New Mexico, Mississippi and Ida- ho to resist aircraft and submarine at- tack and to improve their gun range. Britten also titioned the Rules Committee for right of way for the administration’s naval construction bill, which his committee redueed from $90,~ 000,000 to $74,000,000. It is the first building plan under the London Naval Treaty. In that connection, the Naval Committee approved the Britten bill to authorize $779,000 for dismantling battleships decommissioned under the treaty, including the Florida, Utah and Wyoming. The Illinois member said he would seek to have the amount in- cluded in an amendment to the naval supply bill. ‘The supply bill is $36,000,000 less than the outlays for the current year, the saving largely in reduction of esti- mates for construction of eight-inch cruisers. It is $3,000,000 less than the budget estimates. MODERNIZING SHIPS PROBLEM. Improvement of Major Vessels Seen Crux of Difficulty in House. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, Decks are being cleared in the House of Representatives for the great bat- tle between members who want an American Navy of the London treaty standard and those who oppose new constructions. The former are led by Representative Fred A. Britten, Re- publican, Illinois, chairman of the Naval Committee; the latter by Repre- sentative Burton L. French, Republican, Idaho, chairman of the Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee. Representative Britten is backing the policy of President Hoover, Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams and Secre- tary of State Henry L. Stimson, who are convinced that the country must have a Navy in accordance with the London naval treaty. Representative French is backing the pacifist element of this country, who believe that we should set a great example to the world by dis- arming as much as possible irrespective of other nations. The Senate ratified the London naval treaty on the distinct understanding that within the next five years the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) GEORGIA CHAIN STORE TAX IS HELD INVALID Supreme Court Holds Law Violated Both State and Federal Constitutions. ATLANTA, Ga., February 12 (#).— The Georgla Supreme Court ruled to- day that the State tax on chain stores violated both the Federal and State constitutions, and therefore was invalid. The tax act, which fixed a levy of $50 upon each unit in a chain of five or more stores, was declared unconsti- tutlonal, in that it violated the con- stitutional guarantee of equal protec- tion of the law for every one by taxing chains of five or more units and failing to tax systems embracing less than five stores. EARTHQUAKES CONTINUE Prolonged Shocks Rock Ruins in New Zealand Towns. NAPIER, New Zealand, February 12 (#).—Prolonged earth shocks rocked the ruins of this city and the nearby town of Hastings today, but they seemed to be of different character from the destructive quak of last week and no further dam Considerable progress has here and at Hastings in clearing up the earthquake wreckage. Radio Programs on Page D-3 Patrons Flee Store In Stocking Feet as Tear Gun Goes Off By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Febru- ary 12—Detective John Gab- rielli dropped a tear gas gun as he leaned over to lace up a new pair of shoes in a shop here yes- terday. The gas ran out and so did the shoe store’'s patrons—some of them in their stocking feet. Evel;yone wept, the detective the most. Gabrielli was treated at a hos- pital. ENGLAND'S BUDGET NEEDS EMPHASIZED Snowden’s Speech on Pend- ing Drastic Plans Cause o_f Apprehension. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 12.—A large question mark was written across Brit- ain’s immediate economic future today as business man and politician alike asked what Philip Snowden, chancel- lor of the exchequer, referred to in the Commons yesterday when he spoke of impending “drastic and dis- agreeable measures” to maintain the budget. Prime Minister MacDonald, trium- phant by a 75-vote majority in repuls- ing a Conservative motion of censure on a count of extravagance, turned to face grave differences in his own party growing out of the chancellor’s speech. The comment was heard in the lobbies that he had won “worse than a pyrrhic victory.” Increased death duties, an increased supertax, delayed application of some measures involving large expenditures which have passed the House, but have not yet been finally enacted, and re- duction of interest on government loans were some of the measures which pop- ular speculation credited Mr. Snowden with planning. Cut in Salaries Hinted. A hint that ministers’ salaries might be reduced, for the most part, was ac- cepted as only an expression of readi- ness to share the foreshadowed sacri- fices, since any such cut could hardly materially aid the situation. Long renowned for his unyielding in- sistence on the rights of the masses, the chancellor brought frowns of ap- prehension from his fellow Laborites with statements which they took to mean criticism of the government’s pol- icy of feeding those who have no work. ‘Then Mr. Graham, head of the Board of Trade, arose to say that, in his opin- ion, there was nothing to be gained from inroads in the social services— that is, by reduction of the dole—and the House was given the impression of a coming split within the cabinet, as well as among the ranks of the parlia- mentary Labor party. Bottom Not Yet Seen. Industrial circles were not heartened by Mr. Graham’s statement that he could find little or no sign that prices in Britain and the United States had touched bottom. FERRY FREED FROM ICE Provisions Ease Inconvenience of Passengers and Children. SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, Feb- ruary 12 (P).—The car ferry Chief Wawatam, with 103 persons aboard, freed herself today after being locked in the ice for 27 hours 3 miles from Mackinaw City. ‘The engers suffered but slight in- convenience. There were plenty of pro- visions, including milk, for the several children aboard. to London Under By Cable to The Btar. DUBLIN, Ireland, February 12— Eamonn de Valera, Irish Republican leader, definitely announced that if he succeeds in displacing President Willilam T. Cosgrave and his party, he will im- mediately repudiate the financial bar- gain made by Mr. Cosgrave with Great Britain in 1925. ‘This involves the payment of more than $25,000,000 annually to Great Brit- \ POLICE POINT OUT TRAFFIC BILL FLAW May Take Out of Their Con- trol Permit Issuance and Other Duties. In the final stage of legislative en- actment, the District’s much revised traffic bill today faced hitherto un- known opposition from the Police De- partment because of a provision which police officials believe might take out of their hands the issuance of driving permits and other administrative duties relating to traffic. Another effort -to get Senate action on the bill, which the House last w:lak,n !lfl?'d Mlp.;fiUI Senator Kean ew to obtain Comsideration of 15 3t an Sacly date, Senator George, Dem , of who held the bill up cause he thought study, withdrew has pending conference HYDE HOLDS FUNDS N\ FOR RELIEF MAY BE USED TOBUY FO0D Secretary Wires Senate No Restriction Included in $20,000,000 Measure. REPLY WAS RESPONSE TO BORAH RESOLUTION Re-establishment of Credit Sys- tem in Drought Area Is Held Chief Purpose. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Secretary Hyde of the Department of Agriculture, in a telegram to the Senate this afternoon, said there is no prohi- bition. against the use of the $20,000,000 relief fund for the purchase of f the drought-stricken area. it The Secretary of Agriculture’s mes- sage .to the Senate was in response to the Borah resolution adopted last night calling upon Mr. Hyde for an interpre- tation of the so-called compromise agreement on the relief measure and to state specifically whether the $20,000,- oggdlmn fund could be used to buy food. The response of the Secretary to the Senate resolution is expected g hasten t;::n:dopuon of the compromise agree- The Secretary of Agriculture said his message that the $45,000,000 mc’f: fund set up originally by Congress to be used in the drought area for the purchase of feed, fertilizer and seed could not be used to buy food. No Food Prohibition. The additional $20,000,000 now pro- posed to be loaned in the drought area, he said, in effes g Son ct, could be used to iz S;Hgm £ the Interior Department ap- lief itor propriation bill, of which Smoot is in charge. Question of Functions. Senat mms for motor vehicle lmflu, e examination of those app] its as to their driving ability and knowledge of the traffic regulations, and the au- thority to recommend location of stands for public vehicles. The de- ent, it was pointed out, has es- partm tablished well ol units for such work, which would have to be trans- ferred to some other agency set up by the District Commissioners. Under the provision, poiice officials! tion depart- likewise question whether the = ment could continue the testing of brakes and headlights. The question hinges on whether such functions can be construed as enforcement: In cases where a motorist is arrested for viola- tion of the brake and headlight regu- lations, it was explained, the lice would be required to test the he hts or brakes, but the officials are dubious ‘whether the department could maintain /its brake testing and headlight adjust- ment service solely as an accommoda- tion for drivers. Public Meetings Involved. Just how the Police Department could handle traffic conditions which might arise in connection with public celebrations, important weddings and large funerals, is another question which puzzles the officials. In such events, the department now proceeds to make arrangements for handling the crowds without instructions or orders from the Commissioners, but under the provision in the new traffic bill, belief was expressed that special orders would have to be issued by the Commission- ers, thus entailing a possible delay. Frankly police offilals cannot see the necessity for the provision, but at the corporation counsel’s office where the bill was drafted, it was declared the provision is necessary, and was serted at direction of members of Congress for the specific purpose of re- lieving the Police Department of all administrative duties in connection with traffic regulation and control, so that it could devote undivided attention to enforcement. ‘The corporation counsel’s office also disagrees with the interpretation of po- lice officials in so far as it affects the activities of the ic au with respect to the examination of drivers and the investigation of applicants for DE VALERA TO REPUDIATE DEBT TO BRITAIN IF HE IS PRESIDENT Irish Leader Says $25,000,000 Ought Not to Be Sent permits. _ Broadly _interpreted, (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 1925 Agreement. ain, $10,000,000 in settlement of out- standing liabilities and $15,000,000 in' installments on money advanced by Great Britain enabling Irish farmers to purchase their H properly ent. The Northern g last is not. asked and Dublin should be in the tion, Be contends. His party, these in- ernment Tegar these | work thus far, but it is not definitely MANILA, February Butte, new vice governor of the ghfa and ‘wal was e lcomed at the pier of several hundred persons. promise make funds available for pur- chase of food or anything else necessary. Meanwhile, the Arkansas Senators are urging prompt action by the Senate to spur relief. Glags Joins Bill's Foes. Opponents of the compromise were joined yesterday by Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, who characterized it as an “abject surrender.” Senator Glass said he was ‘“utterly opposed” to an extra session of Congress to which the Democrats pledged them- selves unless their o relief de- mands were met. However, he objected vigorously to the agricultural rehabilita~ tion loan fund provided by the compro= “The President,” he sald, “would have the country believe the Senate’s proj posi- was unprecedented. Why I could fill a page of the Congressional Record (Continued on Page 2, Column 17.) WOULD CONTINUE REALTY QUIZ HERE Brookhart Offers Resolution for Further Sittings of Blaine Subcommittee. ‘The Blaine subcommittee of the Senate District Committee, which has beexx: ing o onf:s real estate, se- curity and m e transactions in ‘Washington during the past year, would be given authority to continue its investigation in the new Congress under a resolution introduced this aft- ernoon by Senator Brookhart, Repub- lican, of Towa. Senator Brookhart was the author of the original resolution of June, 1929, under which the investigation was started. The present Congress expires March 4, but the resolution offereg today, if adopted, will continue the authority of the subcommittee during the Seventy-second Congress, which comes into existence in December. ‘The new resolution also would con- tinue the additional appropriation of :;’;151%2 mfn ted by l;.he Senate last De- T cover the expenses of the subcommittee. The new resolution was referred to m g:mn:mee %Aufllt‘md Control of nate contingent fund for re before being acted on. i ‘The subcommittee recently began preparation of a report ding its known at this time when the report will be submitted to the Senfl'.ee ! PHILIPPINES’ OFFICIAL WELCOMED AT MANILA G. C. Butte, New Vice Governor, Is Recuperating From Seige of Influenza. By the Associated Press. 12, c. arrived today from the United delegation and a crowd It was learned Mr. ‘belong ey the Irish just recovered. ~ His- engagement next few days, including '-hmll.r,xmshonor % by Gov. vice to be given by Gov. Dwig] Davis, have bem" elncded.’