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WEATHER. (. 8. Cloudy followed morrow. 4:30 a.m. tures— a.m yesterday; lowest, . Full report on page 4. Weather Bureau rain !:nu 53, at B“l’l.“lt 5:30 Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,699. MARINES ORDERED OUT OF NICARAGUA, BEGINNING IN JUNE Complete Evacuation Is Ex- pected After Elections There in 1932, 800 LIKELY TO LEAVE COUNTRY THIS SUMMER Remaining Force to Be Concen- trated in Capital—Native Army ‘Will Be Enlarged. By the Assoclated Press, ‘The United States is to withdra: its Marines from Nicaragua. Acceptance by President Moncada of Nicaragua of a definite plan to sub- stantially reduce Marine forces in Nicaragua by June and pave the way for complete withdrawal after the elec- tions of 1932 was announced today by Secretary Stimson. ‘The Marines to be withdrawn by June, plans for which will become im- mediately effective, are those on combat duty against the insurgent forces and total about 800. The remaining Ma- rine force will be stationed in Managua, the capital, and will devote their at- tention solely to training purposes and as an aviation unit required in some sections due to lack of roads. Will Increase Native Force. All Marines under the plan will be out of Nicaragua following the 1932 election. The withdrawal plan is linked with a plan to immediately increase by 500 the Nicaraguan National Guard, which will wage a vigorous cam against ban- dit forces, most prominent among whose leaders was the elusive “Gen.” Entered as second cla post office, Washingt matter 4 o, Capt. Frank Hawks Agrees With Wilson That ‘13’ Is Lucky By the Associated Pre; TEXARKANA, 13,—Capt. Frank M. aviator, agrees with President Wilson that 13 lucky number. Capt. Hawks is flying plane No. 13, with Federal license num- ber 1313, and is completing his thirteenth year of flying. Fur- thor, he recently played 13 en- igements in Texas with Will o r" to raise money for drought relief. And_today, being Friday the 13th, Capt. Hawks was poised to ot Rogers from here to Fort orth, Tex. HIGHWAY PROJECT NEEDS MORE FUNDS Work on Mount Vernon| Boulevard to Be Halted Un- | less Fess Bill Passes. | Februa s, the the late is a Cessation of work op the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard, which it had been hoped would be completed in time for the Washington Bicentennial | celebration next year, is threatened within two weeks unless Congress passes & bill now pending in the Senate providing- funds for construction work and authorizing purchase of additional lands adjacent to the boulevard, it was revealed today by Thomas H. MacDon- | ald, chief of the Bureau of Public| Roads, in ‘charge of the construction project, =t Unless the bill is passed construction work will be halted, except for the dredging and filling operations which are being conducted by the Corps of Engineers, Mr. MacDonald said. “I regard the situation as desperate,” Mr. MacDonald said. “The funds fox. rd construction authorized in the Fess bill are essential to completion of the bou- will | levard. They must be provided without Nicaragua on January 1, 1929. Plan Follows Conference. The plan was devised by Stimson while in conference with American Min- by the Nicaraguan Fuller Awaits Advices. Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, Marine com- mandant, said he had heard about the plans to withdraw the Ma- rines from Nica: . “I will have nothing to say about the matter until I have heard Secre- tary Adams,” he said. A formal statement issued by the Sec- retary Stimson said: “At the recent conferences held by the Secretary of State with Minister Hanna, the American Minister to Nica- ragua, Col. McDougal of the Marine Corps, who has been commanding the Nicaraguan National Guard, and Maj. Gen. McCoy, who su] the raguan elections in 1928, a definite plan has been arrived at President ‘Will Combat Bandits. “Under this plan the Nicaraguan Na- tional Guard is to be increased by ap- proximately 500 men to be used ex- clusively in the bandit area, and the necessary financial arrangements for this increase of force have been made the Nicaraguan government. y this increase of the NI an National Guard it will be to withdraw from Nicaragua all of the Marine brigade who are now on com- batant duty probably by June next, Jeaving in Nicaragua cnly the Marines who are still engaged in instruction in the Nicaraguan National Guard and an Instruction battalion to support such in- struction and an aviation section which is being used for the present to carry supplies in the bandit provinces which are entirely without roads. “This means that by June next the total force of Marines in g "on Page 2, Colu GERMAN RIOTS FOLLOW TOUR OF HITLERITES Fascists Battle Police With Beer Mugs and Chair Legs in Rhineland. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 13.—Widespread riots and disturbances are following the National Socialist, or Fascist, members of the Reichstag as they proceed with their soap box tour of German and_ cities. At Mainz last night on: man was fatally wounded in disturbances follow- ing the Fascist meeting which had been addressed by Deputy Peter Gemeinder. At wug:erul‘ in the Rhincland, Pas- cist yout! and women battled police with beer mugs and chair legs when police attempted to break up their meet- ing. The police retaliated with their rubber clubs and when the Fascists had been smacked into submission, sev- eral score were led off under arrest. SILVER VALUE DROPS AGAIN AT SHANGHAI Report of Shift by China to Gold Basis Causes Depreciation of Currency. By Cable to The Star. SHANGHAI, China, February 13.— Silver took another dive upon re- recelved that finance ministry is pushing plans to shift to basis at “olu{llx’e date. to a meeting, Finance Min- denied that China is torium cn the silver. the hards] ‘ preciation 3 (Copyright, 1931) delay if the work is to be completed ?elore next year. The funds authorized for purchase are equally neces- sary for the beautification of the project and the bl out or removal of eyesores which ruin the boulevard's beauty and memorial character.” Authorizes $2,700,000. ‘The pending bill, introduced by Sen- ator Fess of Ohio, authorizes an appro- pration of $2,700,000 to provide for completion of the hshny and the pur- chase "o( “:dcut.hn u‘nds. o.t mxm Tmately’ $3:300:000 15, for construction purposes and $400,000 is for the purchase of ‘The additional land which will be ac- under the terms needed tely, however, to per- mit the removal of eyesores, which, if to remain, will destroy much of the beauty and memorial character of the highway, it was said. ‘m Fess bill ':nflmfim mmem of Agriculture to make these - chases, though the parkway later will be Sdministercd by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The additional land to be acquired, while not a part of the boulevard right of way, is regarded as essential “for the development, protection and preserva- tion of the memorial character of the highway.” Lands Still Needed. Among the tracts to be purchased is that including the site of Abingdon, the old Custis mansion, which was burned down last year; land upon which stands a fertilizer and glue factory which ob- structs some of the finest views of the Capitol and Library of Congress from the boulevard. There also is a tract to be acquired between the boulevard and the Potomac River, extending a dis- tance of about 7,000 feet along the water front in the vicinity of Wellington, Wellington Villa and Arcturas, subur- ban developments south of Ale: hy Va. The only other important tracts to be acquired are narrow strips of water front around Hunting Creek and a por- tion of undeveloped water front above Alexandria, which is in danger of being developed for industrial purposes, it was explained. The total amount of land to be ac- quired under the terms of the Fess bill is 689 acres, of which 414’ acres is low, swampy land along the river and its tributaries, and 275 acres is more valu- able land along the river bluffs, mostly below Alexandria. Every detail of the landscaping of the areas along both sides of the boule- vard has been worked out, Mr. Mac- Donald explained, so as to bring out and accentuate every beautiful view and to block out by'screens of trees and shrubberv every unsightly spot. -AGAINST APPLE PLAN Ex-Gov. ‘Byrd Says Farm Board ‘Wants “‘Superselling” Agency. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., February 13 (P).—Harry F. Byrd, former Gov- ernor of Virginia and now president of the Virginia_ Horticulture Society, said here last night he was “unaiterably op- posed” to what he said was the inten- tion of the Federal Farm Board to set up a “superselling” agency for apples | in the United States. The former Governor sald he would support fully the Farm Board program to assist fruit men if the objectionable feature of the plan was eliminated. He was @ speaker at the annual meeting of the West Virginia Horticulture So- cety. ' SHOWDOWN NEARS INSENATE ONISSUE OF EXTRA SESSION Vote on Relief Fund Will Be Test—Filibuster Threat Faced by Leaders. DECISION TODAY SOUGHT UPON $20,000,000 ITEM Victory Believed Assured by Prom- ise Money Could Be Used to Buy Food. By the Associated Press. Senate leaders announced at the out- set of today's session in the face of a | threatened filibuster that they would insist upon the Senate remaining at work today until a vote is taken upon the $20,000.000 drought loan compro- mise. A comfortable majority for the drought relief proposition was assured on the basis of the statement of Secre- tary Hyde that there could be no pro- hibition against the use of the loans by the farmer borrowers for the purchase ot food and clothing. As Senator Thomas, Democrat, Okla- homa, began a speech which he said would be limited “only by human en- durance,” Senator Smoot—a Utah Re- publican—notified the Senate he would ask it to remain in session until it has voted. Smoot In Charge of Bill. Senator Smoot is in charge of the Interior Department appropriations bill, to which the drought loan compromise is attached. It is one of the appropriation meas- ures that must be passed before the March 4 adjournment, if an extra ses- sion of the new Congress is to be avoided. Senator Thomas replied to Smoot that he would call attention in the record the first time the Utah Senator left his seat. ‘The Senate at last appeared to have reached the crossroads on whether an extra session is to be forced and both Democratic and Republican leaders were determined to force this to an is- sue in a drive to avoid such a meeting. Roll Call Is Asked. After Thomas had spoken for more than two hours, Senator Wheeler, Dem- ocrat, Montana, interrupted him in the midst of a discussion on the war debts to make a quorum call. t‘l’l’&l glve‘ the an opportunit rest for a few minutes, when he ru\’umd. ular attendants in the Senate. As it became clear to the leaders that a filibuster was in progress, con- ferences began. It was determined first to see how much ::gpon. if any, Thom- as had among er members. The leaders did not think he could carry on alone much longer. Meanwhile, Senator Smoot blocked the transaction of any other business 50 as to prevent even another quorum call for a rest for Thomas. It was in response to Borah's reso- lution that Secretary Hyde yesterday telegraphed the administration’s view of the loan fund’s scope. The Hyde statement was not received with whole- hearted acclaim. One Senator said it resembled the Wickersham Commis- sion report, another suggested it be referred to Attorney General Mitchell for interpretation. Text of Telegram. Secretary Hyde's telegram to the Senate, which was sent from Louis- ville, Ky., yesterday, follows: “My attention has been called to the resolution of inquiry directed to me re- garding the proposed amendment to joint resolution No., 211 for relief of farmers in ‘the drought-stricken areas approved December 20. As I have al- ready indicated, it i5 not my under- standing that the reason for this leg‘sl- lation is to provide loans for food, but for purposes beyond those already made b{ncthe joint resolution referred to, which may be necessary to secure crops and where emergency for such assist- ance exists. The provision of food, medicine and clothes by gifts is the major purpose of the Red Cross, who are now generously meeting this need and are able to do so. Their services are particularly necessary to the great numbers of tenants and others who have no security to offer for loans and to whom the creation of a debt for food would be a hopeless burden. “On the other hand, it is my under- standing that the major purpose of this additional legislation is in effect to restore the weakened credit situa- tion and that when loans under any part of the amendment are made to those who have the security indicated for that purpose, and for making a next crop and for rehabilitation for drought, there could be no prohibition against the proceeds of such loans be- they were necessary to effect the pur- se. “I am confident that the organiza- tion and relief by the combined agen- cles will adequately care for the drought sufferers. Fair and symphathetic in- terpretation of the authority granted to the Department of Agriculture would be only natural in view of its close con- tact and particular interest in those affected. The department will cer- tainly give such administration.” | Creighton University Head Dies. OMAHA, February 13 (#).—Rev. Wil- liam H. Agnew, S. J., president of Creighton University, died today at St. Mary's Hospital at Rochester, Minn. He was widely known in Catholic circles as an educator and sociologist. consider and foreign | consol WOMAN MARCHES POLICEMEN TO STATION FOR PASSING LIGHT “Bawls Out” Pair in Fine Police Style—and Gets Away With It—in By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, I, February 13.—Have you ever been “bawled out” by traffic en? If so, you may find a measure of lation in the fact that a worm has finally turned. Two policemen were mcn e listening rather than the ing end—by a woma Mrs. Allen R. Bray is lives in Glencoe. " Tt happened mruny when Police- men Henry Dricker and Henry Eng- storm ran through s ,u light. Mrs. n. her name. She | lectus Near-Crash. 2 Bray, whose car was almost hit, caught up with them. “What are your names?” she asked. ‘Can’t you see a red light?” ‘Are you color blind?” “Better come along with me to the station.” Escorted by the woman, the officers went to the station, where Mrs. Bray said the chief gave them “a good ire.’ “How did you learn " ‘alk to them?” she was . “It wae easy,” she said. “I was are rested in Evanston once myself.” enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1 WISH THE SENATE, ROWBOTTOM FAGES ' BRIBE INDICTMENT Representative, Arrested I Last Month, Accused by Fed- | eral Grand Jury in Indiana. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, February 13.—Repre- sentative Harry E. Rowhottom of the first Indiana district, was indicted today by a Federal grand jury on a charge of accepting bribes for using his influence to obtain post office appointments for persons in his district. The indictment listed several counts against the Representative, whose home is at Evansville, Ind. Rowbottom, a Republican, was arrested a few weeks ago on an affidavit specifically charging the acceptance of $750 for recommend- ‘ —_— ing the appointment of a rural letter carrier > inspec 2 basis of their-reports the department on January 5 summarily dismissed four postmasters and suspended one rural carrier. ‘The postmasters dismissed were: William E. Davisson, Petersburg; Mrs. Helen Roetzel, Boonville; Otta A. Weil- brenner, Mount Vernon, and McKinley Ayres, ey. The rural carrier sus- pended was Ross Wibbler of Dale. The Post Office Department an- nounced also that evidence collected by the inspectors had been turned over to the Department of Justice with a view to bringing criminal action. Arrested January 27. Rowbottom was arrested January 27 at Evansville on an affidavit charging he accepted $750 from Walter G. and Aaron Ayre, brothers, of Rockport, in return for a promise that he would recommend the appointment of Gres- ham Ayre, a relative, as rural mail carrier. Rowbottom appeared before Charles Harmon, United States com- missioner at Evansville, and provided bond of $10,000 for his release. Rowbottom was first elected to Con- gress in 1924 after having served two terms in the Lower House of the In- diana General Assemply. He was re- elected to Congress in 1926 and again in 1928, He was defeated in the 1930 election by John W. Boehne, Demo- crat. His term will expire next March 4. Rowbottom has steadfastly refused to discuss the charges against him. He umdlg years old, is married and has one child. Rowbottom will be arraigned Febru- ary 27. PEOPLE FROM HOMES 150 Men Toil in Rain to Build Dikes to Hold Flood of 0il in Oklahoma. ing used for food or other supplies, if |- By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, February 13.—A rampant gusher spouted a threat of fire in the Oklahoma City oil field today. ‘Twenty families were driven from their suburban homes as clouds of gas, held close to the ground in a heavy atmosphere, were borne upon them by @ south wind. More than 150 men toiled in a rain through the night build- ing earthen dikes to hold the floods of oil. i ‘The well, No. 4, Mary Jane Unsell, of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co., broke all connections last night. Its flow was estimated at about 600 bar- rels an hour. No effort was made to curb the well until daylight because of the danger of having {1; ts near the highly inflam- mable geyser. ‘The fire menace was increased because the high humidity prevented gas from dissipating in the air. MRS. DOAK WEAKER Mother of Secretary of Labor, 86, Suffering From Pneumonia. BRISTOL, Va., PFebruary 13 (#).— Doctors attending Mrs, Elizabeth 86 years old, mother of Labor Doak, last ht _sald ‘weaker. . Charges Against Herman Brady to Be Nolle Prossed EvidenceToo Flimsy, Says Prosecutor in Second Bomb Case. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 13.— State’s Attorney A. Theodore Brady of Anne Arundel County today announced that murder charges against Herman Brady, whose brother, Leroy, recently was convicted of second-degree murder in the Seat Pleasant bombing of Jan- uary 1, 1930, will be nolle prossed. ‘The Anne Arundel County State's at- torney, who helped prosecute Leroy when the Washington automobile me- chanic was tried before Judge Robert Moss and a jury in Circuit Court here a few weeks ago, said J. Wilson Ryon, who directed the prosecution, had in- formed him the charges would -be dropped. “Evidence Too Flimsy.” Ryon, according to the Anne Arundel County prosecutor, decided to abandon the charges because he felt that the evidence against Herman, whose secret | bride, Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady, 18 years old, was killed in the explosion, is too flimsy to obtain a conviction. Herman probably will be released from_Anne Arupdel County jail early | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) . PRESIDENT WARNS STATES OF PERILS Power Being Centralized Too Much, He Says in Lincoln Day Address. Through a microphone placed upan the table at which Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation, President Hoover told the American people last night that the present fur- nishes a critical test for the principles and ideals of his great predecessor, ‘Today, as in Lincoln’s day, he told his radio audience, States' rights, the relationship of Federal, State and local government responsibilities form the dominant problem. “Victory over this depression and our other difficulties,” he said, “will be won by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own com- munities, by stimulating their ingenuity to solve their own problems, by taking new courage to be masters of their own destiny in the struggle of life. This is not the easy way, but it is the Ameri- can way. And it was Lincoln's way.” Scene Is Pictured. For his far-scattered listeners the President, in terse words, pictured the scene in the Lincoln study from which he delivered the anniversary address. ‘The view from the windows looking toward the Washington Monument, which was building in Lincoln’s day; the chairs in which the cabinet de- bated the grave problems of the Civil War, the tablet over the mantelpiece, bearing an inscription recalling the deliverance from slavery of - 4,000,000 Negroes, were described simply. The President’s voice expressed his deep feeling. He recalled, too, that, working here by day and by night, Lincoln could hear the cannon that echoed in the deep struggle between the States. Warning_his_millions _of listeners of (Centinued on Page 3, Column 7.) —_— CHINESE RICE GROWERS IN PHILIPPINES RAPPED Davis Advocates Native Pool in Ef- fort to Reclaim Business From Foreign Control. By Cable to The Star. M. LA, P. February 13.—Gov. Gen. ht F. vis told rice growers, in convention here, that it is a shame the sale and distribution of rice in the Philippines 1s in the hands of for- elgners and urged that they reclaim business from the Chinese. His agriculture secretary advocated that the Rice Association pool the country’s crop, selling it as a single ency. “’l‘he Chinese have invested many mil- houu,m rl:e 0 womn‘.n'gl czop. and are con e from the field to the consumer. The ice 1s 61 cents for 100 pounds g WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. B “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Thé Star’s carrier system covers every cit; block and th e regular edi- tion i3 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,355 UP) Means Associated IREGEIVER IS ASKED MUTILATED MONEY 1S FOUND IN ALLEY Ammunition Also Discarded Near Cache of Worthless Stolen Currency. Eleven packages, than $800,000 in mutilated currency, the proceeds of the mail robbery at Union Station yesterday, were found early today stacked near the T street entrance of an alley running between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Soon after the discovery investigators, searching the alley for possible clues, came upon a half-dozen boxes of .12- gauge shotgun shells, in which the small shot with which they were orig- inally loaded had been replaced by heavy lead slugs. With these shells was a plece of lead pipe, bent in Leshape, similar to that found yesterday in a satchel discarded by the bandits. Some .38-caliber special revolver shells also were included in this later find. Several hours after the packages had been recovered police resorted to the radio to broadcast the description of two men and a new Packard automobile bearing either New York-or Florida li- cense plates. Prepared for Battle. ‘The whole ammunition layout indi- cated that the bandits were prepared to “shoot it out” if overtaken, though they displayed only lead pipes when they slugged Peter Johnson, mail clerk. Johnson was supervising the transfer of the sacks from a train to the Post Office on a truck pulled by Jesse B. Swygert, colored postal employe, early yesterday. The puhg: of mutilated currency, made ;‘r of the upper halves of $1, $10 and $20 bills total $800,000 sent to the Treasury from the New York Fed- eral Reserve Bank for destruction, ap- parently were intact. Two looked as though they had been torn open for mfim ‘an ironi an ic touch, late editions of The Star and another afternoon pa- per giving an account of the robbery :end ?fie fact that the bandits had got- n only worthless paper, la; with the packages. Somsa A twelfth package, with the currency, and tied up with manila paper, was opened and disclosed the three mail sacks from which the “money” had been removed after the pouches were | cut open. * Found at Rear Door. * The packages had been discarded b the bandits at the rear door of the R’: L. Taylor Motor Co., which is at Four- teenth and T streets, and were found by Madison and Clarence Withy, col- ored employes of the concern, when they arrived for work at 6:30 o'clock. Thinking the bundles were for the company, not having a door key, they did not inspect them. A few minutes later, E. T. Smith, J. W. Snoddy and Walter' Schmidt, me- chanics, appeared on the scene, and when they saw through the end of one package that if contained money, they immediately notified the eighth police precinct. Police headquarters and the Post Office Department were at once called in, and the loot brought to po- lice headquarters, where the nature of the find was destermined, and the Tres- ury Department notified. In the meanwhile Sergt. Steve Brodie, Sergt. T. E. Bragg and Pvt. H. H. Car- per of headquarters started searching the immediate vicinity for possible clues and they had worked their way (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 13th Girl Born on Friday, 13th. MARION, Ohio, February 13 (#).— Friday the thirteenth brought the and Mrs. Chauncey Chandler, who re- side on a farm near here. The mother is 41 years of age and the oldest daugh- ter is 20. Ten of the 13 daughters are living and reside with their parents. contalning more | thirteenth daughter to the home of Mr. | wi FORCARLTONHOTEL, NOTES HELD UNPAID Holder of 1925 Paper Wants Swartzell’s and Rheem’s Order Vacated. SAYS RELEASE WAS IMPROPERLY MADE Early Mortgage Debts Past Due, but Financiers Held They Were Paid, He Says. Charging that a first mortgage for $1,200,000 on the Carlton Hotel had been improperly released by Edmund D. Rheem and Luther A. Swartzell, officers of the bankrupt firm of Swart- zell, Rheem & Hensey, one of the note- holders today asked the District Su- preme Court to appoint a receiver to take over the property and conduct the business. ‘The court is also asked to vacate the release executed by Swartzell and Rheem and recorded on October 3, 1928. The petitioner, George M. Hamilton of Pittsburgh, Pa., charges through At- torney Joseph Rafferty that the release was improperly executed and recorded and that the group of bankers involved in the financing were “on notice” that the instrument did not recite the truth in the statement that the indebtedness had been fully paid. ‘The court is asked to re-establish the original deed of trust. Notes Due Not “Released.” Hamilton says he owns five notes totaling $2,500 of the issue of notes under the original deed of trust, record- ed March 30, 1925, and which was “at- tempted to be released” October 3, 19: The notes have matured, he says, and no interest has been paid since Sep- tember, 1930. Named as defendants are the Ward- gan Real Estate Properties, Inc.; Il & Rheem, trustees; the TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT SILENT AS HOUSE AGREES ON NEW BONUS BILL Leaders Ponder Possibility of Veto of Compromise Reached Today. P 50 PER CENT LOAN VALUE PROVIDED BY MEASURE Pending Supply Legislation May Be Used to Force Approval by Hoover. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Despite the wishes of the administra~ tion, the House Ways and Means Com~ mittee today reported favorably to the House a bill extending the loan value of the soldiers’ bonus certificates to 50 per cent of their face value. This, it is estimated, will make neces~ sary $700,000,000 to finance the loans :Ao)“ihe .\lreml’;u ‘The total additional value, - oy owever, will be $1,386,. Whether President Hoover would veto such a measure if it were sent to him by Congress was a problem that worried some of the legislators today. House Leaders Approve. The President has relied upon the House to back him up in his legislative program during the entire Congress to date. The House Republican leaders, generally speaking, have approved the bill prepared by the Ways and Means Committee, among them Speaker lma- o to the proposal to day, however, contenting himself with saying that the matter should be care- fully studied in order to determine what was in the best interest of the veterans .| and of the country, m:nz‘u;g“w?u House no definite state: obtained regarding the atti tude of the President toward the '.m and Means Committee bill. The atti. tral Hanover Bank & Trust Co., and | has bee) Frank Wolfe, both of New York, trustees under an authorized bond issue of $16,000,000 placed on a number of properties recently, including the Carl- ton Hotel. Hamilton says the conduct of the bankers financing the large bond issue and their agents constituted “mal- fides,” and if the money to pay the $1,200,000 first mortgage then on the was provided by them they were bound to see to its proper appli- “Protective” Body Formed. Formation of the first “Protective” Bondholders' Committee following the collapse of Swartzell, Rheem & Hense; was announced today. 3 This committee was formed for the benefit of the mortgage note on an unfinished apartment in the 1400 block of N street, built by Frank Tom- linson and financed through Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. In a suit recently filed by Tomlinson against the noteholders it was alleged that, although mortgage notes totaling $200,000 were sold, the builder has re- ceived less than $100,000 from the mort- gage concern. The committee is composed of attor- neys representing the noteholders, with Paul E. Lesh as chairman. Petition Rules Postponed. Referee in Bankruptcy Fred J. Eden yesterday with United States Marshal E. C. Snyder for a room in the District Supreme Court house, to be used for the first meeting of the cred- itors of the bankrupt mortgage con- cern. A date for this meeting has not been set. Justice Jesse C. Adkins yesterday continued until March 5 all rules pend- ing on petitions of noteholders and others for the return of securities found lmox'zn the papers of the bankrupt cor- poration. Attorney Michael M. Doyle, represent- ing the receivers, answered questions yesterday at the hearing, which was at- tended by about 60 lawyers. Some sought to have the receivers permit.ex- amination of the records, but Attorney Doyle insisted that to do this would re- tard the work of the receivers and would interfere with the presentation to the court by February 25 of a report of the assets and liabilities of the bank- rupt. He offered to aid as far as pos- sible in giving information to lawyers who would write to the receivers, but would have to insist that the receivers make all examinations. MAN GIVEN 18 MONTHS IN ALCOHOL-SELLING CASE Sam Hurwitz Convicted of Sale to Agent in Senate Office Building. Sam Hurwitz, 32, was sentenced to- day by Justice Lubring in Criminal Division 3 to serve 18 months in the penitentiary and w;ly a fine of $50 for transporting and selling a gallon of alcohol to Roger Butts, a prohibi- tion agent, who had been placed in the stationery room of the United States Senate Office Building to trap George L. Cassidy, known as the “man with the green hat.” Butts testified that he met Hurwitz on the Senate assignment and arranged th him to deliver the alcohol July 16. When the liquid was delivered Hurwitz was arrested. Assistant United States Attorney John J. Sirica conducted the pros- ecution. - taxicab is one's also one’s address? bed and rice, the lowest in American i 1931) (Copsright, TAXIDRIVER, WHO LIVES IN HIS CAB, FREED IN ADDRESS-CHANGE CASE Was Accused of Not Notifying Police of New “Resi- dence,” Gets Suspended Sentence. ‘Sometimes, when I make enough " the accused taxi driver room. But I can’t generally . With a deficit of $375,000,000 starin, e Sochit i r Chairman Hawley announced the Treasury preparing teme: :3‘ lpreaenc -a;“mhmum o <4 views on the Some of the %d‘: H said Itod’ lay nt Hoover, intend to vote against the and expressed the The plan, it is understood, is to the bonus bill up in the mh:: Monday, perhaps under suspension of the rules. If that course is not followed, i P, P e, the House lead : Voted 17 to 4. The Ways and Means Committc voted, 17 to 4, to report the bill llvm'f ably. The 4 who voted against the Hawley explained that he and other three had voted against the fa- vorable report because they desired to study further the financial situation of the Government with relation to this bill. He said they wished to know ‘whether it would be n¢ to raise additional revenue or not and what would be the effect on the Iy, Those members of the committee voting to report the bill favorably were: Republicans — Representatives Bacha-. rach, New Jersey; Hadley, Washington; Timberlake, Colorado; McLaugl 5 glfimlgh.gd ‘l:;lo'&hefist:‘;w York; Ald- ch, e Island; . Pennsylvania, and Frear, Wisconsin. Democrats— Garner, Texas; _Collier, Mississippi; Crisp, oeorgo Rainey, Illinois; Hull, Tennessee ughton, North Carolina: Ragon, Arkansas; Hill, Washington, and Cullen, New York. Four members of the committee were absent—Represent- atives Watson, Pennsylvania; Daven- port, New York, and Kearns, Ohio, Republicans, and Canfield, Indiana, Democrat. ‘They do not wish to throw the meas- ure open to all kinds of amendments on the floor. If they have their way, and it seems likely they will, the House will be called upon to vote on the meas- ure as reported; to take it or leave it. When the measure reaches the Sen- ate, however, it will be subject to amendments. Supporters of the new bonus bill pointed out today that the sinking fund for the retirement of the honus certificates amount to $772,000,000, and that the Treasury also has $50,000,000 in the veterans’ insurance fund, a total of $822,000,000. They said that these credits could be used to finance the loans to the veterans under the pro- posed bill. 48 Per Cent Borrowed. Some of the members, however, felt that it was necessary for the Govern- ment to do a lot of refinancing, possibly with short-term securities, to meet the proposed loan. Under the bill it has been estimated the total borro power of vet- erans would reach $1,711,500,000. Under the existing law, which permits to borrow up to 22% per cent of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SRt U. S. ENVOY MEETS LAVAL Ambassador Edge Pays First For- mal Call on New Premier. PARIS, February 13 (#).—Ambassa- dor Walter E. Edge alter was received Norman Armour, accompanied the m&.‘m I

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