Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1931, Page 2

BANNED MANIFESTO IN SPAIN REVEALED Censored Document Signed by Outstanding Citizens Calls Monarchy Obsolete. Spain’s “declaration of inde- pendence,” suppressed by the gov- ernment, has reached the great mass of the Spanish people through the typewriter and the mimeograph machine. Herewith is a transla- tion of this unusual manifesto. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MADRID, February 23 (N.AN.A).— How long the present monarhcial coal- lition cabinet will continue to func- tion is the paramount question in Spain today. No one outside of the country can appreciate the determina- tion of the great mass of Spaniards to establish a parliamentary government. The Spanish “declaration of inde- pendence” has already been written. It is in the form of a manifesto re- cently issued by Gregorio Maranon, Perez de Ayala and Jose Ortega ¥ Gaaset. ‘These men are in no sense ordinary political leaders. They are among the most eminent citizens of Spain. Senor Maranon for years has been personal physician to the royal family. Senor de Ayala is a distinguished author and Senor Ortega Y Gasset is recognized as Spain's greatest living philosopher. Keen Interest Shown. The manifesto they have written pre- sents the troubles of Spain as seen by the leaders in literature, science and art, as well as in the social life of the coun! ‘While the document, issued in this city by “the Society of Service 1o the Republic” was immediately sup- , the fact that it had been writ- ten spread throughout Spain, and the announcement that it had been “cen- sored” greatly increased intercst in it. From all sections of the country came demands for copies of the document. "The only way it was possible to com- ply with these demands was through copying the manifesto on the typewriter or mimeographing it. Thousands vol- unteered to do this work, and the copies thus made have been and still are being handed about, more or less surreptitiously, in all sections of Spain. Features of Manifesto. Here are the salient features of the ™45 the Bpanish people To the Spa people. By the l%clcty of Service to the Re- iblic. .“When a nation proceeds with its ac- customed normality, it seems right that every one should keep to his own busi- ness and devotedly follow his vocation. But when a profound crisis arises, in which normality disappears, new na- tional destinies begin to coalesce and new forms come into being. Therefore it becomes compulsory for each to sub- ordinate his own affairs to the good of the state. It is 80 evident that Spain now finds Pay Penalty MRS. SCHROEDER AND DAGUE MEET DEATH CALMLY. TRENE SCHROEDER. WALTER GLENN DAGUE. IRENE SCHROEDER CALM AS SHE GOES TO DEATH IN CHAIR! rent. It was he who served as execu- tioner of Ruth Synder for the killing of her husband in New York State. Physicians Step Forward. For five minutes Elliott kept the cur- rent on, operating the electric appara- tus, while his eyes watched the form in the chair. The body strained against the straps until Elliott deemed sufficient current to kill had passed through the body. Then the current was turned off and the body slumped against the back of the chair. | ‘Two physicians stepped forward. One | itself in such an extreme situation that it would be redundant to try to em- phasize this :.\llnueshuon with inop- portune grandiloquence. In the months—we could almost say ‘weeks—that are coming, every Spaniard must s}l;mlld!r. wl’:\:h&r l';e wln:: to or not, the responsibility of making one “hi:hho.' m‘l‘ wmwve“dmso;: ‘i': wi e irreyocably crea own futfe, ” Sees State in Decay. This conviction moves us to address our fellow citizens, especially those de- voted to professions such as ours. Never have we béen in politics, but we have participated in public struggles when- ever danger to the state made it im- perative, Our traditional state is coming to the very last stage of decay, it is not because we are faced with hostile, strong forces, but because the state is being undermined by the corruption of its own inherent vices. ‘The monarchy of Sagunto (Alfonso XIIl's father, Alfonso XII, was made King at Sagunto) was restored by dis- satisfled soldiers after a period of stress and storm that followed the short- lived instaliation of Abadeo de Saboya, | an Italian, as King of Spain. . ! ‘Those were tragic years for the| country. It struggled with a corry Bourbon-Hapsburg house unfit to rule, insignificant republican movement and the vacillations of political parties that wanted & king, but did not know where to find one. Form of Rule Criticized. Spain did not know how to turn itself into a nationalized institution that could control the exigencies of the na- tion, but adopted a government con- @ucted by private groups which lived parasitically upon the national organ- ism, using power for enriching the private interests that the groups re- presented. ‘This organization has never served the people or considered the people’s vital needs. On the contrary, it has retarded the natural course of the na- tion along historical paths, fomented inveterate defects and discouraged every honest intention. Day by day, the monarchy has shown it deficiencies until now it discloses its true character—not that of a na-| lonal state, but of a cabal using national 5:;]9! fraudulently, nationally and sel- ly. “We believe this this state, already decrepit, must be supplemented by an- other, honestly national and not fas cistic or communistic, for these lead to biind alleys and suffer from lack of clear perspectives. of them examined Mrs. Schroeder and stepped aside. The other similarly made | examination. i “Gentlemen, Irene Schroeder is dead,” he said. 80 died the first women ever to be electrocuted for a crime in Pennsyl- vania. Something less than a minute later the death chamber door opencd again | and admitted Rev. Mr. Teagarden | and behind him Dague, flanked by a | guard on either side. The minister wa: Dague’s pastor in a church near Whesl- | ing, W. Va., where Dague once was a | Sunday school teacher. Dague was clean shaven, his head clipped, and clad in & white shirt, open at the front, without a collar, and in dark trousers and black slippers. The death hood was adjusted. Then followed the prayer of Rev. Mr. Tea- arden and the electric contact. At ©13 am. the physicians prtnounced the man slayer of Brady Paul dead. Prisoners in Fine Spirits. The ministers were singing "Hlpgy Day” when the witnesses ascended the circular stairs and entered the death chamber. Mrs. Schroeder and Dague did not| see each other this morning. As the woman was taken from her cell in the death house, & screen was placed in front of the cell housing Dague. The prisoners were in_ excellent spirits in their last hours. Both arose after having spent the night in sleep. Warden Stanley P. Ashe announced prior to the electrocutions that Dafle had turned over to him writings that he termed the “final chapter” of his life story. Dague requested the Warden to turn the writings over to the Rev.| Mr. Teagarden. | Testimonials to the good care the| prisoners received in the months of | incarceration in the Lawrence County Jail were contained in the announce- ment that Mrs, Schroeder had gained 22 pounds and Dague 40 pounds since their imprisonment. The woman was 22 years old last week. Dague was 34. CHURCHMEN TO PLAN RELIEF FOR JOBLESS Advisory Committee of 100 to Be Formed at Calvary Baptist Tomorrow. Would Coerce Monarchy. It is an illusion to suppose that the present monarchy is going to give way gallantly to a public order now opposed 10 its selfish ways. its privileges and its egotisms. It will bow only to the formidable pressure of public opinion. It is, therefore, urgent to organize this Pressure so that monarchical caprice may §ive way to the will of the people. Such a magnificent prospect should delight and animate every Spanish triot, for its realization means the iberation of the soul of Spain from the vile existence in which the mon- archy has kept it. making the nation incapable of great enterprise and of building an order that would dignify it among the nations of the world ‘The establishment of a republic will be the announcement to the world that Spaniards have, at last, resolved to take sly into their own hands their mlhenugle destiny. e OREGORIO MARANON RAMON PEREZ DE AYALA, JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET. (Copyright, 1031 by North American News- pap: ) FLOOD TAKES TOLL Seven Dead, Hundreds Homeless After Fiji Island Rains. SUVA, Fiji Islands, February 23 (#). ~-8even were known dead and hundreds of natives and East Indian farmers were homeless today after the worst fiood in 40 years. The River Rewa, largest of the Fiji 1Islands, overflowed its banks as the result of heavy rains and inundated surrounding districts. Government re- llet boats were rescuing stranded farmer: Damage to sugar cane, bananas and dairy cattle was heavy. Al ities the death toll ount considerably as the waters With its object “to form an ad- | visory committee of 100 men from all |churches of the city. and to discuss { the unemployment situation and devis | ways and means to relieve it.” a mass | meeting for the men of Washington is | scheduled to be held at the Calvary | Baptist Church tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. THE EVENING STAR, IEXECUTED COUPLE |SENATE TO RECENE HAD LURID RECORD Two Killings Climaxed Crimes of Mrs. Schroeder and Walter Dague. By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTE, Pa., February 23.—A lurid page in the crime history of the Nation was written by Irene Schroeder and Walter Glenn Dague, ere the law made them pay for killing one of its defenders. Irene Schroeder, former Wheeling, . Va., waitress, was 20, and mother of when she became gunwoman and _killer. Her husband had ceased to live with her. Dague had been a Sunday school teacher, a Wheeling automobile salesman, hus- band of a school teacher and father of two children. ‘The woman, stolid and unromantic in apperaance, and Dague, pale-eyed and dapper, were bound together in an illicit love and a short career of banditry. Crimes Climaxed by Killing. Petty robberies and bold hold-ups perpetrated by the pair were climaxed by the killing of Corpl. Brady Paul of the Pennsylvania highway patrol near New Castle, Pa. December 27, 1920. Patrolman Ernest Moore was wounded at the same time. Later, as they fled West, the killers fought a policeman at St. Louis, Mo, and kidnaped and wounded one deputy sheriff and fatally wounded another in Arizona. On the morning of December 27, 1929, Mrs. Schroeder, Dague and Tom Craw- ford, the woman's brother, had robbed a grocery store at Butler, Pa. A report of the robbery was sent to New Castle. Corp. Paul and Moore sped out along the New Castle-Butler road and stop- ped all approaching automobiles. When the officers stopped the bandit machine they were probably off their guard because there was a woman and a small boy, Mrs. Schroeder’s son, in the car. Moore Felled by Bullet. Dague and the woman stepped from the automobile with drawn weapons. There was gun fire. Moore testified at the woman’s trial that she fired at Paul. The woman admitted she actively en- gaged in the shooting. Paul and Moore fell, the latter rendered unconscious by a bullet. The bandits then sped on. Paul died about an hour later. Moore recovered to tell his story at the trials of Mrs. Schroeder and Dague. Days after the gun battle, the au- thorities found Mrs. Schroeder’s little son with relatives near Wheeling and the boy, investigators said, unknow- ingly furnished information that linked his mother with the crime. In January came news of the kid- naping of Deputy Sheriff Joe Chapman a 4-year-old boy, | at Florence, Ariz., by a woman and two men. Arizona officers engaged in a gun fight with the fugitives. Chapman and Deputy Lee Wright were wounded, the latter fatally. Arizona authorities gave over the woman and Dague to Pennsylvania for trial for the killing of Paul. The other man was Vernon Ackerman, alias Joe Wells, now serving a life sentence in Arizona. The authorities never learned what became of Crawford, although Dague's wife has said Dague told her Crawford was fatally wounded in the New Castle gun battle and that the fleeing couple buried him. Mrs. Schroeder and Dague lost battle after battle in the State courts and be- fore the Pardon Board and two Gov- ernors to escape the death penalty. Their last hope vanisMed last week when Gov. Pinchot refused to intervene. FRANCE MAY JOIN NAVAL LIMITATION TREATY OF LONDON (Continued From First Page.) admiralty. But MacDonald_still hopes for an agreement between France and Italy. Should the Italians remain adamant, the French will be asked to join the three-power naval treaty. It is believed the Itallan government, con- fronted with political isolation and in- abllity to spend large sums for the con- struction of capital ships, will agree in the end to join the other four naval powers. In the meantime the much discussed “consulative pact” is being taken out of its pigeon-hole and dusted. It i5 un- likely that for the time being it will be discussed publicly, but it may be used in confidential diplomatic discussions. Pact Declared Useful. The consultative pact was found highly desirable during the London Naval Conference by the British, French and Italian governments, as well as by the American delegation. It had to be shelved, however, because the American public would not stand for it on ac- count, of its implications of foreign en- tanglements. The delegates admitted, however, that it was probably the best way to obtain substantial naval reduc- tions. Lately Admiral William V. Pratt, the highest ranking officer in the United States Navy, stated pub- licly that there is no reason why this country should be afraid of consultative pacts. The General Disarmament Conference will begin in February, 1932. It is be- lieved here that its chances of success would be greatly increased if the naval dispute between Italy and France was settled beforehand. Both Great Britain and the United Etates are greatly in- terested in the success of this confer- ence and are now doing their itmost to get the French and the Italians to- gether. ‘The discussions between the repre- sentatives of the four countries are car- ried out in secret and only the results are made public. It is stated that the mere hint on the part of our repre- sentative abroad that we might con- ceivably reconsider the idea of a con- sultative pact will have a salutary ef- fect upon the Prench and the Italians The meeting has been called by the | Employment and Industrial Relations | Committee of the Washington Federa- tion of Churches, and is to be held | under auspices of the committee. | Francls I Jones, director of the United States Employment Bureau, | will address the meeting, discussing the | | proolems arising from the present un- | employment, situation. Other speakers will include Dr. W. T. Darby, secretary of the Washington Federation of {Churches, and Dr. William . Aber- {nethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist | Church, \FATE OF VESSEL ASKING | HELP STILL UNKNOWN| | Message Picked Up at Miami In- dicated U. S. Ship Was in Dis- tress Off Colombia. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 23 —Fate of & vessel which flashed an S O S message Saturday night from a point off the coast_of Colombia is unknown. Tropi- cal Radio Station here sought unsuc- cessfully to contact the vessel, named in distress messages as the Paco, sn | Americen merchant vessel | Two messages were received nere. One, heard indistinctly by the station at 6:29 p.m., was answered immediately by request for further information. The and might assist in the solution of the Franco-Italian naval problem. (Copyright, 1931.) HIGH OFFICIALS GO TO PARIS. British Foreign Secretary and Ad- miralty Lord on Mission. LONDON, February 23 (4).—Foreign Becretary Arthur Henderson and A. V. Alexander, first Lord of the Admiralty, 1eft tor Paris today to continue negotia- tions over the French and Italian naval building programs. ‘These conversations were inaugurated some time ago by Robert L. Craigie, admiralty expert, who visited Rome, | where he talked with Augusto Rosso of the Italian foreign office, and Paris, where he went fully into the situa- tion with Rene Massigli, French ex- per, )Bolh French and Italian foreign offices have been reticent concerning the tenor of the negotiations now going on, but a few days ago it was authoritatively stated that technical questions had been gone into pretty thoroughly and that the political field had been touched upon. The trip of the two cabinet mem- bers to Parls was arranged on short notice and caused considerable sur- prise in political circles where it was assumed that eliminary conversa- tions between r. Craigie and M. Massigli had reached a point where higher officlals might step in to con- clude a naval building program for 1031, name Paco was given in a second mes- sage received at 6:50 p.m. No di of the condition or exact vessel were given in either 1t was understood that Washington, Tokio and Rome had been kept fully informed throughout the pegotiations and were informed of Intest de- velopment MORE DRY REPORTS Failure to Send All Wicker- sham Data Explained by Commission. By the Associated Press. Transfer to the Senate by the Wic- kersham Commission of prohibition data on some of the 16 States omitted from the material already sent to the Capi- tol was assured today by members of the commission. While it was said at commission headquarters that data was lacking on conditions in six States or so, the re- maining reports available are to be forwarded to the Senators. Thirty-two States were covered in the information sent last week. The new material deals with some States where anti-prohibition sentiment is very apparent—such as New York and Illinofs. Omission of some of the avail- able data from the original consign- ment was said at the commission to have occurred through an inadvertence. Dislikes Procedure. One commissioner, who wished his name withheld, said there was some dis- satisfaction among the members that any testimony had been submitted to the Senate without the approval of the full commission. He asserted the selec- tion of what was sent and what retained had been made entirely by Chairman Wickersham. This same commissioner said there had been vigorous objections by the few members in the Capital to the submis- ) | sion of the available “non-secret” data on the ground that it would convey “only a half truth.” The omission of data on some of the States was explained as arising from the fact that only a few reports on them :eer;- 'cv;mr?" d‘asnd these happened to in the hands of members not now in Washington. = Doran Acquired Reports. The 32 State reports now before the Senate were completed under the direc- tion of Dr. James M. Doran while he was prohibition commissioner under the Treasury Department. Between 15 and 20 copies of each report were thus made available to the commission. After the transfer of the Prohibition Bureau from the Treasury to the Justice Department, however, only single copies of each State report were sent to the commission. It was saild the missing States fell within this category and that the single reports upon them were in the hands of individual commissioners and would later be submitted. DRYS ENCOUNTER SNAG. Too Centralised Control for 1932 Fight Is Opposed. By the Associated Press. Proposals to create a single all- | embracing dry organization to fight | through the 1932 presid-ntial campaign were reported today to have drawn | vigorous objections at the prohibition | “board of strategy” meeting. The strategy board, with almost all of its 16 members present, at closed sessions was reported to have agreed | upon the necessity of mobilizing the dry forces before 1932, with a co-ordi- nation to eliminate overlapping effort, but some leaders were said authorita- tively to object to a too close-knit or- ganization. Earlier it had been reported that vir- tual agreement had been reached upon a plan that would institute somewhat of a “board of directors” idea. Whether this now will be reported to the national conferénce of organizations supporting the eighteenth amendment, meeting here tonight, could not be learned. Democratls Are Warned. Meantime a statement was published | today by the Methodist Episcopal Board of Temperance, warning the Democratic party to “stop slapping Democratic dry sentiment in the face” and to keep “moral issues” out of the 1932 cam- paign. “In 1928, the board said, “the same men who are today saying that the Democratic party must be wet were hooting at the very idea that Gov. Smith would lose Southern States be- cause of his attack upon prohibition. “What happened in 1928 will almost certainly happen in 1932 if national Democratic_leadership once again plays | with the buzz-saw of Southern and | ‘Western resentment.” Smaller Groups Object. Although refusing to be quoted, one member of the board of strategy said today at least part of the objection to the creation of an all-encompassing dry organization came from the leaders of smaller organizations, which, on a basis of representation by the number of members they possessed, would be “swallowed up” by the bigger groups. At the same time, he said, the larger bodies would find “impossible” a plan which provided for representation as in the United States Senate, with two members from each unit. He asserted such organizations as the Anti-Saloon League and the W. C. T. U. thus would be placed on a par with groups having but a handful of members. RAPID RECOVERY FOUND IN CASES OF TYPHOID Austrian Doctor Says Injections of WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1931 Liner President Coolidge Enters Seas HUGE SHIP TAKES TO WATER AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Christened by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge with a bottle of water from the river beside which her husband played as a boy, the liner President Coolidge is shown after being launched during ceremonies at Newport News, Va., Baturday. The vessel is one of the two largest ships ever built in this country for the American merchant marine. —A. P. Photo, CONGRESS SPEEDS 10 CLEAN SLATES Senate Is Expected to Pass Muscle Shoals Bill—Bonus Veto Due From Hoover. The Senate today adopted the Muscle Shoals conference report. The legislation now goes to President Hoover. It was the second time during the long years of controversy a bill has been sent to the White House pro- viding for operation of the war- time plants. The last time President Coolidge pocket vetoed the measure, Some advocates of the present bill | fear it will meet a similar fate. | What stand the President will take on the agreement is problem- atical. It was emphasized at the White House only last week that he had not seen the agreement, and said that some predictipns made on Cap- itol Hill were misleading. By the Associated Press. With an eye on the clock ticking off its brief remaining time, Congress to- day entered a clean-up period. The two Houses worked on finishing touches for legislation far advanced toward a place on the statute books, but for fresh issues there was little chance. Muscle Shoals, first on the list, came before the Senate today for approval of the conference repos already adopted | by the House. The compromise reso- lution was slated for easy passage late | today or tomorrow. Disapproval by the | President has been forecast freely be- cause of the plan's extensive Govern- ment operation features. Bonus Veto Expected. After that, the veterans' loan bill is expected back from the White House, accompanied by a veto message in which the legisiators expect Mr. Hoover will make his most determined stand to overcome thelr resolve to erfact it. Two of the eleven big appropriation | bills, the one carrying the Navy's money for the next fiscal year, an4 a deficiency measure to pay for emergency legisla- tion enacted, still are to be passed. But plenty of time for them remains. 1In all there are eight and a half legis- lative days ahead. Night sessions will be added when necessary, and some- times Congress puts in some working hours on its last Sunday. The Navy appropriation bill reached the conference stage, and the compromise on the measure will be re- ported during the week. The defi- clency bill has passed the House and is up to the Senate. Two measures of wide scope had a doubtful fate today. The oil embargo bill, designed to protect the American petroleum producer, and the bill for starting the Navy's London treaty con- struction program faced some severe opposition and the congressional lead- ers were skeptical about their passage. Immigration restriction may fare bet- ter, as the House intends to pass this week the Jenkins bill cutting foreign influx by 90 per cent, and the Senate Immigration Committee is ready to tush it to the Senate floor. Wagner Bill Up. ‘The amended Wagner bill for an ex- panded employment service was before the House today, with some controversy in sight about its contents, since it was Milk and Dissolved Sugar Prove Effective. By the Associated Pre; VIENNA, February 23.—Prof. K. Ste- jokal, physician in charge of the large hospital of the Brothers of Mercy, said yesterday he had perfected a process for rapid recovery from infectious dis- eases which had proven successful in 70 per cent of the typhold cases treated. The treatment is based on injections of milk and dissolved sugar. Astonish- ing results were claimed in both typhoid and pneumonia, with an instant drop in temperature and a change in appear- ance in the whole disease. Success was said to depend on adop- tion of the treatment in time—before the fourteenth day in the case of ty- phold. It was stated that the milk was given first in this treatment, the albumen therein altering the tone of the sick body and preparing it for the sugar. Dr. Stejokal said one great advantage of his treatment was that, since no medical specific is employed, the treat- ment can be begun at the outset of an illness, before it is definitely diagnosed. S DISEASE SPREADS Military Plans Canceled Becaused of Spotted Fever Cases. PORTSMOUTH, England, February 23 (#).—All military and naval forma- tions among the British forces here have been canceled as a precaution, in view of the outbreak of spotted fever in the services last week. Already eight soldiers have died from the disease, which otherwise is known as cerebro-spinal meningitis, at Alder- shot. A suspected case has been dis- covered aboard H. M. 8. Repulse at Gi- braltar, and 272 cases have been r corded among English civillans in the changed ngt Secretary Doak's recom- mengltlan. ‘Tomorrow the House has been promised consideration of the resolution for amending the Constitu- tion to eliminate the “lame duck™ ses- sion and permit the newly elected Con- gress to take office almost immediately. At the outset of today’s session the House devoted a period of observance of Washington's birthday. One important matter, not legislation, still faces the Senate. Its leaders gre determined to put through the nomina- tion of Chairman Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board, which has been pending since the session started. Opposition of Senator Brookhart, Republican, Iowa, to the President’s recess appointee, has held up the confirmation. COOK ISLANDS LASHED BY WINDLESS STORM Unusual Disturbance Precedes Earthquake in New Zealand, Natives Report. has | Bandit Spurns Gems On Learning Woman Can’t Change a “20” No, Mrs. Anna Nicholes of 305 C street didn't have “change for a 20" she informed a stranger who made the request near her home last night. Then a second stranger strolled up. Producing a gun, he demand- ed jewelry and cash. The first stranger searched his kets for cash while Mrs. holes stripped off her brace- lets and rings. The bandit, dis- appointed, declined the combined offering. For the Nicholes had Mrs. Nichol didn’ “change for a 20.” neither did the first stranger have “the 20.” The two strangers hastened off to opposite directions in some confusion, while Mrs. Nicholes made hér way to the nearest po- lice station, EMBARGOES BILLS - FAILINCOMNYTTEE {House Group Rejects All Such Measures, Including Oil Imports Cut. bandit and Mrs By the Associated Press. All embargo and tariff bills, includ- | ing the proposed limitation on oil im- ports, today were rejected by the House Ways and Means Committee. Chairman Hawley said that after voting down a proposed bill to limit oil imports to 16,000,000 barrels an- | nually, the committee adopted a reso- | lution postponing all action on the temporary agriculture embargo and the Williamson bill to ban all Russian | products. Hawley declined to make public the | vote in the committee. The resolu- | tion adopted read: “Whereas in the opinion of the com- mittee there would not be sufficient time during the remainder of the present session for the consideration of tariff or embargo bills: Therefore be it “Resolved, That the consideration of all such bills referred to and pending before the committee be postponed.” The committee does not expect to | meet again this session. \W. P. BULL MAY SETTLE $250,000 DAMAGE SUIT Physician’s Attorney BExpects Ac- tion Out of Court Before Shadowing Case Comes Up. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 23.—The $250,~ ‘000 damage sult of Dr. John Streeter | Sidley against W. Perkins Bull, K. C., |who lies injured in a Toronto, Canada, hospital, may be settled out of court within the next week, Jay Frederick Reeve, Sidley’s attorney, revealed today. Dr. Sidley is suing Bull for damages suffered, it is alleged, because Bull has emvloied private detectives to shadow the physician for three years. Attor- ney Reeve said his client would receive a_settlement of between $250,000 and $500,000. Reeve felt reasonably sure that the settlement would take place before Wednesday, the day scheduled for the hearing of a petition for injunction brought by Dr. Sidley to restrain Bull from having him trailed by detectives. CAPT. HAWKS RETURNS DROUGHT RELIEF PLANE Famous Flyer Makes Trip From Memphis With Wife After Weeks With Will Rogers. After weeks of drought relief flying with Will Rogers, cowboy philosopher, Capt. Frank M. Hawks yesterday after- noon returned to the Anacostia Naval Air Station to deliver to the Navy the By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 23.—A dispatch just received from Raratonga, Cook 1islands, reports t the recent New Zealand earthquake was preceded there by a tremendous but windless ocean storm which lasted the whole night of January 28. January 28 was a perfect Summer day, but suddenly the ocean waves rose 15 feet high outside the lagoon, rolled over the reef and rushed up the harbor, swamping sheds at the wharfside and throwing spray 80 feet in the air. There was not a breath of wind at this time and through the spray it could be seen that the Pacific Ocean was perfectly cglm beyond the zone of disturbance. &mt waves lashed the harbor all nigh4, then subsided, two-seater, inclosed cockpit Navy Cur- tiss “Helldiver” in which the flying trip was made. Capt. Hawks had Mrs. Hawks as a passenger. He flew here yesterday from Memphis, Tenn. Capt. Hawks and Rogers visited scores of points in the South Central and Western States during their trip. The plane loaned by the Navy for the Navy for the flight fs one which had been used a short time before for a l}:ltion-wlfle inspection trip to Navy ases. Film Blast Kills Three. BRASOV, Rumania, February 23 (#). —Three young girl chemists were killed and 10 persons were injured when a burning flim exploded in a chemical laboratory at Tilui, Rumenia, COURT MAY DECIDE RUM LAW AT ONCE Supreme Bench Expected to Give Views on Clark’s Deci- sion This Week. The validity of the prohibition law may be passed upon this week by the United States Supreme Court. A number of important decisions are expected when the court reconvenes tomorrow after a thrée weeks' recess, and the decision of Federal Judge Clark of New Jersey, is one of the 46 contro- versies on which the justices have been preparing opinions. Judge Clark held the prohibition law invalid because it was ratified by State Legislatures in- stead of State conventions. This case was speeded to the Supreme Court for an early d-cision and it was expected in some quarters the opinion would be handed down on Tuesday. The court has managed to keep up to date on its work ile other Federal and State Courts are laboring with congested dockets. It is now able to hear cases as rapidly as attorneys can prepare them for presentation while other courts, in many instances, requirz a year or more. Number of Cases Have Gained. This has been accomplished in the face of increased business. During the present term 30 mor= cases have been docketed than during the same period last year. Up to the present time it has heard 112 cases compared with 98 last term and has disposed of 424 compared with 307 last year. Not long ago the court was from two to three years behind in its work, but will close its present term in June with practically no case carried over to the next term which was ready for oral argument. The late Chief Justice Taft is gen- erally credited with !peedinielap the work of the court, which enabled it to keep abreast cf the docket. Chief Justice Hughes has carried the work forward. The cases now before the court in- cluded proceedings by Connecticut to prevent Massachusetts from taking water from tributaries of the Connecti- cut River for use in the metropolitan district at Boston. Muscle Shoals Question. Muscle Shoals, ubon which congres- slonal interest now is centered, also is before the court on claims by Alabama that the United States must pay it taxes on hydroelectric power developed at_Wilson Dam and sold. Included in the remaining cases are nine relating to taxes, three to prohibi- tion, flve to railroads, four to State laws, three to Indians, three to patent infringements and one to anti-trust laws. The right of brewery companies put out of business by the prohibition law to reduce taxes by claims for obso- lescence of the plants is presented in three ofthe tax cases. The Government, in cases from New Orleans and Waterloo, N. Y., is insist- ing that it can prosecute persons under the internal revenue laws who ha already been convicted under the pr: hibition law. Minnesota Press Law. A contest over the validity of the Minnesota statute under which the Sa urday Press was suppressed also may be d’;clded tomorrow, along with the controversy over the validity of agree- ments among the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana and other oil companies for licensing the use of thelr patents for making cracked gasoline. Considerable importance has been attached to the outcome of the latter case, which may determine the extent to which licenses may be granted under patents. Railroads are much interested in the outcome of two of the cases which test orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission requiring them to charge for the transportation of office cars of other carriers, and of private cars car- rying persons traveling on passes. t CHAMPION AT BRIDGE BOASTS SILENT HUSBAND Chicago Woman Tells Reporter Better Half Never Criticizes Her Playing. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 23.—Silencs from friend husband and lots of it may win bridge games. Mrs. Trudie Pennish, crowned as champion woman bridge player of the Chicago area last night, gave the tip to a curious reporter. “Does friend husband ever criticize your plays?” she was asked. “Aholuwlf not,” she replied. “He'd no more tell me how to play bridge than I'd téll him how to run his law business.” And there may be something to it for Robert W. Halpin, the man cham- fon, said the same thing about his ns; half. 5 bl “She,” si — silently.” —p————— Ontario BisH®p, Dies. LONDON, Ontario, Februd The Right Rev. Michael Fall lic of the London, Ont: 0] cese, amf his home here after an 1@ of several years. 64 years said, “just DENDGRATI DRYS SET FOR WET FIGHT Raskob Stand on Prohibition Feared as National Group Meets March 5. By the Associated Press. Whatever intentions Chairman Ras- kob may or may not have in regard to lining up the Democratic National Committee on the wet side of the prohibition fence, dry members of the group Are set for an aggressive try, at squeiching any such plan. ‘The committee will meet here March 5, at the chairman's call. Puture policies, he announced, will form a topic for discussion. Rumors have been current a resolution is being framed to push this steering group of the party off the prohibition fence. The rumors have not been denied. Dry Democrats Angry. Some of the dry Democrats on Cap- itol Hill have been roused to a fever heat of activity. Yesterday Senator Morrison of North Carolina, baby mem- ber of the Senate, but no newcomer to national politics, asserted his group had sufficient votes to defeat any wet res- olution. He is North Carolina’s na- tional committeeman. Other Demo- cratic leaders in Congress are trying to head off the issue by having the rumored resolution shelved now. George Seeks Delay. _ Senator George of Georgia has jolned this group, asserting the com- mittee has no right to form party policies, a function he holds belongs to the National Convention. This view has been communicated to the chair- m Incidentally, active drys count upon the support of Senator Robinson of Arkansas in a pinch. He was the {finnllgzgs n;‘nke‘o( dl!‘rvd E. Smith on e icket and is party leader i Lh;nfinlk. il i le prohibitiop engrossed most of the agitated Den&cnu. one, Repre- sentative Hull of Tennessee, came forward yesterday with an expression owl’ stxlxxx;l(:emd1r.hnl An, undhertover effort s impen o give the party come mittee & high tarlft program. Re- cenl.,l'{ he called '-u.pon the party to assert a vigorous stand opposed to Re- publican tariff policies. o Candidates Blossom, The impending meeting, already drawing interest away from the closing days of Congress, has brought out a erop of presidential candidates. Most of those being boomed are far from dry. Gov. Roosevelt of New York, remains the most discussed possibility here, but the names of Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and Senator-elect James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois are among those being advanced by friends. Meanwhile Nicholas Longworth of Ohio _is considered certain to be the Republican candidate for Speaker of the next Congress. Little Opposition Seen. - The selection will be made at the party caucus next Thursday. Many members high in the Republican ranks said today there would be no opposition to Longworth, who now is serving his third term as presiding officer of the House. At the same time John Q. Tilson of Connecticut is expected to be renomi- nated as Republican floor leader. A move by Republican independents :u bee‘n initiated to obtain llg:rfll.-- on o recognition. Whatever action is taken along that line, the independents are not expected by leading Republicans to !n:"rmfig support in any move to oust Becayse of the close division between the Democrats and Republicans, neither arty knows which will organize. The publicans have 218 seats, the Demo- crats 216, counting two vacancies, and the Farmer-Labor party, 1. Representative Garner of Texas, the Democratic leader, is slated as his party's candidate for Speaker. the Republicans organize Garner would remain minority leader. GALE MAKES FRENCH PORT INACCESSIBLE Jugoslavian Steamer's Distrese Call Picked Up in Marseille—Pas- senger Service Delayed. By the Associated Press. MARSEILLE, Prance, February 23. —A violent northwesterly gale has been blowing in this part of the Medi- terranean for the past two days, mak- ing the ron of Marseille practically inaccessible. A number of ships have anchored in the roads waiting for a lull which will permit them to enter. Passenger serv- ices to Corsica and North Africa are greatly delayed. The Marseille radio station today picked up a call for help from an un- named Jugoslavian steamer in distress near Malta. Canada Makes 6,496 Autos. OTTAWA, February 23 (#).—The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today that 6,496 automobiles were manu-~ factured in Canada during January. This is 16 per cent more than in December, 1930, but 37 per cent under January, 1930. The bureau's index number, adjusted for seasonal variation, shows production to be 60 per cent normal. INCOME TAX FACTS. No. 22, With the number of automobile owners registering in the millions, the question of deductions for the cost of maintenance and opers tion of a car frequently is a dressed to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. ‘The purchase price of an auto- mobile, whether it be used solely for business or soyly for pleasure, cannot be deducted from gross income in the making of an in- come-tax return. If used for business, it is a capital expendi- ture; if used for pleasure, it is a personal expenditure—both de- ductions being expressly pro- hibited by the revenue act. However, there are several al- lowable deductions in connection with the maintenance and opera- tion of an automobile, used either for business of pleasure. If the car is used exclusively for busi- ness purposes there may be de- ducted the entire cost of gasoline, repairs, oils, tires, rent for ga- rage and other necessary ex- penses connected with operation and upkeep. Depreciation, based on the cost of the car and its es- timated useful life, also is a de- ductible item, Where a business car is exchanged for another car, any loss sustained in the transac- tion may be claimed as a deduc- tion. To illustrate, if a truck having an estimated life of four years and which cost $1,200 was traded at the end of three for & new truck and an ance of $100 was made old truck, the allowable deduction would be $200, computed as fol- lows: Depreciation for three years, $900; allowance received, $100; loss sustained, $200. The cost of the operator’s per- mit, license fees and State or local taxes imposed on the own- ership of a car—sometimes re- ferred to as & B:nonu property deducted.